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Greetings all. Was reorganizing some past finds. Two pieces from Chandler Bridge Creek in Summerville, SC I have not been able to identify recaptured my attention, and I thought I would post these to see if there were any insights. They may be too fragmentary to make a determination, but nothing asked, nothing learned. The first is a larger fragment that I thought looked like a possible skull piece due to the odd shape. The second smaller piece is lighter, and looked more birdlike in appearance. I know pelagornis has been found in this creek in the past, so I am always on the look out for mystery frags. Anyone have any insights? I have them numbered for organization
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Found these two near the peace river wondering if anyone could tell me what they are? I have some guesses but just wanted to make sure, the first I think is some kind of whale tooth and the second could be some kind of tusk but not sure.
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Found on a NJ beach Jan 2024. Any ideas what this is? Perhaps a whale bone? Thank you in advance.
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On a recent hunt on a dredge island on the Savannah River on the South Carolina Georgia border, my wife found this interesting specimen. After we got home and cleaned it up, it definitely looked like a tooth to me. Not sure if whale, or crocodile but it is worn pretty bad with only patches of what appear to be enamel. Anyone have any ideas? It did not appear to be a fish neural bone. I also didn't think it looked like a fish tooth.
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Found this tooth in the peace river on my last trip, wasn’t completely sure what it was. Im thinking it could be whale or predator. I know its in pretty bad shape but would be thankful if anyone knows what it is. thanks
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Hi everyone! Found this potential whale fossil while hunting the coastline in Southern California, it looks to me like it could be the cross-section of a cetacean head… any ideas?
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Hello! Recently I was going through old fossils I had from Caspersan Beach and/or Venice Beach FL, when I came across an interesting fossil. I’m not sure whether it’s a dugong bone fragment or a whalebone fragment, so I figured I’d post it here to find out what it is. It’s about 1.5 x 1.5 inches on each side, and fairly thin. I’ve seen things about dugong ribs being found there, although this seems kinda thin and flat to be a rib, so I was curious to know if it could be figured out what part of the skeleton it came from? Thank you!
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I recently attended an estate auction where a bunch of crystal and mineral specimens were sold from a decades old collection. A very large “petrified wood” specimen caught my eye immediately. Apparently the collector didn’t have any records to help identify the specimens and the auctioneer was oblivious. I can say without hesitation, this is not petrified/fossilized wood. It is a massive dorsal or possibly caudal vertebra. I believe it was found in the U.S. since basically all the other specimens from the collection originated from the U.S. or Central America. I am fairly confident it is from a sauropod. Can anyone confirm this identification? Also, as a an interesting side note, when tested with a Geiger counter it’s pretty warm. Measurements are in inches, sorry it’s what I had available.
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Found this cleaning up the yard today. Is this whale vertebrae? I’m on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in SoCal. I’m thinking Miocene. Its embedded in a large piece of what I think is PV stone, but then again, I’m regularly surprised by the specimens I encounter. The part in question appears to have a broad, pock marked base across one face of the stone, and that’s where I get confused. There are veins of the same or similar material throughout the entire stone, and a group of possible concretions on the far side of the stone from the possible vertebrae. What is this?!?
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I found this piece at Calvert Cliffs Maryland on the beach and it seems too irregular to be just a rock and kind of looks like it could be part of an animal, possibly a whale or porpoise. Can anyone help ID this?
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Hi everyone! I recently acquired a menagerie of fossils from South Carolina rivers and these three stood out. The first two appear to be skull pieces, most likely from fish but I have no idea what type. The last one I think is some sort of bizarre tooth though I have no idea from what. Cetacean maybe? Not sure exactly where in South Carolina these were found either unfortunately though lots of Megalodon, Auriculatus, and Hastalis were found with them so for age I'm guessing late Oligocene to early Miocene though there were some Pleistocene mammals mixed in as well. Any insight is appreciated as always! 1. measures 38.53 mm long, 28.39 mm wide, and 10.88 mm thick 2. measures 39.91 mm long, 26.65 mm wide, 12.06 mm thick 3. Not sure how teeth like these should be measured on the forum so I'm just going to measure it like a dinosaur tooth. "Crown height" is 29.04 mm, "Crown base length" is 21.74 mm, "Crown base width" is 9.29 mm
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I found this in the creek last week, I'm pretty sure it is a tooth, but I'm not sure what kind, whale maybe? I'm not sure if it is just the break, but the shape looks like tapir? Maybe incisor or front tooth? Any ideas are appreciated, thanks! (1.25 inches, 3 cm)
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Seems like I can't go a day without picking up an ear bone or two this season. On Friday three turned up. One I positively identified as dolphin periotic, one as horse and the last one is in question. I believe it is cetacean and have looked at those posted by @Boesse in his very informative blog The Coastal Paleontologist. That gave me some suspicions that it may be a partial from either Physeteridae or Ziphiidae 2. And, of course, I could be way off in my idea of what it could be. I also reviewed numerous postings by @Shellseeker along with several of @Harry Pristis informative image postings and think I can pretty much eliminate land mammal. There is an obvious break on one end that interestingly allows a view all the way through the specimen. I tried to capture pictures from all sides, including pictures to show the channels that pass through. Measurements: 43mm x 31mm x 27mm
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I acquired a collection of fossils in Florida. About half were labeled but the rest were not. These five fossils were in a box with a Fossil labeled Polished Whale Tooth Miocene Cooper River SC and one labeled Fossil Dolphin Tooth Venice Florida. I am guessing 1, 2 and 3 are whale tooth fossils and 4 is from a dolphin. I have no idea what animal 5 is from but am guessing it’s a claw. The back of 2 has metal protrusions with glued paper around them and I am guessing was part of an old display. Any help identifying these is greatly greatly appreciated.
