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I took these photos of a replica of the Allosaurus jimmadseni specimen "Big Al 2" at the Lewis Science Center in Orange Coast College earlier this year. Like the referred A. jimmadseni specimen "Big Al", it was excavated at Howe Quarry in Wyoming in the 1990s.
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Hi! Thank you in advance for your responses. Whether this is anything or not, I'm thoroughly enjoying the learning process! Location Wyoming, near Cody (northeast). I found this while (unsuccessfully) searching for Geodes. This is from a large pile of transplanted rocks/earth which originated in the nearby hills. This particular pile is likely to have been originally 6-12 feet below the surface (I will be visiting that spot in a few days. I can upload a photo then for better context). WSGS data says the area is on the border of a Mesozoic and Cenozoic rock distribution. Interest I'm not sure what to make of this. It doesn't match the surrounding rock. I'm interested in the parallel "grains" throughout the piece, but confused by prominent grain-warping at a point near the outer edge. I really like the shell-like pattern of the coloration, but am curious about the inconsistent thickness at the rounded end. This is smooth to the touch (and sticky on the tongue...I licked it because the internet told me to...). This looks so much like a wood grain, but I see no rings in the grains, only coloration (though I understand not all woods exhibit rings?) I also have not found any images of petrified wood with a rounded end like this, so maybe weathering? Feels very solid (agatized?...that's a thing right?) Photos Link: Imgur Link to all photos
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Over twenty years of work on the Hanson Ranch Bonebed in the Lance Formation of eastern Wyoming has yielded over 13,000 individual elements primarily of the hadrosaur Edmontosaurus annectens. Findings are presented in this paper. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0233182
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I found what looks to be a large fish scale, but I’m not entirely certain. I would like some help with potentially ID’ing the species. I tried searching online, but nothing I found looked like what I collected. This was collected from the split fish layer of the Green River Formation at American Fossil Quarry in Kemmerer, Wyoming. It is about 1.5cm in length and width. Thanks for any help.
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Ok, I have given a go at doing some ID on this myself, using the very helpful "identifying theropod teeth from the Hell Creek/Lance Formation." thread. But hit a brick wall. So, if anyone could A) Let me know what this tooth is and B -- If I am on the right track with my amateurish ID attempts, that would be amazing. So, I got to eliminating it as being a Nano (Because Nano teeth are apparently rectangular and this is quite ovalish. And eliminating it as being a small version of a T-rex tooth because it isn't fat and the tip doesn't look right. And eliminated Archaeoraptor as it being a bit big. Eliminated Dakoraptor because the recurve isn't enough. This is my first time having a proper go at IDing a tooth for sale beyond googling similar--so odds are I've missed something obvious or got it completely wrong. So, it is labelled as theropod Nanotyrannus, Lance Formation, 0.5 inches in length. Any help, as always, much appreciated.
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Found these tubular fossils in the Cody Shale in the Bighorn Basin or Wyoming. Friends state they are squids of some type. I can't find any type of belemnite that would fit the bill. Are these possibly crinoids? As for the tooth, found laying on top of soil in this Cody Shale...our friends state they have never found a tooth in this area prior. (see photos next post) Thanks, Dean
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Here's an interesting looking partial bone I found in the Lance fm. of Wyoming back in 2018 with PaleoProspectors. The guide I was with thought it could've been from the hip region of a reptile, possibly a champsosaur. After a few years of gradually improving my identification ability I now think it's a partial sacrum, but I am not sure. I want to know what my fellow forum members have to say about it.
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I found this odd little pebble in the Lance fm. in Wyoming over the summer and have yet to post on the forum so I thought I'd do so tonight. Anywhere else I probably wouldn't have kept it, but since I found it in a dinosaur bearing formation I was thinking it had the potential to be a gastrolith as it's completely smooth and rounded along with being a different color than most of the surrounding sediment I found it in, possibly hinting at transportation from its origin. I'd like to know your thoughts as I think it would be really cool to have found a dinosaur gastrolith. It's also not a piece of rabbit or deer scatt as it's not squishable (trust me I've accidentally picked them up before out there).
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Trying to find out what kind of crystals he's our guy was told it's just a different type of Amber they look kind of like fools gold little half domes not sure
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Fossils range from 1.5 to 7.5 inches. Found in the last three years at American Fossil and Warfield quarries.
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Mustoe, G.E., 2015. Late Tertiary petrified wood from Nevada, USA: Evidence of multiple silicification pathways. Geosciences, 5(4), pp.286-309. https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/5/4/286 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/282851612_Late_Tertiary_Petrified_Wood_from_Nevada_USA_Evidence_of_Multiple_Silicification_Pathways https://sciprofiles.com/profile/112497 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/George_Mustoe Mustoe, G. and Acosta, M., 2016. Origin of petrified wood color. Geosciences, 6(2), no.25. https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/6/2/25 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/302497324_Origin_of_Petrified_Wood_Color Mustoe, G.E., 2017. Wood petrifaction: A new view of permineralization and replacement. Geosciences, 7(4), no.119. https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/7/4/119/htm https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/4ff7/8f7c6899c4459c4f33e4d51c040f6374685d.pdf https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321170639_Wood_Petrifaction_A_New_View_of_Permineralization_and_Replacement Mustoe, G.E., 2018. Mineralogy of non-silicified fossil wood. Geosciences, 8(3), no.85. https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/8/3/85/htm https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323540027_Mineralogy_of_Non-Silicified_Fossil_Wood Mustoe, George E. "Non-mineralized fossil wood." Geosciences (8) no.223. https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/8/6/223 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325827782_Non-mineralized_Fossil_Wood Luczaj, J.A., Leavitt, S.W., Csank, A.Z., Panyushkina, I.P. and Wright, W.E., 2018. Comment on “Non-Mineralized Fossil Wood” by George E. Mustoe (Geosciences, 2018). Geosciences, 8(12), no.462. https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/8/12/462/htm Mustoe, G.E., Viney, M. and Mills, J., 2019. Mineralogy of Eocene fossil wood from the “Blue Forest” locality, southwestern Wyoming, United States. Geosciences, 9(1), no.35. https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/9/1/35 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330292211_Mineralogy_of_Eocene_Fossil_Wood_from_the_Blue_Forest_Locality_Southwestern_Wyoming_United_States Mustoe, G.E., 2015. Geologic History of Eocene Stonerose Fossil Beds, Republic, Washington, USA. Geosciences, 5(3), pp.243-263. https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/5/3/243 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279786883_Geologic_History_of_Eocene_Stonerose_Fossil_Beds_Republic_Washington_USA Yours, Paul H.
