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Check the entries below carefully and cast your vote! PM me if you notice any errors with the entries. The poll ends October 9th. Be sure to vote in our other FOTM poll, HERE 1. Upper and lower peccary jaw section - Miocene, opal bearing bentonite clay layer - Royal Peacock Opal Mine, Humboldt County, Nevada 2. Lungfish scale (Dipnoi indet.) - Late Emsian-Eifelian (Middle Devonian) - Juodikiai Quarry, Klaipeda District, Western Lithuania 3. Glyptopomus tetrapodomorph fish skull fragment - Late Famennian (Uppermost Devonian) - Juodikiai Quarry, Klaipeda District, Western Lithuania 4. Diplomystus dentatus and Knightia eocaena - Eocene, Green River Formation, 18" Layer - Lincoln County, Wyoming 5. Protostega gigas sea turtle costal bone with partial rib head - Late Cretaceous - North Sulphur River, Texas 6. Unidentified fish jaw and scattering - Whitby Mudstone Formation - Yorkshire coast, near Whitby England 7. 12 unidentified associated dolphin teeth - Miocene - Sarasota county, Florida
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So, this is my first post here, and I have what I imagine might be an unusual case for this forum. I work for a travelling dinosaur exhibit, setting up a display of real fossils. Within the last year, our owners purchased a number of dinosaur fossils from a dealer (ie, an acquaintance of theirs) and shipped them to our CEO's home, who later sent them to our company's repair shop to have travel cases built, before shipping them to our show on the road. Somewhere in all of that, some of the fossils' original information was lost. I reached out to our executives who promised to look into it and get back to me, but naturally, they would forget, I would remind them, they would never get back to me, and I spent multiple months in that cycle. So, here's everything I know: I originally assumed it was a Triceratops scapula, because it had been offhandedly mentioned to me that was one of the purchases. However, I learned that the scapula was sent to our second show, and after comparing it to images of skeletons, I ruled that out. I changed my guess to Triceratops Ulna. A very well known paleontologist (whose name I won't reveal here) visited our show as part of a media promotion this summer, and when asked, took a look. He initially didn't disagree with my assessment, but a few days later emailed me, saying that after additional analysis of the pictures he took, he had changed his mind to Triceratops tibia, and later, after consulting a colleague who specializes in Ceratopsians, he asserted it was a Triceratops Fibula. Some time later, I finally talked to someone in accounting, who was able to get me the various invoices, which was somehow less helpful than you'd think it would be. But it did let me get in touch with our dealer, who is notoriously secretive and doesn't share much in terms of sourcing. She did reply to me, however, telling me it is an... Edmontosaurus humerus. Or at least that was the highlighted bone in the diagram she sent me, which is the closest piece of "official" documentation that I've seen since it was purchased. However, this looks different to the same bone on mounted skeletons of Edmontosaurus as well, at least to my eyes. tl;dr: I no longer trust anybody. Multiple conflicting identifications, I don't know where it came from, other than a mention in the dealer's email that it's from the Hell Creek formation. Company is restructuring, so getting responses from anyone is a miracle. I can upload better pictures of the fossil later if necessary. I no longer put this piece on display because I simply don't know what to call it. Help.
