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So I found a few things at Myrtle Beach and I'm looking for some help in ID'ing them. I love looking for fossils but am not sure on things and I love the help I've gotten on this site so far. And any help with these is appreciated. The ruler is in inches. . . . 1: I thought this looked similar to a whale ear bone? Admittedly it could just be a rock but I wanted to post here and get some opinions. Getting photos of something black and shiny can be difficult but I could take more if needed, and maybe find better lighting. 2. At first I though alligator tooth but then I learned that mosasaur teeth have been found in this area also, so now I'm not so sure. Either way I love it. 3. I was thinking dolphin tooth but obviously it's broken so I'm not entirely sure. 4. And I thought I'd throw this one here too. When I saw it in the water I thought I was going to be picking up a cucullaea steinkern, but this is what it was. I thought I remembered seeing something like this online somewhere but I really have no idea, unless it's just a piece of some bone. So there they are. Any information about any of these would be much appreciated. And I could post more photos of any of these.
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After being closed to the public for the last four years for renovations and expansion, Yale University's Peabody Museum recently reopened to the public. I was able to revisit the refreshed museum and took several photos of the paleontology exhibits. Hope you enjoy the photos! Captions below are from the labels at the museum. Ammonite: Placenticeras sp., 84 to 66 mya, Alberta, Canada Ammonite: Placenticeras sp., 84 to 66 mya, Alberta, Canada Ediacaran organisms (cast), 635 to 539 mya, Newfoundland, Canada Radiodont arthropod: Anomalocaris canadensis, 3x life size model Radiodont arthropod: Anomalocaris canadensis, 508 mya, Burgess Shale, British Columbia, Canada Early arthropod: Opabinia regalis (2.5x life size model and fossil), 508 mya, Burgess Shale, British Columbia, Canada Heteromorph ammonite (I forgot to photograph the label) Trilobites (I forgot to photograph the labels) Trilobites (I forgot to photograph the labels) Sea scorpions: clockwise from top-left: Eurypterus lacustris (Ontario, Canada), E. remipes (New York, USA), E. dekayi (Ontario, Canada), all 427 to 419 mya Sea scorpions: The specimen on the right is Acutiramus macrophthalmus (New York, USA) and has the label: "This is the largest complete eurypterid ever discovered." The specimen on the bottom (Ontario, Canada), from the same species, is "from the trunk of a sea scorpion that would have been at least 8 feet (2.5 meters) long." Both 427 to 419 mya. Placoderm: Bothriolepis canadensis (life-size model and fossil), 419 to 359 mya, Quebec, Canada Mosasaur: Platecarpus tympaniticus, 90 to 66 mya, Kansas, USA Mosasaur: close-up of the skull from the above X-Fish: Xiphactinus audax, 94 to 72 mya, Kansas, USA X-Fish: close-up of the head from the above C Ceratopsians: left: Torosaurus latus, 68 to 66 mya, Wyoming, USA; right: Torosaurus prorsus, 72 to 66 mya, Wyoming, USA Tyrannosaurus rex (cast), 72 to 66 mya, Montana, USA Brontosaurus excelsus, 164 to 152 mya, Wyoming, USA Stegosaurus ungulatus (composite specimen) Part of The Age of Reptiles mural by Rudolph F. Zallinger Additional photos to be added shortly below...
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I found this on my property (in Missouri), in a hunk of clay about a week ago. I spent up until now searching the area for other pieces, however, alas... nothing. Any information you may have is appreciated. This last image (below), I enhanced a bit to bring out details. Thanks for looking!
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Hello! Found this while digging in our yard. Not sure if it's anything, but my son is convinced it's a dinosaur tooth so I told him I'd try to find out. Anyways, we live in Anne Arundel County in Maryland and this was found only 2-3 feet down in very sandy soil. Any insight is appreciated! Lauren
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Just curious on how long it takes for things to crystalize such as this little turtle I found in a creek somewhere north of Seneca, KS.
