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My family and I usually visit the Frio River in Leakey, Tx every summer. A few years ago we were all set to go swimming but upon arriving we saw that the part of the river we usually frequent had dried up. I decided to make the best of it and explored the dried river bed looking for anything interesting when this isolated chunk of rock caught my eye. I picked it up off the ground, took it home with me, put it in a drawer and forgot about it. A few months ago I found it while doing some cleaning and realized it had to be something more than just an oddly shaped rock. I cleaned it with water and a toothbrush after reading online that that's a simple way to clean fossils. A friend of mine with limited knowledge of fossils suspected it was some kind of fossilized coral or sponge. What I originally thought was matrix does look a lot like syringopora, but I can't find pictures of any prehistoric coral fossils that match the appearance of that hot dog in the center! I saw a sperm whale tooth on this forum that looks similar but I'm not sure if what I found feels like a tooth. It feels way too smooth to me. I love fossils and I own some shark teeth, coprolite, and a little trilobite, but those were all bought. If whatever this is turns out to be something, then it would be the first fossil I've ever acutally found myself. I'm still really new to this so please forgive me if I am asking silly questions or submitting this incorrectly. Any insight would be greatly appreciated!
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This, a possible whale rib...any clue on the "markings" or groves on the side of the bone
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Hi! I found this in a beach in the Savannah River. Its 3.5 inches long and 1.5 inches thick on the middle. It has a weird curveness that you can appreciate better on the Side 4 pictures. It made me think of where the other jaw tooth fits?! I looks like a sperm whale tooth but I'm not sure. Any input is greatly appreciated!!!
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So, I found this last week in Southern MD. The question before my esteemed miocene experts is.. Did I find the ear drum of a whale..? or am I being fooled by a cleverly shaped rock? ( Also, this is before the specimen fully dried out. ) Thanks for any assistance!
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The things you find in pawn shops.. (Possible whale vert?, pic heavy)
Ghostlite posted a topic in Fossil ID
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. -
I have no idea. Found in North Charleston, SC in a recently dug pond. Any ideas?
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Not sure if this is man made or some type of vertebra fossil
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Whale tooth recovered from Bone Valley mine in Florida. Order: Artiodactyla; Infraorder: Cetacea; Family: Physeteridae Genus: Indeterminate Broken missing end of root, 74 mm length -
Greetings from Argentina; found my first fossil, I`m pretty sure that it`s a whale epiphysis; but wanted to know if ti is possible to ID the species...? Location : Patagonia, Puerto piramides, Chubut, Argentina https://www.google.com.ar/maps/place/Puerto+Piramides,+Chubut/@-42.586614,-64.2642427,1609m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0xbe02de2db616900f:0x6fe8cad4c2a2c841!8m2!3d-42.5701796!4d-64.2787391 Dimensions : across 12,5 cm height 11 cm width 0,5 cm Thanks
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i have been asked to give a short presentation to a group of 4H campers here in my county. i would like to have some illustrations to go along with some whale bone and shark teeth that i will be showing. a couple of years ago i was give some at the aurora fossil festival but for some reason i can't find them. and yes i have done the google thing but can't find anything i like. any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks craig
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Found this piece a couple of years ago at Fossil Beach, Mornington & has been ID as whale bone by Erich Fitzgerald of Melbourne Museum. I'm wondering if any of you guys might be able to narrow down which part of the animal this may have come from? The piece is 130mm L 25mm W 30mm D. Although Fossil Beach is local to us this is the only bone we have found in many years of looking.
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I've recently bought a nice Basilosaurus (isis?) premolar which will arrive in a few days. I never see teeth like these in many places, and I'm just curious about what you guys have in your collection.
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Last one for today. This was another find in the creeks of Gainesville, Florida this weekend. It's 1.5" long and looked a little like a whale tooth but not sure what type. Any guidance would be hugely appreciated.
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Hello from Mid TN Mossback, searcher of TN, FL, S.C., TX or Anywhere I go
Nashphil posted a topic in Member Introductions
Been on the bottom of rivers for 45 yrs. My collection started in S.C., where I found my largest, intact Meglo 6.5 inches, (Dad has a 7.25). Giant sloth toe, mastodon parts, and other misc. fossils (giant tortoise, ray and gator plates, various intact sharks teeth, Bison bone with hole for curing, Been going to Fl. last 15 yrs and found Whale vert.'s, ear bones, mystery talon (3 in) and one of my bucket list finds, last yr., a Camel tooth. Current Fossil Bucket list: > 8 inch Meglo Mastodon tooth and Tusk Saber tooth, tooth Gator teeth something rare- 13 replies
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Trying to figure if this is a walrus tusk or whale tooth - doesn't look like most of the whale teeth I've seen. I'm inclined more towards a sperm whale. Position in the jaw? This is an inshore ocean/ estuary find from GA. Same area as shark teeth. Thanks for any help.
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First, I am clueless as to what this is. I am guessing whale because the vertebral body is concave on one end and convex on the other. It is pure stone, and I am wondering if it could be hadrosaur based on some pictures I saw. Cretaceous is just a guess as most of what I found was from that period. I bought it from the son of a fisherman who found it on the banks of the Kansas River in the Kansas City area. Any help is really appreciated. My dream as a child was to be a paleontologist so this is specially cool to me.
