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From the album: Reptile Fossils
Cervical vertebra of a theropod dinosaur (possibly Spinosaurid) with series of scratches on one side. It is likely that these scrathes are gnaw marks from different animals due to the different sizes of the marks. Location: Kem Kem beds, Morocco Age: Cenomanian, Upper Cretaceous© Olof Moleman
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I have this anterior dorsal Spinosaur vert from the Kem Kem beds. But I noticed these small vertical marks on one side of the vert and figured they might be gnaw marks. They definitely seem pretty worn down so I don't think they are recent. Any ideas what could have made these marks? Vertebra overview. Scratch detail.
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I had a few hours that I could play today so instead of heading across the river to Purse State ark, I decided to stay closer to home and do some sifting in the Miocene section of the Potomac...and I'm glad that I did! I have to say that this was a pretty good learning trip for me, although I did pretty good, I definitely learned some more about my equipment. I headed down to the beach with my shark tooth sifter (like a sand flea rake) and my floating sifter with a shovel. I started with the shark tooth sifter and while it worked fine, I realized that it isn't the most efficient piece of gear to sift through a lot sand/gravel...so I broke out my floating sifter and shovel. I made this sifter myself after looking at what was out there, pretty standard job, 1/4 inch mesh, PVC frame, pool noodle for flotation...and the last item is where I made a mistake. While the water was calm, the sifter floated good enough...though I couldn't load as much as I wanted into it until it started to submerge. Things got pretty chaotic when the water started to get rough and I found myself trying to load the sifter and keep it steady while the rollers were trying to flip it constantly. Oh well, lesson learned...I still have more material left so I'll build another sifter with the larger pool noodle! Here was the haul. Nice croc tooth, a vert, and an unknown. The vert and the unknown a little closer. And the unknown again...anyone have any clue at what it is? I uploaded this photo by accident, not sure how to delete it.
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Hello! Found this on my grandparents farm in southern Missouri. Any ideas what it is? Thanks! Btw, love this helpful forum. Thank you!
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From the album: Reptile Fossils
Caudal vertebra of a dinosaur. Most likely from a Theropod. Location: Kem Kem beds, Morocco Age: Cenomanian, Upper Cretaceous© © Olof Moleman
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Thanks to an early meeting in Baltimore coupled with my long commute, I found myself home at 1:00PM today. My wife looked at me and said, "let's head to Westmoreland and look for teeth!" She didn't have to ask me twice! By the time I got our stuff together and drove down there it was almost 2:30 but we were in no hurry and headed to the beach. We ended up hitting the beach at the worst tide of all, about 1 hour before high tide. We didn't leave that deter us and off I went into waste deep water to start dragging my sifter around. I wasn't out there 15 minutes before I had my find for the day, a cool vertebrae that I'm guessing is from a whale! Another first for me and it made my day! My wife and I both worked our butts off with very little else to show for our efforts, a few teeth, a couple of ray plates, and my wife found a cool piece of clay with gastropods in it. All-in-all, still a great day and she wants to head back out for the weekend!
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Hi! Since we wind up at the North Sulphur River every week or two, I thought I'd consolidate postings into a single post. July 4th - VERTEBRAE DAY Although I love hunting with my two sons (age 8 and 9), I always have better finds when I go out by myself. Don't know if it's better concentration or just that without the Daddy Role I stay longer than I should. Anyway, my July 4th trip yielded the items below. I'll pull a couple of the items for better pics and scales as time permits. There's a set of about a dozen dark gray vertebrae (smaller with rounded ends - pleisiosaur?) pulling out about a 1/3 in from the southern bank and stretched out over a 1/2 mile. I found several this trip, some on earlier trips, and know a couple that found a couple in the same locale while we hunted downstream. I've got a couple of puzzlers I'll note below and put better pics asap. thanks for checking it out! (oh yeah, parden the very excited Lego character peeking through the drying towel. I took quick pics when I got back rather than on our copy stand and once I saw his enthusiasm, I had to keep him in!) M
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From the album: Shark Teeth
Small shark vertebrae found in Hogtowne Creek near 8th. -
From the album: North Sulphur River
1-Xiphactinus vert and 1 broken shark vert Late Cretaceous - Taylor Group- Ozan Formation© Mitchell Moore
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I found this vertebrae on the coast in Yorktown, VA. It is 1 1/2 inches long and 1 inch thick. It has two distinct ridges running across the top, and flat surfaces on each end. I collected many other specimens whale bone nearby so I presume that this is a vertebrae from one of those whales. Can anyone help me to identify a specific species of whale or porpoise that this belongs to?