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Winner of the August 2019 Vertebrate Fossil Of The Month
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The winner of the August 2019 VFOTM goes to... Ichthyosaurus sp. (possibly I. communis) - Jurassic (Hettangian) - circa 190 MYA - Preplanobis Beds, Lavernock Point, UK Congratulations to @Welsh Wizard !!!- 25 replies
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Check the entries below carefully and cast your vote! PM me if you notice any errors with the entries. The poll ends September 9th. Be sure to vote in our other FOTM poll, HERE 1. Iguanodon or Mantellisaurus indeterminate bone section - Early Cretaceous - Compton Bay, Isle of Wight, England. Wessex Formation 2. Ptyctodontid placoderm tooth - Famennian, Late Devonian - Ketvergiai Quarry, Klaipeda District, Western Lithuania 3. Dipteridae fossil dental plate - Famennian, Late Devonian - Ketvergiai Quarry, Klaipeda District, Western Lithuania 4. Enchodus petrosus Saber-Tooth Salmon jaw section with 2 partial and 1 complete tooth - Late Cretaceous, Navesink Formation - Big Brook, Colts Neck, New Jersey 5. Plesiosaurid cf Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus paddle digits and ribs - Jurassic, Charmouth Mudstone Formation - Charmouth, Dorset, England 6. Orodus sp., early shark tooth - LaSalle Limestone Member of the Bond Formation, Pennsylvanian - Oglesby, Illinois 7. Ichthyosaurus sp. (possibly I. communis) - Jurassic (Hettangian) - circa 190 MYA - Preplanobis Beds, Lavernock Point, UK 8. Listracanthus hystrix (4 associated shark dermal denticles) - Pennsylvanian, Mecca Quarry Shale - Starved Rock Clay Products Pit, Utica, Illinois 9. Two acanthodian fish spines - Pennsylvanian, Mecca Quarry Shale - Starved Rock Clay Products Pit, Utica, Illinois 10. Holosteus sp. fish - Oligocene - Rogi, Poland 11. Allopleuron hofmanni (Sea-turtle) 4 verts in association with the back of the shield - Maastrichtian, Emael Formation - Eben-Emael, Belgium 12. Carcharocles aksuaticus shark tooth - Woodstock Member, Nanjemoy FM, Ypresian, Eocene - Maryland 13. Hybodont tooth, likely central cusp - Jurassic - Lyme Regis, Dorset, UK 14. cf. Saurornitholestes langstoni (Dromaeosaurid) tooth - Campanian, Judith River formation - Valley County, Montana
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Hi, i know this may be a long shot, but i found this fossil in the cliffs of Hunstanton, Norfolk, UK It is in a red stone, and was originally in a much larger boulder Any ideas as to what it could belong to would be greatly helpful The rock is about 9cm at its longest point, and the fossil is roughly 7cm as it goes into the rock, and would be longer if not broken.
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The winner of the July 2019 VFOTM goes to... Articulated ichthyosaur vertebrae with rib, paddle bone and belemnites - Jurassic - Yorkshire Coast, UK Congratulations to @Crann!!!
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These are some fossils that I couldn't quite identify while out looking around an area of land in the Nottoway river drainage today. The first appears to be some sort of bone, my guess is a vertebra potentially belonging to a crocodile, though I am very new to this and am quite possibly incorrect in this guess  Next up is a decent sized fragment of a shark tooth that I initially thought to be a young megalodon, but then wasn't quite so sure after noting the presence of what appears to be a slightly weathered cusp on the side of the tooth that is still present, alongside the fact that the tooth appears to have a slight curvature to it Any insight is well appreciated, thanks! 
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Greetings fellow fossil enthusiasts! I don't know what this thing is. I've shown it to several other fossil guys in Houston and they don't know what it is either. I think it's from a fish of some sort, other than that I have no idea. I found it in Hogtown Creek in Gainesville so it's probably Late Miocene-Pliocene. Scale bar is in Millimeters. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Check the entries below carefully and cast your vote! PM me if you notice any errors with the entries. The poll ends August 9th. Be sure to vote in our other FOTM poll, HERE 1. Otodus sp. shark tooth - Eocene, London Clay Formation - Suffolk, England 2. Acanthocybium wahoo vertebrae - Miocene, likely Eastover Formation - Potomac River, Virginia 3. Carcharodon carcharias, great white shark tooth - Neogene, Yorktown Formation - Green Mills Run, Greenville, North Carolina 4. Articulated ichthyosaur vertebrae with rib, paddle bone and belemnites - Jurassic - Yorkshire Coast, UK 5. Gwyneddichnium reptile trackways - Triassic, Passiac Formation - Bucks County, Pennsylvania 6. Tyrannosaurid tooth (cf. Gorgosaurus libratus) - Late Cretaceous (Campanian), Judith River formation - Valley County, Montana 7. Saivodus striatus shark tooth - Mississippian/Lower Carboniferous, Visean, Blackhall Limestone - Fife, Scotland 8. Ichthyosaur bones (4 paddle bones and one other bone) and some belemnites - Lower Jurassic, Posidonia Shale - Holzmaden, Germany 9. Sandalodus sp. cartilaginous fish tooth plate - La Salle Limestone Member of the Pennsylvanian Bond Formation - Near Oglesby in LaSalle County, Illinois
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The winner of the June 2019 VFOTM goes to... Pseudemys floridana or P. williamsi turtle with predation marks - Miocene-Holocene, Bone Valley Formation - Peace River, Florida Congratulations to @joshuajbelanger!!!
