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Hello everyone, this weekend my partner spotted this miniscule fossil in a stone on the banks of the River Thames in London, UK. My basic research suggests it is a Horn Coral however it's hard to find examples as small as this. I have uploaded an image next to a AAA battery for scale. I would love to know if anyone had a different opinion of what it could be and if not, how it ended up in the river here. Thanks in advance!
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Hi All, I'm well out of my wheelhouse with these, both in anatomy and any type of ID. These came out of a collection, and I unfortunately have no information on their origin. Each photo set show what was found in two separate specimen containers (old prescription pill bottles). Contents of each bottle seem to be associated. Hoping for an ID, or at least a general direction. Someone may even recognize the formation based on the coloring of contents of the first container. Thanks in advance! Container 1 - Those appear to be claws or talons of some sort? Tried comparing to various small animals, saw some similarities, but nothing definitive. The white coloring is giving me mid-west vibes?
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FossilID for fossils from Pennsylvanian period found at North Attleboro, Rhode Island/Wamsutta Formation
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Need some help in identifying these plant fossils. I recently found these in North Attleboro, Massachusetts. The formation here is Rhode Island/Wamsutta Formation. TIA- 7 replies
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Hello everyone! A couple of weeks ago, I traveled to Turimetta Beach, a Triassic fossil locality in the Sydney Basin. I found several plant fossils. Some were too fragmentary for ID, but if possible I would like to know people's opinions on the ID of these three. I've read through previous forum posts and am aware these might not be able to be ID'ed. Fossil plate which I found as a rockfall near Turimetta Headland. A relatively large stem which was found in the same rockfall. A small leaf I found at an outcrop on the beach itself. Thanks for any possible help!
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looks like a fish? but maybe i just got lucky? don't know how to differentiate, but even if it is a fish rock and not a fish fossil, ill still be happy with it! found on the beach in San Pedro CA.
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Found on an embankment near Vernonia, Oregon in the Pittsburg Bluff Formation(which I believe is Ogliocene). I thought it could possibly be a Crinoid but the little nubs are confusing, and so is the ‘bean’ shape of the side profile.
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Found this in a bag of Vigoro River Pebbles from Home Depot in Portland, OR. Wanted to have a big of fossil hunting fun since the road to my usual digging site is frozen for the season. My boyfriend(with no experience) thinks its a phalanges lol. Sticks to my tongue. Any help is appreciated.
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Hello everyone, and I hope you're all well. I recently ordered a Baltic amber specimen from a reputable dealer. The seller sent me this HD photograph of the inclusions, which are fungus gnats or Mycetophilidae. The largest gnat is about 6 mm long. The amber is Eocene in age, and was collected in Kaliningrad, Russia. Does anyone know the genus or species? Thanks for the help!
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Hello everyone, and hope you're all going well. I recently purchased this gastropod fossil and would like it identified for my display cabinet. Does anyone know exactly what it is? Unfortunately, I have no location data; it was labelled as Borthiembryon but it clearly isn't that genus. I would like as specific an identification as possible, but I understand if a species level ID is impossible. Also I bought this gastropod a while ago. I posted it for ID on the forum a while ago but never got a response, and I'd especially like this specimen's ID. The seller told me it was Jurassic in age, but gave no further detail. If no-one knows the IDs of these fossils, then I will contact the supplier of them which gave them to the store I bought them from. I apologise for the low quality of the images; my phone's camera is not great. Thank you all for any help with ID'ing these specimens.
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Hi all! Went to the Peace river for the 1st time on Thanksgiving break, had a blast, am going to write a trip report soon. But these 4 bones are stumping me as to what they could be. Everything found was in the lower Peace. The finds are numbered for convenience. Thanks in advance for any help and guidance! 1) in my research, this looks like a camel unciform bone, but I wanted to ask around to make sure 2) my gut tells me this could be bison something, but I have no idea what part of the bison skeleton it is, if there's some anatomy resources available let me know. 3) this bone was dense, it's probably unlikely to ID, but I wanted to rule out Mammoth or not. 4) lastly what is probably yet another horse/bison frag. This one was annoying to figure out.
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Please help identify potential fossil probably from Southern Nevada. Pelvic bone?
