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Found this in the salinas riverbed near Paso Robles California. Found a shoulder blade to a mastodon just a year ago in almost the same location. Could use a second opinion.

I took a morning trip to the North Sulphur River this morning in Ladonia, Texas. I found a beautiful piece of baculite, a few fossilized snail shells, a fish vertebrae, fossil shell cluster, and a nice, detailed piece of petrified wood or maybe coral?

I don't know much (well, anything) about dinosaurs (I mostly just deal with trilobites) but I came across this and it looks fairly interesting, and the price is right for an impulse buy. What do you all think of it? It's from Kem Kem. It's 3.4 inches in length.

After several attempts to identify a vertebrae I had found in the upper Glen Rose Formation in Hood Co. Texas Troodon had input that was helpful. His interpretation of the vert as being crockish had me digging deeper into attempting an ID. Although there is very little information of vertebrate finds in the Glen Rose material there is some. I found it in Wikipedia as possibly: Genus Pachycheilosuchus, a crocodylomorph. The description of the procoelous vertebrae has me bamfoozled. It has a description of the verts as cupped on the anterior and rounded as posterior. Clearly mine is cupped on both. That is where the similiarity ends. Hopefully over the next few trips to the site I will find more, I think after reading the available papers some of theother bone material may be related the vert not turtle as we first suspected. The croclike fossil is very small and was considered adult at ~ 2.0 Ft or 63.5 -80 cm. If interested reply or just follow because I will post more information (ON THIS LINK) as it becomes available. Jess B.

Hey everyone, I found this vert today at ramanessin brook. This site has mostly cretaceous marine fossils but sometimes dinosaur material is found. This vert is very heavy and solid. I'm thinking it's plesiosaur but I'm not 100 percent sure. There is one large hole on the bottom of the vert. One cool thing about this specimen is that there is a bite mark that can be seen in the last picture. I'd love to hear what you all think this is. Thanks!

My mother and I were visiting a pawn shop that I frequently visit for it's impressive taxidermy collection, and next to a ratty old elk's head and a vintage fur coat I spotted something I recognized immediately as a fossil. And not just any fossil, but a fossil from something very large indeed. The second I spotted the price tag, $49, I knew this was too good of an opportunity to be passed up and purchased it. I have no idea whereabouts the vertebrae came from, but there appears to be some moss and organic matter packed into a few of the openings that make me think it might have been found in a forest. There's even an old spider egg sac attached to the underside. My first (relatively) educated guess was of course that it came from a whale, due to it's sheer size. And after some quick research I do find many similarities between it and the vertebrae of toothed whales. But I'm no expert, I'd appreciate some second opinions and help before I positively identify it! I also spotted what look like tooth-scrape marks around the spinal cord opening, but I can't personally say for sure.

Hi, after sieving through a load of mud from the fossil river bed I found a few tiny vertebrae about 5mm X 5mm. I assume these are small mammals like a vole or something, but would be good to know what the likely contenders are from this site.

I find this but no idea of what animal is...

Hey guys and gals, I am having trouble with this one.. Searched all over the internet and these forums, but to no avail.. It is about 3/4" in diameter. Found at roughly the shoreline of what used to be ancient Lake Idaho, which apparently existed two to twelve million years ago. What do you think? Is it possible that it is just a hollowed-out vertebrae? Am I way off? Thanks in advance for any comments!

Hi folks Are all mossy verts concave one side and convex t'other? All the images I've found aren't clear enough. @JarrodB @doushantuo @LordTrilobite

Hi there. More fossils from the estate sale, this time a vertebra. I don't know an exact location, but the rest of the lot contains many examples from the Oligocene era, and some have been found to be from the White River formation in the Badlands. I don't have much information other than that. I've done an image search on Google, but there are so many that I am having trouble spotting one that looks similar. Any help is appreciated! Thanks!

First day on the forum and after the great responses on my first post I figured I would ask about another find from the past year. This was found in a deep draw in a pasture that I frequently find fossils in. Most are small but this was much larger than anything else. It almost looks like part of a vertebrae but I'm wrong more often than not. The indentions and form look more bone like than anything I've seen in nature. Any ideas as to what it could be or do I just have another odd "rock"? More images

Hi there, Here are 4 Aetosaur vertebrae I have from the Bull Canyon Formation, Quay County, NM. Just wondering if they are indeed Aetosaur verts? If so, can a genus be pinpointed. It has been restored and repaired; the seller found it in several pieces. Thank you! Jojo Second vertebra

Hello again from Louisiana I have a large fish vert my daughter found that we would love get identified it's from the Yahoo correction: Yazoo Clay (Late Eocene) Louisiana. It is the largest vert we have ever found and my daughter is very proud of it. An ID would just be icing on the cake . The vert is just over 2 inches across. All info is greatly appreciated .