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Stumbled across this large potential fossilized bone on a beach walk today. Any ideas on what animal it could be from? Any info would be greatly appreciated. Shoe in one photo for size reference.
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Hello there! I found this "tooth?" on a beach in Calvert cliffs state park in Maryland. Any help with it's identification or really and information about it at all would be a huge help. Thank you!
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I was out a week ago, hunting the Peace River, not finding much. Basically little shark teeth (Lemons, Tigers, Dusky, occasional Sand Tiger). I have hunted this location a number of times and the only mammal fossils I have found besides marine Dolphin are chips of Rhino tooth. I have an open cut on my leg and about to travel for a couple of weeks, so my hunting opportunities are seriously curtailed. Time to look at and identify fossils I found a week ago. Now this is the Peace River, and that means mostly float fossils, So when I initially picked this out of the screen, I thought it to likely be gator... It's about the right size... When I turned it over , I no longer thought Gator.... quickly switching to un_identified. Pulp cavity and some sort of interesting layering of the enamel.... Not sure why I am adding this,, but found an interesting paper on a Miocene porpoise from Japan, which has some similarity in item D....
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Hello everyone, I would like to know what this Fossil might be. I thought it looked a bit similar to a whale hearing bone, but not as much that I could be certain. The Fossil was found in the north of Germany, near the Baltic sea. Please let me know if you have any ideas. Thank you very much in advance. Greetings Lukas
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Found almost fully submerged in the wet sand beneath the waves of Holden Beach. It was found within newly replenished sand from dredging that’s occurring currently a couple miles off the coast. Very heavy and dense(1.257kg), porous of course and it’s not perfectly symmetrical at any angle I view it from. I’d guess some whale bone but I know very little about fossils. There’s also tens of thousands of Hardouinia Mortonis (PeeDee Cretaceous) coming up through the dredge pipes if that helps in any way. Longest length ≈ 15cm Longest width ≈ 10cm Longest depth/height ≈ 8cm Narrowest depth/height ≈ 3cm Any help is appreciated, thanks. Also vinegar to try and clean the barnacles and such off?
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Out on the river yesterday frora beautiful day of hunting. Had several nice finds with two I was not sure of on the ID. I was able to eliminate one unknown today (modern cow) but the other still has me looking. When I first saw the below tooth in the sieve I thought it was a deer tine. Upon picking it up I saw the circular striations and beveled tip that led me to the conclusion it is a tooth. Well worn and polished to the extent that it is ready to be made into a piece of jewelry. A lot of searching has only led to the possibility of a whale or other cetacean as far as I can see. Opinions of others would be greatly appreciated. Hopefully, @Harry Pristis, @Shellseeker, or @Boesse has a chance to respond. Thanks all! The tooth measures 35mm x 10mm:
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Hi everyone! I just acquired some fossils from Florida and could use some help identifying these two vertebrae. The first I believe is thoracic and the second is an atlas, but I'm not sure what animal they're from. Cetacean was the first thing that came to mind but I all the pictures I've been finding are different looking especially the pictures of whale atlas vertebrae so I could really use another opinion.
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Does anyone know what this is? I found this while beach walking in the San Diego-area. It's about 3" across.
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These are from Florida. But I don't have a clue what they could be. They look like regular bones, or even rocks to me.
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Found my first big fossil while digging a driveway on my property in Paso. Looking forward to identifying it. Seems like a large piece of spine or whale tail. Any guidance would be helpful. Just starting construction, so I will be on the lookout for more fossils.
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Hey, I was looking at this bone I found in Summerville, SC and I’m curious to know what the marks are, I know they’re probably not anything but I figured I’d ask so that I could just stop wondering! TIA!