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I found this fossil washed up on the coast of Topsail Island, North Carolina. I've held onto it for a very long time and have not had it properly identified. I think it's belongs to a whale? If so, could someone perhaps tell me what kind and possibly how old? I'm fascinated by fossils and the history they hold. As a young kid I would pretend to be a paleontologist and would dig up my parents yard. Ha-ha. Still think it's funny how I actually did end up finding one. Thanks guys!
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From the album: Vaches Noires - Feb 2016
Indet fish vertebrae from the callovian clay of Les Vaches Noires -
From the album: North Sulphur River Texas
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From the album: Marine reptiles
Ichthyosaur vertebrae and ribs from Watchet Harbour, Somerset, UK. Bucklandi zone of the lower Lias -
How to tell the difference between an ichthyosaur and plesiosaur vert
JohnBrewer posted a topic in Fossil ID
Title says it all really. Am I right in thinking a plesiosaur vert is thicker? How can you tell if you can only see the top or bottom but not the thickness? Thanks John -
Yesterday I was walking through Pliocene sediments in Spain when I found this vertebrae. I'm not pretty sure if it is a cervical vertebrae from a canid/felid or if it is any other better guess. Thanks for your help!
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From the album: Black Friday Creek - South Carolina
Mixed Vertebrae Chandler Bridge Formation (?) Oligocene - Miocene Era Ladson, South Carolina Found on December 23, 2015© © Iron Rabbit 2015 - 2016
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From the album: Orange Creek - South Carolina
Mixed Vertebrae Chandler Bridge Formation (?) Miocene Era Ladson, South Carolina Found on January 7, 2015© © Iron Rabbit 2015 - 2016
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From the album: Orange Creek - South Carolina
Mixed Vertebrae Chandler Bridge Formation (?) Oligocene - Miocene Era Ladson, South Carolina Found on January 7, 2015 -
I found this strange looking fossil in W.M. Browning Cretaceous Park in Frankston, Mississippi in a shallow stream. It looked like a vertebrae to me because it was slightly curved and had a concave end and on the other side what might be a worn down ball joint? The thing that was really odd about it was the flange extending from the joint. I sent photos to the American Museum of Natural History and the Reptile and Amphibian Division of Paleontology suggest that I post my photos on this site. Hopefully someone on this site has found something similar. I found this in an area that has at lot of fossilized shark teeth from the cretaceous period. Any clues to what this is would be much appreciated.
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Hello, I am new to the forum, so bear with me as I figure out the format and usual customs of the group! I will try to upload 3 pics - it was suggested that this may be a vertebra of some type, but unsure. In the last photo it shows how thin it is (please ignore the black bone at the top). Hoping to gain from someone's experience. Thank you!!!
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I'm finally getting around to organizing what we've found and been given so far. Nothing spectacular - some inexpensive containers and cabinet liners. I need to get to the craft store as I think batting would fair better than the liner (but the liner is serving it's purpose for now). The containers fit nicely stacked by two on the bottom shelf of my coffee table. Being that they are semi transparent, that makes for a decent "display". I need a couple more for bigger items I have that are not pictured here (larger bones and vertebrae) and I have some more shells and coral that need to be washed so they are not included either. I don't know when I will be able to hunt for fossils again with the flooding being the way it is. I was going to give it a go this weekend but there are some areas being evacuated as more water moves in to the Lowcountry from flooding in the mid- and upstate. My heart truly goes out to the people that have lost so much and continue to loose their homes and more during this time.
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I'm pretty exhausted so I did a very quick, preliminary cleaning of our finds. I'll add better photos of the fossils with the ruler over the next day or so to this thread. This is by far our biggest haul so far! Sorry for the poor photo. I promise to get better pics as I clean them properly over the next day or so (algebra exam tomorrow *shudders* so not sure how much attention I can give the finds tomorrow). MEGA thanks to Sharks of SC! edit: there is probably one or two that I will post on the ID thread if I can't find anything online - like the one that is on the top right....
