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Hello I found this in the White River Formation in Wyoming. Is this a Hyaenodon ? The block of rock seemed much harder than usual and had no cracks in it. It was more difficult to prep out than other similar fossils (oredonts, archeotherim, Probotherium) that I have found in the same area. I think maybe the harder un-cracked matrix contributed to the nicer quality of the fossil. Lots of amateur prepping mistakes but the matrix was soooo resistant to removal. Just wouldnt pop off nice like it does sometimes and I dont own a respectable sand blaster machine.
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Hi Everyone! I've been looking around at some potential Allosaurus teeth I'd like to buy but before I do I'd like to make sure that's actually what they are and learn how to id them, as I'm assuming the Jurassic fossil market is as rife with misidentification as the Cretaceous one. Here's one I'm curious about, very clearly a Theropod tooth. Apparently found in the Morrison Formation of Washakie County, Wyoming and measures 1.08 Inches in a straight line measurement. So what do you all think? Is it Allosaurus? How do you know? Is it even possible to pin a Morrison tooth o
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Hi everyone! I came across this little piece as I was sorting through some of the anthill matrix I brought back from Wyoming's Lance formation. When I first found it, I must not have recognized it as a partial claw as it ended up alongside other odds and ends (fragments of bone, gar scales & other misc. fossils) at the bottom of a pill bottle where I had deposited all of my pickings. This week, however, I emptied that pill bottle to see what was inside in order to organize all the micros I found from this locality (which will get its own post eventually). It's evident to me that this is a
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I found this today while going through my collection of fossils from Kemmerer, WY. I don’t remember finding it, so it must have broken off another rock revealing this. It looks like an insect wing. Then, I looked at it under my microscope, and took these pictures. I need a second opinion. Is this an insect wing of some kind or just a piece of a fish scale? Its about 3mm long, by the way.
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I found this in Kemerer, Wyoming while digging for fossils at a quarry open to the public. Does anyone know what it is?
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Hi everyone! I'm gonna be spending a few days in Salt Lake City this August and am looking for advice. I'm debating between heading to the U-dig/New-dig sites in Delta UT for trilobites vs. heading to Kemmerer WY Green River for fish and other fossils. I wish I had time for both and to explore on my own, but time is limited. Any thoughts/suggestions? Also, any advice on finding petrified wood around the Salt Lake City area? Thanks so much!!
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Selling Real for Fake Fossils?
Lucid_Bot posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Everyone I've encountered on this site has been very helpful, so thank you. However, I'm in need of more help. For the last year I've been collecting real fossils in the field and selling some to pay for more exotic rocks. In a recent post I found that my Solnhofen shrimp is, if not totally, mostly fake. Now I'm quite suspicious of my entire purchased collection and was hoping you could help me identify fakes. The first two pictures are apparently Priscacara, Green River Formation, Eocene; the next two supposedly Asteroidea, Morocco, Ordovician; the last three supposedly Triassic, Arizona petr- 25 replies
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I found this in some matrix from the Lance Formation in Wyoming and wondered if it is an ankylosaur tooth. The hash marks are 1mm. Thanks for any help.
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I am thinking of buying a fish fossil for my collection. These two look similar to me and they are all 13 cm. Just want to get your opinion, which one do you think is better? Thanks!! First one: Second one: -
Got another one than has me stumped from the Lance in Wyoming… any ideas guys? Thanks!
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Hey everyone! Would anyone be interested in doing a group trip to Kemmerer, WY next summer? Since we moved to Wyoming 2 years ago I’ve been dying to go to a quarry out there for some fish but circumstances have prevented that. My family has no interest at all and, because of anxiety, I don’t want to go alone. Plus, I think it would be a fun experience for forum members to be able to get together and have a good time. I only have 2 summers left here and next summer would probably be the easiest one for me. Someone please say yes!
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These are multituberculate teeth found in the lance formation, I have yet to identify all of them and would like some insight. I have to post these in groups because there are so many but I can share the animals I think show the closest resemblance.
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Have you ever heard of Petrified Flame Sponge from Wyoming? I just bought (in the mail) the below piece because I want to look at it under a microscope and I think I can take some interesting pictures of it. It is supposed to be from the White River Formation in Wyoming. See the below cards with it. Marine from the White River Formation doesn’t make sense to me. Fluvial would, but not for sponges. Tsunami in Wyoming also doesn’t make sense. Reworked from older Formation? Ideas on what this is? Just a name for a type of agate? Petrified Flame Sponge Slab, Late Eocene/Early
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I saw this published thought it might interest some members. An age-depth model and revised stratigraphy of vertebrate-bearing units in Natural Trap Cave, Wyoming is presented in this paper https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040618222000222
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I got this fossil from a Wyoming in Tucson, Arizona. I was thinking it's a jugual bone from a Ceratopsian or a Hadrosaur.
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These are photos of an unidentified tooth from the lance formation in Wyoming, it was put in a group of mammal teeth all approximately in the range of 2-4 mm in size. Among the teeth two of them have been identified as shark, one is a Lissodus and the other is unknown as of now. If there are any ideas as to what this tooth could be please do share.
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Complete specimen of Knightia eocaena. Reference: Lance Grande 1984. "The paleontology of the Green River Formation, with a review of the fish fauna". Wyoming Geological Survey, Bull. 63, pp. 85-86-87 for description of the species, pp 93-95-96-100 for images.
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I was recently given this amazing fossil from an old man before he passed away. While he couldn’t remember exactly where it was found, he did tell me a general area in Wyoming that is known for Eocene fossils. Any help with identification is greatly appreciated!
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On August 12, 2021, I went with my family to a fossil dig in Kemmerer, Wyoming. Two friends from Japan went with us also. We all found a lot of fossils that day. The two friends from Japan even found a small whole Phareodus testis! There was, however, one fossil that was unusual, and we couldn’t get the exact species. Picture is attached. All the people at the quarry said was that it’s a wood imprint, or something like that, I don’t exactly remember. Here is the question. Is this a wood fossil? Second question, if it is wood, is it po
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Hello, Found on internet an Pterosaur tooth from Albany County, Wyoming - USA, Morrison Formation. What do you other people tink about it. Is it Pterosaur? And what about the species? It is named Pteranodon, but that cant be right.
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I've been in the lab this fall/winter but preparation has taken a back seat to the plastics/replicas operations. As things start to wind down with plastics around this time of year, I'm embarking on my next prep project. This specimen is from the same Wyoming locality as the Herpetotherium I posted about recently but was found many years ago(~15?). It appears to just be an upper skull of a small rodent but there is some hope for lowers. I pulled this piece out of its field packaging in April but just now starting preparation in earnest. So far, all I've done is rough prep around the bound
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A new and beautifully preserved Crocodyliform from the Upper Morrison Formation of Wyoming. Amphicotylus milesi A new goniopholidid from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, USA: novel insight into aquatic adaptation toward modern crocodylians | Royal Society Open Science (royalsocietypublishing.org)
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I purchased a andolousiana trilobite and am worried it may be fake
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I was given the fossil fish below. It didn't come with any details, but this looks like a Green River Formation fish, which means it could be from Colorado, Wyoming, or Utah, right? Any thoughts on genus and possibly species? Thanks!
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