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Hello fellow fossil hunters, After one month, sorry for the delay, here it finally is: my trip report of the fossil hunting in Cape Town, South Africa! First off, I just wanna say this: before my trip to SA, I asked here whether it was possible to hunt there. Everyone said that SA had strict laws on fossil hunting, and that I would have no chance there. Obviously I was disappointed, yet also confused, because on Fossiel.NET (Dutch version of TFF), there were two locations with lots of info about them in SA, and they didn't say anything about the law. After that, on Instagram, I met a guy that lived in Cape Town, and his posts were those of fossils he had found there! So I sent him a message asking about the rules, and he said the following: fossil extraction/digging is forbidden, but if the fossils are found in loose sediment, you are allowed to pick them up. Which was great news, because this meant I could hunt at Milnerton! Now, to the report. As we arrived in the parking, we saw the big sandy beach stretching out. As we got onto it, we could barely see 20 meters in front of us. Then the fog cleared up slightly, giving us a better view of the beach. We then met a lady who was also hunting for sharkteeth, and she gave me some tips for searching. As we continued our walk on the beach, after about an hour of having found nothing except for a few modern seashells, we arrived at the lighthouse. We got up close to the lighthouse and noticed some people sitting there, with a towel in front of them. We went over to see what they were selling, and, of course, there were sharkteeth! Extinct giant whites (mako's) and great whites, many complete and in good condition. They also made necklaces out of the teeth that were less well preserved. So we bought 3 sharkteeth from them, and also got a small necklace for free, all that for only 120 ZAR (more or less 8 USD)! They were extremely nice with us, and gave us many more tips for finding fossils, as we had explained that we also love to find them personally. Thanks to their very helpful tips, we soon found some teeth too! And we also found some pieces of bone, very similar to those I find on the Zandmotor, my usual hunting spot in the Netherlands. Finally, towards the end, I even found a big whale vert! All in all it was an amazing day, and the weird weather made it a unique experience.
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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
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Hoping someone knows what bone(s) this is (are). I'm always amazed at what you people know! The piece is about 5" long and heavy. Looks to be two, maybe three pieces fused together, in a crude triangular shape (three faces). One face shows a length long line and from the end it is clear there are two separate pieces fused side by side. Another face is smooth with a shallow groove at the end (visible in the end picture). The last face shows fibrous bone turning into chipped cancellous bone on the end; the other piece or two appears to be cancellous bone.
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We just got this supposed whale tooth from a seller; I was wondering what sort of whale it may be from, and/or how old it may be? (also, if it is real). It is quite heavy, shiny and black.
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Today I made a trip down to the cliffs. Water was higher than expected and didn't find as much as I had hoped, but did manage to find this nice sized vert. It has a deep gouge running down the entire length of it. Was this caused by predation? The vert is approximately 3 1/2" wide and 3" long. There is another gouge not far away from the biggest one, but it is hard to see because that part of the vert is broken. On the 3rd pic it starts at the top center of the vert. Sorry if pics aren't clear. Camera phone is all I have. Thanks for looking and I appreciate your input!
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Help ID possible piece of Whale? Vertebra? Bone? found in San Pedro
ADURAN posted a topic in Fossil ID
Went out again this past weekend to try to find more pieces to the large fossil I found in San Pedro and found what I believe (taking the wildest of guesses) may be a piece of a Whale Vertebra? Not sure this is considered a fossil but thought I'd ask all the more educated (than me) individuals on this forum. Since y'all are the experts! Thanks again in advance for any input. (If these photos are too dark I can post better ones later.) -Amy
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Physeteridae (Sperm Whale) Fused axis vertebra and Third Cervical Vertebra
AshHendrick posted a fossil in Mammals
Weekend find, date may have been 18th not the 19th, working to verify with dig partner. Found: Greens Mill Run, Greenville NC among a huge array of items (whale bone including several tempanic bulla, shark teeth (great white, tiger,crow, Giant White Shark etc) and two Enchodus teeth etc. Partner I was digging with found it (we were digging same location/hole together) in his screen and let me keep it. Boesse Confirmed an ID on ID Forum "Nice specimen! This is almost certainly Balaenula sp., a dwarf right whale known from the Yorktown Fm. at Lee Creek. It's a miniature version of Eubalaena in that image at the top (which is from my blog)." -
If you had asked me yesterday, what fossil I would most want to find on a hunt today, I would have said a complete large whale tooth. It came my way !!!! and I had a great day with a TFF fossil hunting friend, who guided me to the exact right place to dig! But I have questions. Is or can this 4.5 inch tooth be Kogiopsis .sp? Is the enamel only visible in fossils? I found another whale tooth approximately 20 feet from today's whale tooth (above). Can these two teeth be from the same species? Thanks for all comments and suggestions. Jack
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I was hoping I could get an ID on the species of this recent find of mine. This is def. the largest most complete vert I've pulled from GMR (GreensMill Run Greenville NC)- and let me tell you I was quite stoked even though it's a bit broken! I'm assuming it's whale but was curious if anyone could tell me what kind of whale and also verify it's a cervical vert? I found it with the usual GMR assembly of great white, tiger shark teeth, whale bone/ear bone, a mossasaur tooth and petrified wood.
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