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This specimen is about 60 pounds and 19 x 17 x 6 inches. It has what look like tubular areas on one side, and is smooth on the other sides. Although at first glance it may look like a rock, please see other specimens from Nevada that look similar with white mineralization, etc. It is smooth on all sides except where broken. It flares up and down in opposite directions on each end. Possible Suspects: 7 Dinosaurs That Lived in Nevada (And Where to See Fossils Today) One opinion: Looks like a chunk of Morrison dinosaur pelvis..particularly ilium. The busy side is the inner surface where the sacrum fits on, big hole for femur head. Size-wise, Allosaurus, Stegosaurus" Wish the photos were in color, but one looks like the same dark stone with white mineral streaks: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Right-lateral-view-of-pubic-foot-of-Allosaurus-AMNH-813-Ventral-view-of-pubic_fig1_268274412- 4 replies
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From the hell creek formation in carter county, originally labeled as Dromaeosaurus but as far as I’m aware the only two species of raptor that exists in Hell Creek Fm are Acheroraptor and Dakotaraptor. Please let me know if more pictures are needed to ID CH: 12 mm CBL: 6 mm CBW: 3 mm 7 denticle per 1 mm DISTAL mesial denticles are not visible
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Location: Hell Creek formation, Carter county Very small tooth so it was pretty hard to get good and clear photos. I’ll try to add some better ones later today. I have two confirmed Nano teeth I used as a comparison, they both look more slender than this one, but I’m not sure.
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Florida keys finds - Big Pine Key found by the old bridge , huge fossil bed / area for coral
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Hi, I thought some of you might be able to take some guesses as to what I’ve got here. They’re all found in this giant muddy pit of goo that is exposed by the old bridge at low tide. I definitely washed them all off and used safety masks / respirator before working with removing debris. The only thing I’ve removed from these is the muddy debris and several rinses with water and dawn with an old toothbrush. The first six are the same weird one. The rest is just showing you a bunch of coral and shells let me know if anything stands out. What is the shiny pink one? IMG_1380.mov- 6 replies
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Found Florida Keys by old bridge near a large amount of coral fossil fragments
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Hi I am in the Florida keys and I found so many coral fossils it was amazing. However this one I can’t tell if it’s a stem or a vertebrate. It is about the size of a wine cork and about as heavy as my small pair of craft pliers. I’m sorry I don’t have a better measuring scale. Lots of crystal and agate like texture. IMG_1776.mov- 2 replies
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I made a post a while back about rocks I found in a part of Utahs poison strip known for having a lot of dino material. Based on the replies I decided everything I found is just rocks but with this one I am a little less sure because the texture is different. Some of it seems to be porous but there are are also parts that are a bit more smooth. I found it in a wash and wonder if running water could be a reason for this.
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I found this rock on a recent trip to wyoming and took it home based on its aesthetic characteristics, I was looking for fossils on the trip, but in this case that wasn't the goal. I was cleaning the rock up today and noticed these very fossil like impressions in it, one round with a regular linear texture around a raised center and another regular lines. These seem too perfect and too regular to be geological, does anyone have any ideas? Wish I could tell where the rock came from, but since I wasn't expecting fossils out of it I did not note the location or formation I found it in. Any help is appreciated. Thanks. First two the suspected fossils can be seen near the center of the rock, third is just a picture of the general rock if that helps identify things. Thanks.
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12.6" Mosasaur Prognathodon Fossil, 2 lbs 6 ounces, 4.7 inches wide, 1.5 inches thick Location- Qued Zem, Morocco Seller doesn’t mention anything about repair or restoration so I’m not sure about that I’m wondering if it’s restored. Are the teeth original to the jaw? And are those bite marks
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Hello everyone, and I hope you've had a good weekend. I have purchased this brittle star found in the Solnhofen Limestone. Here are the two images they have provided - in any case, they're probably higher quality than my phone would be able to take. They have labelled it as an unidentified species, and that it is known to have grown to a maximum of 3 centimeters across. The slab my specimen is on is 3 cm itself. What should I label it as in my display cabinet? Thanks for the help, it has been much appreciated over the last few weeks.