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Good afternoon folks. I have a very small (5mm) tooth or partial tooth on matrix from the Lance Formation outside of Newcastle, Wyoming. Is it a Theropod tooth? It's in the left middle section of the matrix.
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Diverse biota from the Morrison Formation, Black Hills, Wyoming
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Fossil News
Foster, J., Pagnac, D. and Hunt-Foster, R., 2020. An unusually diverse northern biota from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic), Black Hills, Wyoming. Geology of the Intermountain West, 7, pp.29-67. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31711/giw.v7.pp29-67 https://giw.utahgeology.org/giw/index.php/GIW/article/view/69 PDF: https://giw.utahgeology.org/giw/index.php/GIW/article/view/69/87 Yours, Paul H.- 1 reply
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Going through finds that haven’t been ID-ed yet from a trip to the Lance Formation. The find looks scute like, but I’m not an expert. It appears this maybe ID-able by its features. Let me know your thoughts. Thanks!
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Hi All I am new to this forum. I an an artist and work extensively in fossil mammoth and walrus as well as shed antler. I was given a small bag of "rock" as a complimentary gift from a person I purchased some craft wood from. This piece jumped out at me as looking suspiciously like a tooth or claw of some sort, perhaps worn down over time. I'm assuming it was collected in Wyoming but whether it was found in water or the woods I don't know... Any thoughts? Thank you, Terri
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Hi it is my Birthday today, and since it is my birthday I was going to get some fossils. I found this and am wondering if it’s a genuine tooth and if it’s a T-rex or not, if that’s possible through the sellers photos.
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This is an ammonite out of an old teaching collection. Can some one help me with an identification? The tag (which after 40 years may not be the correct tag) indicates Prionocyelus, Niobrara Formation Albany County, Wyoming. The ammonite is 2.1 inches in diameter.
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Good evening folks. I have two fish, both listed as Knightia and both from Farson Wyoming. They look similar but they don't look like the same species to me, am I wrong? These are 10 and 11 year old purchases with the first being dug in the 60's from "near Farson" and the second stating it is from the Green River Formation, Farson.
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Planning another summer ramble across a wide swath of the US for siteseeing and fossil hunting. Going to hit some previous sites like Kemmerer and Big Cedar Ridge in Wyoming along with planned stops for a guided dino excursion at a private ranch in eastern Montana and a trilobite dig at Theisen quarry in Oklahoma. I will be zigzagging across much of Montana and Wyoming and would be interested in other suggested stops on the way if anyone has anything they are willing to share. Not looking for someones secret stash, just publicly known places the wife and I might be able to stop for an hour or two as we roll through. We will also be traveling through places like western Nebraska, Oklahoma, southern Alabama, etc. I am interested in any era, invertebrate, vertebrate, plant. Looking to expand my personal collection and maybe pick up a few pieces to trade or auction off here. I have the most flexibility while in the north, but I have been trying to see if I can detour to squeeze in at least a little Alabama carboniferous as I have seen many beautiful specimens posted and I love plant fossils. We shall see. I have the rockhounding guides for the northern states and have tagged several possibilities, I have also been combing through previous posts and searching other references online. I would love to identify an ammonite location along the way as I have never managed to collect one myself. Thanks in advance, Randy
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Hello everyone, I'm looking for a second opinion on this piece, a fish head from the green river fauna, while I believe it maybe Amia due to comparisons I'm not to confident, any help/guidance is and will be appreciated.
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Hi everyone, I found this tooth over the summer in the White River formation of Wyoming. When I stumbled upon it, the tooth was already "exploded" into several pieces, so I glued it in place and dug around it, taking it out as a cemented chunk of dirt. At first I thought it was a young Archaeotherium canine, then I wasn't so sure and thought maybe Hyaenodon, I could be wrong and may not be predator at all as I know the rhinos, oreodonts and titanotheres all have canine teeth. A good amount of the crown is preserved along with several pieces of the root, however it is not complete and may be missing some vital pieces which could help us answer the question. the crown is around an inch and a half in length.
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So, I was interested in looking at Copralite under a magnifier. I got it it Kemmerer, Wyoming. I saw something very weird that I could not see with the naked eye, only a magnifier at the highest setting. Attached are 4 pictures. one of the copralite without the magnifier, one zoomed in low, one zoomed in high, and a fourth I will explain later As you can see, there are tiny "Bug like things" in the rock. They all have legs, and what look like antennae. The fourth picture shows them traveling in a perfect arc towards something. A behavioral fossil discovery perhaps? I have no idea what these black things are. Can someone try to help me?
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I found this Green River fish at the American Fossil quarry about 4 years ago. I think it could be a Hiodon falcatus, thoughts? Thanks for the help!
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I found this Green River fish this fall while at the Warfield quarry. It is too different from a Knightia and the best match I could find is Amphiplaga brachyptera. Thoughts?
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