Hello fellow fossil forum members this is Trevor. This is the first episode of hopefully many displaying my hunts into the Cretaceous streams of New Jersey. Within each episode there will be five stories (in this case four since I was too impatient) that are five of my hunts. I will title each hunt according to how I felt on it and I will title each episode based on my expectations or what I desire to find. Mechanized Depression (Hunt 1): Duration, 3.5 hours. My grandma and I drove up to a small cretaceous stream on April 22nd. The forecast predicted rain and the forecast was correct. While my grandma read in the car, I sifted and surface scanned and came away with a considerable amount of finds for such a short time. I almost sifted continuously throughout the entirety and it seemed as if I was working on a production line. The rain and loneliness caused the situation to feel very dreary and I eventually went back. I also had a bad blister. My best finds were a Meristodonoides sp. (hybodont) tooth and a fragmented hadrosaur tooth. It's a Trap! (Hunt 2): Duration, 5 hours. Date, April 23rd. I went with my father to Ramanessin Brook and walked for about 25 minutes before finding the spot I had sifted at a few weeks ago (where I found a decent Ischyodus bifurcatus plate). The spot yield little but I did come out with some nice condition shark's teeth. In a futile attempt to find a better place to sift I just keep digging in a bunch of random spots. I finally decided on a place and told myself that I will stay in the place till I find some good. After about 6 sifts I called my father and said that it was going really slow. He wished me luck and hoped that I find a mosasaur. I hung up and in the next sift I found a small, half inch mosasaur! I instantly called him back up and told him the pretty cool story. I stayed for a little longer craving more but I did not find anymore, well next time I said. My best finds were the mosasaur tooth and a 5.5" bone I found. Bright Exploration (Hunt 3): Duration, 5.5 hours. Date, April 29th. My father drove me to Ramanessin Brook again and I went to the same spot I had found the mosasaur. I did the exact same thing as I had done before: I dug some random holes in the stream and surveyed the area. It was after a little while that I noticed there were finds on the gravel bars. I have continually been so unfortunate as to have someone always search the bars before me. I don't typically surface scan because I never think I will find anything. This time was different and I was the first one there. I walked upstream and continued. On one gravel bar I spotted what at first I thought was a weird piece of rubber but upon further inspection I noticed it was a 3" really worn Ischyodus bifurcates plate. I was overjoyed because I had not found one this large before. After exploring a little I decided to turn back and sift some more. The day was slow other than some bones or teeth. I went back to my dad and he showed me a mosasaur tooth he had found. Since he never really searches and never really cares much this was incredible. He said it was just sitting on the surface. I was so angry for not having searched them. Well alas, it was okay. Hearing Noises (Hunt 4): Duration, 6.5 hours. Date, May 10th. I went to Ramanessin again with my father. I was really tired since within the two days prior (Mon. and Tues.) I had three AP exams that made me extremely stressed and tired. I had gotten little sleep and had not eaten breakfast. I went to where I found the mosasaur on trip two and after about half an hour I found a mosasaur tooth with about half the enamel on, okay I was confident. My confidence plummeted with time as I found less and less. There were bumps such as when I found a small piece of cartilage. I decided to move on and sifted haphazardly. I kept finding worn teeth and enchodus jaws and then I found a worn baby mosasaur. I was surprised I had spotted it. I looked in the water since the day was clear and sunny and found some nice goblins. I ended up at a larger gravel bar and decided that is was where I would spend my time. I was tired and decided to eat some food and lay down. As I ate I had the urge to roll on the gravel bar as a soldier does and I came away with two larger goblin teeth by seeing them on the ground. They were right next to someone's footprint. I thought I hear someone call my name and kept looking behind me on this ridge. Two or three times gravel sloshed into the hole I dug and made me jump; I thought someone was behind me. After this I decided to leave. At the end I found a really nice Xiphactinus tooth and a really worn mosasaur tooth. Trip four is on top and trip one is on the bottom. Various Bones Larger Bone Ratfish Jaw Pieces Enchodus Jaw Pieces

Not sure what this is ? Anyone know ? Thanks for your help !

My daughter and I were fossil hunting near our farm last night and she found this. It looks like a vertebrae to me. Is it a vertebrae? If so, what might it be from?

A few more from central Florida that I am unsure about and would appreciate some help with identifying them. The ruler is cm on the red side and inches on the black. At some point I flipped it. # 1. I believe these are canine teeth possibly from a camelid or Equus but they seem too small for either to me. I am unsure if the two are even from the same species and suspect they are not: # 2. These incisors I think may be camelid but I really am not sure. Again, not sure they are from the same species: These last two are a couple unknown partial vertebrae. #3. #4.

What an awesome day today, started out by getting a brief of the geologic formations and the fossils found within them on the Virginia side of the Potomac from Dr. Weems. Part of his brief was more of the tracks in the bog iron like the one Marco shared here, something that has caused me to pay a lot more attention to the them when I see a larger piece. After the brief we were off to the river to search, I don't think we could have had a nicer day. My wife went one way, I went the other, and we spent the next four hours "looking for treasure"...and we both had a blast! My wife's haul Unknown fish vert Another unknown fish vert from various angles My haul I meant to ask for an ID on this but I was so worn out by the time we got back, I forgot to. I'm guessing that this is an Atlas vertebrae...thoughts? Drum plate, no teeth though Shark Vert My biggest Mako, this thing has seen better days! I liked this little Mako, both the color and the outward curve

I am not Shure what this vertebrae is from. I think maby a mosasaur vertebrae but I am not sure.

I picked this up a year ago as it is convex on both sides and looks a bit like a vertebra. It's from the Jurassic Callovian Lower Oxford Clay at Yaxley, and a year on I still can't decide if it's just a suggestively shaped rock or a very worn vertebra. It's really hard to show the convex shape in the photos. ETA: I meant concave, not convex

I think this is a vertebrae but of what I do not know I have no clue on this one.

Hi, I was given this by a Meg-diver from South Carolina. Looks like a Whale Vertebrae but looks a little different. Didn't know if this might be the Axis? Any help would be great from experts in that area. Thanks

3.3 Million-Year-Old Fossil Sheds Light On How The Spine Evolved, The Two-way, NPR, May 23, 2017 http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/05/23/529693497/3-3-million-year-old-fossil-sheds-light-on-how-the-spine-evolved The paper is: Ward, C. V., T. K. Nalley, F. Spoor, P. Tafforeaue, and Z. Alemsegedf, 2017, Thoracic vertebral count and thoracolumbar transition in Australopithecus afarensis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2017/05/09/1702229114.abstract http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2017/05/09/1702229114.full.pdf Yours, Paul H.

A river find from NE Oklahoma. Any info is appreciated!