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Hi everyone! This is my first post on here and I made an account just to ID this because this has been puzzling me for years. I found this in a vase of seashells that I bought down in Daytona, Florida in 2014. That’s pretty much all I remember about it. Ever since I’ve been wondering what it is. It has a very smooth and polished feel to it, like ceramic. There aren’t any ridges except for a very faint shell imprint near one of the edges, which I included in the photos. I think it is a shell fossil as well but I’d like to know what kind? It just looks pretty weird but cool to me. It’s a little over two inches, as pictured. I hope the photos provided are enough and thank you to anyone who helps out!
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After great input from the community, the tooth is likely a Plesiosaur and not Mosasaur. Thank you everyone! For my birthday last weekend, my girlfriend and I returned for our second trip to Big Brook in New Jersey. I couldn't have asked for a better day. We came into the day joking about finding a Mosasaur tooth for my birthday... well.. the luck of the Irish was on my side. Braving the still frigid water and sub 40 degree temps, I was rewarded with my first ever Mosasaur tooth. I would also like confirmation that it is Mosa and not crocodile. Unfortunately it is not whole, but it is rather large, and I couldn't be happier. In total we found around 111 teeth and some other non teeth related fossils. Most were shards, broken, or unremarkable but below are the complete and nicer finds of the day. Thanks for looking and any comments! Shoutout to the Philly Fossil Collector on instagram for helping me with ID and advice! I don't remember your username on here though! Partial Mosasaur tooth: Any information known on my specific find, I would absolutely love. Overall complete and nice finds of the day (Me). Partial Mosasaur tooth Shark teeth: Crow, Goblin, Mackerel. Any others? Shark Vert? Enchodus teeth (2) Pycnodont Fish Crusher Tooth Chunk of obsidian/phosphate? Ill have to follow up with some pictures but when in the water it had streaks of gold like pyrite. Shark Vert? My girlfriend found this one, would love confirmation on what type of vert. Check out the coloring on this beautiful tooth. This is the smallest whole tooth I've ever found, anyone know the ID? 18206F19-E91F-40B7-BCD2-82154A49D0D5.mp4
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I found both of these in a creek near the peace river just wondering what they were? Find 1 I think is a camel tooth, or cow but im not entirely sure especially since its some what white near the top. Find two im hoping is a sloth tooth but i don’t have enough experience to be sure. Any help would be appreciated.
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What are the possibly from?
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The San Diego River flows through the county, from east to the west. The Mission Valley has all kinds of fossils...I am going to start releasing my collection...unfortunately so much development has destroyed some awesome stuff...I have a couple amphibious sturgeon looking specimens 6ftplus...
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I was hoping someone can help me identify? Rocks, not myself.
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This was found in a dried up creek bed in Arizona, near Tombstone, Arizona. At first I seen the crystals sparkling and thought, "cool an old 'Hag Stone'. ...in the desert???" On further inspection it kind of has a distinct shape. Also the hole look much like sinuses in a skull, possibly bird.
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I found a petrified turtle head and some other pieces that I need help identifying as well.
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I tried to show all sides. I'm especially interested in the area I circled. Also the toothy looking area 20240324_222728.heic
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Texas Gulf Coast finds. Rollover Pass, Galveston. What is the age of the specimens? What is the yellow stuff?
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Hi all! I made a journey down to Point A Dam today (despite high river levels) just to shuffle about. I came across these two vertebra, the smallest of which is clearly a fish, but I’m not quite sure what the other is. Cetacean? If you have any info on either, please share. Thank you! P.S. I somehow never have a ruler with me so I used the lines of a college ruled notebook, which are separated by 7.1 mm, as a makeshift scale. I apologize for this. 1: 2:
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Good morning all! I've had this potential fossil for a number of years, but am uncertain of it's origin as it was sold to me by a roommate for pizza money. He didn't remember the exact location he found it, but said it was from a beach in the south east. Potentially Alabama, Florida, Georgia or the Carolinas. He gave me a long bone and what appears to be a flat bone chunk that were found in the same area, but that may not be from the same creature. I had these pictures already with a lighter for scale, but can take pictures with a ruler when I get home from work. I've done a lot of googling, but as I'm an amateur I don't know that I can draw any real conclusions. Excited to hear what others think and if it confirms what I suspect!