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Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Order: Seymouriamorpha Family: Discosauriscidae Genus: discosauriscus Species: discosauriscus austriacus
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Hello, I have a what I believe are a few different vertebrate that were found in the Hell Creek Formation in Montana. They were all found in different locations within a few mile radius. From left to right you can refer to them as fossil a, b, and c. Any help on the ID would be appreciated. Sorry about the multiple ID questions but I'm excited to find out what I have found. Thanks in advance. Nic
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Check the entries below carefully and cast your vote! PM me if you notice any errors with the entries. The poll ends July 9th. Be sure to vote in our other FOTM poll, HERE 1. Pseudemys floridana or P. williamsi turtle with predation marks - Miocene-Holocene, Bone Valley Formation - Peace River, Florida 2. Protitanichthys cf. rockportensis arthrodire placoderm - Mid-Devonian, Widder Fm - Arkona, Ontario, Canada 3. Perch like scale (Perciformes indet.) - Cenomanian-Turonian (Middle Cretaceous) - Coast of Karkle Village, Klaipeda District, Western Lithuania 4. Scale of Trachichthyoidei indet. (slimehead relative)- Cenomanian-Turonian (Middle Cretaceous) - Coast of Karkle Village, Klaipeda District, Western Lithuania 5. Bird flight feather - Eocene Period, Green River Formation (18” layer) - Lincoln County, Wyoming 6. Theropod dinosaur claw (possibly Dromaeosaurid/Velociraptorine - Nuthetes sp.) - Lower Cretaceous, Hastings Beds, Wealden Supergroup (135 mya) - Sussex, England 7. Ichthyosaur jaw bone with teeth - Lower Jurassic, Posidonia Shale - Holzmaden, Germany 8. Russellosaurina mosasaur associated vertebrae - Late Cretaceous, Early Coniacian, Austin Group, Lower Atco Formation - North Texas
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The winner of the May 2019 VFOTM goes to... Ptychodus marginalis hybodontiform shark tooth - Cretaceous, Turonian (Eagle Ford South Bosque Member) - Travis County, Texas Congrats to @LSCHNELLE!!!
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Sounds like a new type of joke, like lightbulb jokes or something. But this is an article that is part of a five post series to bring attention to the new paleontology exhibit at the Smithsonian. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/how-do-paleontologists-find-fossils-180972126/ How do paleontologists find fossils? They look in the museum catalog. How do paleontologists find fossils? They find them fascinating. Hdpff? They don't, they help the fossil find itself. ...
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Check the entries below carefully and cast your vote! PM me if you notice any errors with the entries. The poll ends June 9th. Be sure to vote in our other FOTM poll, HERE 1. Marine reptile bones (possibly Plesiosaur) - Lower Jurassic, Posidonia Shale - Holzmaden, Germany 2. Titanosaurid indet. caudal vertebra - Campanian, Upper Cretaceous - Provence, France 3. Mamenchisaurid sauropod ischium (pair) - Middle Jurassic (Bajocian, 170 mya), Xinghe Formation - Gansu, China 4. Ptychodus marginalis hybodontiform shark tooth - Cretaceous, Turonian (Eagle Ford South Bosque Member) - Travis County, Texas 5. Ichthyosaur jaw - Lower Jurassic - Whitby, Yorkshire Coast, UK 6. Labrodon batesfordiensis? pharyngeal tooth plate - Batesford Limestone, 23-15 mya - Batesford Quarry, Victoria, Australia
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The winner of the April 2019 VFOTM goes to... Ground sloth claw core (unknown exact species) - Pleistocene - Santander, Colombia Congrats to @cavemanfl!!!