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Psittacosaur9's Cabinet Renovation Fossil Identification - Mesozoic and Cenozoic Animals Thread
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Hello everyone, and I hope you've all had a good day. I started to put my display cabinet together today, and after an exhausting day of work, I'm only half done and I haven't even started on the bookshelf! Yay! Sarcasm aside, I've got some more fossils I would like identified, as I am creating labels for my displays. Just as before, I would prefer the most specific identification possible - species would be preferable, but I would rather a genus or clade name over an invalid species name. Location would be helpful too. Again, if any of you want them, I can take more photos tomorrow. Specimen 1: Actinopterygii This specimen I purchased at a museum, which simply labelled it as 'fish fossil'. While I do not know the location, I suspected it was from the Green River Formation in Wyoming, as many commercially available Actinopterygii fossils come from that site. At first, I thought the specimen was Knightia, as that fish seems to be one of the more common from the Green River Formation, and the only common one of the same size and rough shape. However, after recently observing a slab of Knightia at a museum, I began to doubt my initial identification, as the Knightia in the museum looked more bloated than my specimen. Is it a Knightia, or something else? Specimen 2: Ammonite I apologise for the rather shoddy attempt at editing out the supplier's logo. As you can see, I purchased this ammonite in a small plastic case at a museum, and cannot take a photograph of it from all angles. However, the back of the box (or at least what survives of it) says that the ammonite is Jurassic of age and comes from Madagascar (thinking about it, the supplier probably had to stick the ammonite to the case in order to get it through customs). Therefore, after comparing it to other ammonites from the same location, I believe it is most likely a Phylloceras specimen, as those ammonites lived in the correct place at the correct time, and had the same shaped, relatively smooth shell. Do you all agree with this conclusion? Specimen 3: Gastropod Another specimen I purchased from a museum with no knowledge of its original location or age. Unfortunately, I know very little about Gastropods, so I do not know how to identify it. Do any of you recognise at least what group it came from, or even tell its species, time period or location? Specimen 4: Ray tooth I received this tooth as a gift in a set of various teeth from Chondrichthyes. The gift set identified the ray tooth as Jurassic in age, however gave no further information on the specimen. To add to the confusion, all of the fossil ray teeth I have found available to purchase online come from Myliobatis, a genus which only evolved in the Cenozoic. While I am pretty sure it is Myliobatis and the gift set's information was simply inaccurate, I would like confirmation that this conclusion is accurate. Also, I do know that there is only half of a tooth; it broke a while ago and I no longer have the second half. Thank you for all of your help! Next up will be a couple of Triassic plant fossils, and following that will be some fossils I am concerned are fake. Hope you all have a good night!- 21 replies
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Composite Onchopristis barb?
Psittacosaur9 posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hello everyone! I'm going to start posting fossils individually, to gain more traction on the forum. I'll post a few fossils I am worried are fake or composite today, then repost any fossils I have yet to receive identification for with higher-quality images in about a week. Here is an Onchopristis I purchased from a museum. After inspection and contrast with other barbs other collectors own, I have come to the conclusion that the barb is likely composite. In the images below, I have highlighted what I believe to be the original fossil in red. Do other people on the forum support this conclusion? Also, why does it seem to have a blood groove? Thanks for the help, and hope you have a good day. -
Good afternoon All. I have another mystery from Alberta. They are just little fragments, (3) but they were all found in the same spot, so may be associated. They have a blue surface, but no other colours. My first thought was ammolite, but there is absolutely no green or red. I did google blue fossils, but came up empty. Does anyone know if blue can happen to any fossil, or is it a trademark of one particular group? I apologize for the low quality photo, I even took them out into the natural light, but this phone camera is the worse. thank you!
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Hello everyone, and hope you've all had a good day so far. I am currently having a break after putting most of my bookcase together. Here are some fossil plants found in the Triassic layers of the Sydney Basin I would like identified if possible. As before, I would like the most specific identification possible, but don't mind genus or clade names if they'd be more accurate. I know the general location for these, so don't worry about that. If you need more photographs for a proper identification, I can take more in a couple of hours or tomorrow. Specimen 1: Shale plant fossil This fossil was found by a friend in the shale rock layer in the Northern Beaches region. This makes it Triassic in age. I read this document (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gregory-Retallack/publication/241677571_Geological_excursion_guide_to_the_sea_cliffs_north_of_Sydney/links/55d2119008ae0b8f3ef776a9/Geological-excursion-guide-to-the-sea-cliffs-north-of-Sydney.pdf) and after comparing the plant to various images on the document, I came to the conclusion that the plant was a specimen of the seed fern Dicroidium. Is this an accurate identification? Specimen 2: Plant Assortment This assortment of various plant fossils was found by another person I used to know in the Sydney Basin. I assume it is Triassic, as the vast majority of exposed sedimentary rocks in Sydney are of that age, although it might be Permian. I do not know the exact region. There seem to be multiple different plants on the slab, and they seem to be more poorly preserved than the shale layer plant. Does anyone know what they are? Also, do any of you have any tips for getting better images? If I take any more, I'll probably use my SLR camera, as my phone's camera is terrible. Thanks for the help! Edit: Changed the title to make it more obvious this is a new thread.