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Hi there! I just found this forum while searching for information on Cervalces scotti fossils, and it looked like a really neat forum, so I wanted to join! I hail from north-central Oklahoma, and I've been a bit of a fossil fiend since I was a little kiddo. I had wanted to become a paleontologist once upon a time, but life had different ideas. Nowadays I'm a farm foreman and a freelance artist with lots of hobbies. Somewhere in my totes I have a couple trilobite fossils and an ammonite fossil I traded for a long time ago. I recently found some crinoid stem fossils near my creek, as well as a teeny-tiny piece of some sort of leg fossil, and it has quickly reignited my love for fossil-finding. I was curious about stag-moose since I seem to be in the southern range for them and, as you can probably tell by my username, I'm a bit obsessed with all things cervine. Megaloceros giganteus is my favorite prehistoric deer but stag-moose are pretty cool too! It would be an absolute dream to find something from a stag-moose one day. Anyway, nice to meet you and I hope to see you all around! -drowsy
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Hi! I recently found a lot of various items in Peace River in Florida. There are a few of them that I wanted to find help with, so I attached them below and numbered each of them so the pictures would be less confusing. I wasn’t sure if this would be easier than creating separate threads, but if it would be better to split them up I can do so. The first specimen is the main item I would like help identifying. I believe it’s a body of vertebrae but I was hoping to find out what animal it could be from. If there are too many in one, I am content in receiving the identification for the first item alone. All measurements are in centimeters but inches is on the bottom of the ruler. I’m very new to all of this so your help and kindness is greatly appreciated!
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My 14 year old daughter has been on a quest for the last 6 years to try to collect a fossil in every state in the US. Our family is planning a trip to the New England states this summer and I have a plan for most states, but Connecticut has me flummoxed. I've searched this site for any tips and have gathered that there aren't any GOOD fossils in the state. We are just looking for ANY fossils. I'm hoping someone can help me out with a road-cut or beach where we can find anything long-dead to check this one off the map.
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I live across the street from the Middle fork reservoir here in Richmond, Indiana and earlier today I was looking where the poor off is where the reservoir releases the water and it's a waterfall. I found this. I don't know what it is. Trying to get some help to figure it out
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Hello all. I'm hoping to find out if this is a rock or a fossil. I found this in a creek in western kentucky.
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Not sure if the last picture is anything has lots of layers though looks cool
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Found in top a hill in the forest last year was far to interesting to leave!! Very Heavy for its size has a small piece of petrified wood sticking out the side. To me resembles a hip bone or shoulder. Found in Higbee, Missouri.
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Please help ? What is this ?
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I found this rock on my property in Cherokee Co. (northeastern Oklahoma) and am curious to find out what is is. It seems heavy for it's size.
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We found this skull in the Peace River in south central FL. Can anyone help to ID? Many of the people I was with who are FL natives, and frequent fossil hunters, seemed to believe it is alligator. But I’m not convinced. It doesn’t resemble any of the crocodilia species. It lacks all teeth (and tooth cavities) and the overall shape is completely different. Based on the fused vertebrae at the base of the skull and the dental formation, I would have suggested either a bird or, more likely, of a marine species? On a not so serious note, I also would have been more inclined to believe it was of Jar Jar Binx. 😅
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I found this tooth in the peace river it seems to just be the Crown since the majority of the root is broken off. Wondering if anyone knows what it is. Looks like some type of cetacean tooth, but im hoping for mammal. If anyone needs additional photos please just ask. Thanks
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I found these two teeth in a creek near the peace river pretty close to eachother. Not really sure what they are was hoping someone could ID them. They are listed as find 1 and 2 respectively.
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Hello! This is my first time posting on this forum. I am hoping that someone can help me identify what I have found on the beach of NC. It is < 1in and hollow in the bulbous part (unsure if long part is hollow). It doesn’t look like a typical shark tooth and it doesn’t look like a typical shell found in Wilmington. I have Google image searched images from all different angles and the closest comparison I’ve received is a dinosaur tooth…. But that doesn’t seem plausible.
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Found in blue River in Kansas city.
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Found in ohio on the Kentucky border in the hillside of a creek system. Dimensions measure 6 inches deep 11 inches wide 46 inches long.
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I only have these 2 photos. A friend has the fossil and doesn’t know where it came from. It measures about 11 inches in length. At this point that’s about all I know. Thank you all so much for your help to identify.
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Ammonite - real or fake?
CuentoDeHadas posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hello again helpful people! I am back requesting any information people can tell me about this ammonite I bought? I didn't previously have any suspicions about it being fake (and don't really understand how the pattern in the stone would be faked). However, I have since bought a trilobite from the same source (that you may have seen in my previous post) that did turn out to be fake and that I will be returning. I still have the option to return this one as well if it is fake so appreciate any feedback!
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Does anyone know why my meg tooth is spotted?
Gregorsamsa posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hello! Not too long ago I acquired this meg tooth. Although I love the way it looks, I am unsure why it does look like this. Usually teeth seem to be more even colored. Does anyone more knowledgeable know?
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Found this at a park in Missouri can anyone help me figure out if this is a fossil or artifact
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I'm a super baby amateur that doesn't know different kinds of rocks from each other, but I found this on a beach in Staten Island (a part of New York City). Current family argument is: Tooth or barnacle? If it's a tooth, what animal could it be from? Thank you for any help you can provide!
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