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Check the entries below carefully and cast your vote! PM me if you notice any errors with the entries. The poll ends May 9th. Be sure to vote in our other FOTM poll, HERE 1. Psarolepis-related osteichthyan median spine - Pridoli stage, Late Silurian (Kaugatuma- Ohesaare formations) - Juodikiai Quarry, Klaipeda District, Western Lithuania 2. Ichnomylax-related dipnorhynchid lungfish dental plate - Zagare Formation, Late Famennian (Late Devonian) - Skaistgirys Quarry, Joniskis District, Northern Lithuania 3. Ichthyosaur (or possibly plesiosaur) Indet. 2cm tooth with jaw bone portion - Triassic - Aust Cliff, Gloucestershire, England 4. Mosasaur pterygoid - Ozan Formation, Cretaceous (84-71 Ma) - North Sulphur River, Texas 5. Unidentified placoderm (armored fish) interior surface of cranial plate - Silica Shale Formation, Middle Devonian: Erian - Paulding, Ohio 6. Variraptor tooth - Campanian - France 7. Ground sloth claw core (unknown exact species) - Pleistocene - Santander, Colombia 8. Columbian Mammoth maxilla with tooth - Pleistocene - Bone Valley, Florida
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I took the kids down to the beach at low tide today, and the strong winds earlier today at high tide had shifted the gravel beds pretty significantly, exposing a stretch of the Blakeley formation that's usually covered up. These immediately caught my eye as a possible vertebrate skeleton, but I don't really have any experience identifying fossil bones. I don't want to call this one in to the local paleontologist authorities unless that's what it is. I'll attach what I can here and a few more photos in thread.
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The winner of the March 2019 VFOTM goes to... A pair of worthy finds that finished in a dead heat!!! Capybara skull - Pleistocene - Brazos River, Texas Congrats to @garyc!!! Lepidotes mantelli fish - Valanginian, Early Cretaceous - Sussex, UK Congrats to @Birdman!!!
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Check the entries below carefully and cast your vote! PM me if you notice any errors with the entries. The poll ends April 9th. Be sure to vote in our other FOTM poll, HERE 1. Richmondichthys sweeti aspidorhynchid fish - Toolebuc Formation, Cretaceous - Central Queensland, Australia 2. Coelacanth scale - Parnu Stage, Early Eifelian, Lowermost Middle Devonian - Juodikiai quarry, Klaipeda district, Western Lithuania 3. Ceratodontidae lungfish tooth - Late Triassic - Juodikiai quarry, Klaipeda district, Western Lithuania 4. Capybara skull - Pleistocene - Brazos River, Texas 5. Crocodile dentary (probably Borealosuchus) - Wasatch Formation, Eocene - Sweetwater County, Wyoming 6. Lepidotes mantelli fish - Valanginian, Early Cretaceous - Sussex, UK 7. Petalodus shark tooth - Graham (Finis Shale) Formation, Pennsylvanian - Mineral Wells Fossil Park, Texas 8. Petalodontid shark tooth (likely Cynopodius crenulatus) - Kingswood Stromatolite Bed, Lower Carboniferous, Visean Stage, Asbian Substage - Fife, Scotland 9. Zygomaturus sp. (trilobus?) maxillary - Pleistocene - Queensland, Australia
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I have found a lot of fossils at a land site in Southwest Florida recently and have been trying to ID them all. After finding a section of gomphothere and rhino tooth I think they are all from the early pliocene. This bone has been driving me crazy though. Its 2 inches long and an inch wide, and any help would really be appreciated.
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Winner of the February 2019 Vertebrate Fossil Of The Month
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The winner of the February 2019 VFOTM goes to... Holmesina sp. giant armadillo jaw section - Late Pliocene-Pleistocene - Sarasota County, FL Congrats to @JBMugu!!! -
Hi Folks, I wanted to show you a baby Keichousaurus I got for a song at an auction site. It is super tiny and I really like it. It looks pretty unprepped and is raised off the matrix by maybe a 64th of an inch. The matrix measures 2" x 2 3/4" and from nose to tail it is 2 9/16th". Hope you like it. Photos taken with Nikon D3300 with 85mm macro lens
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