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A Pirasocrinid Crinoid from the Pennsylvanian Holdenville Formation
Mochaccino posted a topic in Member Collections
I would like to share a beautiful and possibly important crinoid in my collection from the Pennsylvanian Holdenville Formation of Oklahoma, USA. This specimen is best identified as Plaxocrinus sp. aff. P. dornickensis as originally described by Harrell Strimple in his 1961 paper "Late Desmoinesian crinoid faunule from Oklahoma", and confirmed by Pennsylvanian crinoid expert Peter Holterhoff. It was prepared masterfully by Mike Meacher. It is a member of the family "Pirasocrinidae", which is a prevalent group of crinoids especially in the Pennsylvanian. They are characterized by a low, saucer-shaped cup with three anal plates, axillary first primibrachials and various spinosity on the arms, and most notably a prominent highly-specialized "umbrella-like" anal sac that terminates as a platform of plates surrounded by a circlet of laterally-projecting spines. Aside from simply wanting to show off one of my favorite fossils, there are a couple of reasons I think sharing this publicly could be useful. First off, articulated pirasocrinids are generally very rare in the fossil record, especially of this genus. It is thought that these crinoids had weak sutures between plates which made them highly-vulnerable to disarticulation. The vast majority of remains are found as loose anal/brachial spines and occasional calyxes, as shown below. https://snr.unl.edu/data/geologysoils/fossils/nebrinverthughes.aspx Likely because of this, formal descriptions and pictures of pirasocrinid crowns are scarce in the literature and it is difficult to find public references on what articulated specimens look like, especially of how the spines of the arms and anal sac are configured. Though on my specimen the arms are not 100% complete all-around, enough is preserved to describe the full structure of the arms and the nature of the spinose primibrachials. Moreover, the exceptionally-preserved and prepared anal sac shows nearly the full extent of its articulation. Note the couple of near-complete brachial and anal sac spines, whose extraordinary lengths exceed the width of the calyx. The second reason this specimen could be important is more specific. In Strimple 1961, Plaxocrinus sp. aff. P. dornickensis was described on just a single specimen; the calyx shown below: Atypically for the genus, this calyx has a very smooth outline owing to flat, non-bulbous basals and nonimpressed, almost imperceptible sutures. Strimple concluded this species to be closely-related to but not conspecific with true Plaxocrinus dornickensis (which is a slightly older species than the Holdenville fauna, according to Dr. Holterhoff); hence the "aff." in the identification. Essentially, as far as formal description in the literature is concerned, the full crown of this crinoid is unknown. I have also not personally seen any other confirmed crowns of this species from the Holdenville Formation. All-in-all, this specimen could be quite significant for showing the previously-unknown arms and anal sac of Plaxocrinus sp. aff. P. dornickensis on an articulated crown, which might help further its description.
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I had the fantastic luck to find a 2" Otodus obliquus both of my last two trips out, one of which with a neat little pathology. The 2" striatolamia was another outsatnding find, I can still count on my fingers the number of teeth this size I've found in the Aquia Formation. Thanks for looking and happy hunting! .
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2.7mm long “raptor” tooth found in Garfield County, Montana. Isn’t curved and has serrations. Possibly enat tooth.
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Hello! I’m a new member but I have checked the forum many times to identify my fossils and shark teeth. Usually I’m up by Calvert cliffs Maryland but recently I found a nice tooth at Jupiter beach in Florida, if anyone has any ideas on what type it is that would be awesome! Im still new to fossil hunting and identifying!
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Hello! I have been fossil hunting for quite a bit now and this is my first ever (what appears to me at least) fossilized bone! I would love just a general direction on what kind of animal it could’ve been- I know this area is very well-known for marine fossils, so of course my first thought would be some find of fish bone? Or I could be totally wrong, and it could be a more recent mammal! Any insight is so much appreciated- all I want to do is expand my knowledge. Thank you!
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Hi everyone, seller claims this was found in the Hell Creek Formation, and that it is from a Sauronitholestes, the tooth measures up to approximately 3/16”.
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Curious about these - and they may not be fossils (more modern), but the color of them intrigued me as they are not white. These were washed up on the beach after a storm and I think are associated as they were found in the same general area. They have similar features, and maybe are the same type of bone with different levels of wear? They were found on the beach near where the Goosfare Brook empties out in the the Atlantic Ocean. 43°29'42.0"N 70°23'04.8"W Thoughts?
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I have had this fossil that I always thought it was an egg . I have thought it might be something more and have kept it for over 20 years. The outside is like a clay matter when holding it leaves a moisture spot of your handprint on outside. It has cracked so you can see what’s somewhat inside of fossil it was always like that. On the other side, you see a bone sticking out on the bottom. I brought it to a couple fossil shows around me, but it has no identification of what it could be. It’s something. They told me my best shot would be to get it scanned because I should not cut it.
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Hello, New member who is discovering a love of fossil hunting. All of my collection comes from a large creek on our property in NE Ohio. Please check out the star fish, and possible bird track.....and comment if anyone can identify the last rib looking fossil I attached. Thanks!!
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Thank you for adding me. I hope this is the correct place to add this photo and request assistance. I was given these teeth and need help to identify them. Any help is appreciated.
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