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Hello fellow fossil hunters! This is my first post here and I came here for some expertise on identifying a tooth I found recently on a trip to Portugal. I found it at a beach in the Algarve region. I read that locally they have mako sharks and blue sharks but I’m not sure what animal it is from. Since this is my first (maybe) fossil find. I appreciate any guesses for ID-ing this tooth, thanks in advance! 🙏😁
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first time post so i hope i do this right, we have been scanning online for hours with no result. found at the beach in the center of Portugal (Nazaré) it is 8cm diameter, about 5cm thick and weight is 362grams. circular pattern thanks a lot for your input, best regards from Portugal
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hi all, during our hike along the west-coast of the Algarve in Portugal (see Fishermens trail), we noticed many sites with fossils. So we got interested and spent some time looking at the remains in the rocks. One. of them got my special interest as it seems to have something like a mouth. I am a real amateur and can only recognise a few common types of fossils, like sea shells, coral, sea urchins, shark teeth, etc. So who can help identify this plant/animal? thanks! Some background information: the rock is limestone based on the fossil coral, the rock is a former sea-bed of a shallow sea. age: "Kimmeridgian, upper-Jurassic". I found the following w.r.t. the history of the rock (see 2nd image): " On the top of the cliff, there are limestones and marls of Kimmeridgian age (Upper Ju- rassic), with a rich fauna of well conserved fossil corals " Sorry, I didn't have a cm-scale with me, so my finger nail is the only reference of the dimensions; the nail is 1cm in length.
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I'm pretty new at this, my main hobby is fishing, but since I spend a lot of time in the cliffs or simply at the sea side, I started collecting some fossils a long the way. This are some of the finds Any help Identifying them would be great (:
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A nice Dictyonema flabelliforme dendroid graptolite from Oslo Fields in Norway. It's Tremadoc, Lower Ordovician in age and is thus maybe around 480 mya. Another angle :
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A new gnathosaurine (Pterosauria, Archaeopterodactyloidea) from the Late Jurassic of Portugal
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Hello, Like some of you knows I'am a portuguese collector who also collaborates with the Lourinha museum. In 2018 I found a pterosaur jaw and I donated to the museum and that fossil this year originated a new specie. The 𝑳𝒖𝒔𝒐𝒈𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒂. I attached the pdf of the publication (peerj-16048.pdf). who done this study was a Portuguese American - Alexandra Fernandes. The jaw I found:- 4 replies
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Fossils from Magoito, Portugal (Cretaceous limestone cliffs)
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First trip fossil hunting. Mix of vertibrate fossil, unidentified trace fossils, and pretty rocks (hard to tell from from the photo). Second batch is from Caparica, Miocene, including shark teeth (probably maku). Anyone want to help ID some?- 10 replies
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Hello new member here. I'm a trail runner, running in some amazing places in Portugal during my runs some times i come across fossils. I'm hoping to learn, and to teach my son, about some of them and some help with fossil identification. Thanks
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Bom dia from Lisbon, Portugal! Any Lisboeta/Lusitanian members here?
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Hey all! I'm Tobie, 29/m from Scotland and based in Lisbon since 2020. I work online as a freelance writer. I recently got into paleontology and have been exploring the Sintra coast collecting mostly late Cretaceous gastropods, ammonites, petrified wood and semi-precious stones, as well as various other organic bits and bobs (I make terrariums and decorative driftwood hangers). I really want to check out the Lourinhã formation for Jurassic fossils, as well as Arrábida, costa de Caparica, and eventually Algarve and the North (Serra da Estrela, maybe aire dos candeeiros). Anyone based in Lisbon or Portugal? Hit me up, would love to do a combined trip with one or two members. I have tools I can share, namely an Estwing geologist's hammer, a crack hammer, a smaller 1kg hammer and tons of good chisels. Bonus points if you have a bicycle suitable for off-road - great for reaching difficult locations and I tend to do trips with train + bike. Também falo o português, mais tipicamente os portugueses falam inglês melhor que eu falo português. Also, any tips for good spots or interesting research related to Portugal - hit me up- 8 replies
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found this on the beach near Lourhina, Portugal. Fossils in the Lourhina Formation are late Jurassic. This looks like a small walnut but the unusual shape with a cleft in the face isn't like any walnut. I can't find it in fossil botanical books.
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From the BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62693077
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Hello everyone, Some days ago I was walking along a beach in the Algarve region of Portugal and while looking for shells and mollusc fossils, I found what I believe to be a fossilized shark tooth. I have never found any fossils of elasmobranchs in this place or otherwise so I have no idea what species it could be. This specimen was found in a beach with no rocky outcrops ( except sand heheh ), so I don´t really know what geologic time frame it falls into. Any help with id or with online resources for shark teeth identification is greatly appreciated.
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Sadly, this tooth was broken in several places when I found it at the foot of a Cretaceous fossil cliff on the coast of Portugal. I imagine a precise ID is impossible, but am grateful for any taxonomic information that can be inferred. Red asterisks mark a doublet of bumps in the middle of the root.
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Is this spatula-shaped item a fossil? Perhaps a coral or bryozoan? From a Cretaceous fossil cliff on the coast of Portugal. Matrix is limestone. Item apparently has two elements, 1) a flattened, darker "blade" that widens from end to the other, and 2) a lighter, roughly cylindrical element that runs down the middle. A mold of this cylindrical element seems to extend beyond where it ends.
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Thanks for any help putting species IDs on these marine fossils from Magoito Beach, Portugal. My best guesses are as follows: 1-12) Oysters, unsure of species 13-20) Clams, original material and steinkerns. 13, 16 and 19 are quite "tall", others rather flat. 21, 22) ?? Possibly a coral? Or crinoid fragments or a trace fossil? 23, 24) smaller oyster pieces 25) a mussel? 26-29) gastropods 30) shark tooth - possibly goblin shark? Sadly fragmented, but has distinctive pair of lobes at the root midline 31) ?? intriguing paddle-shaped structure with a distinctive mid-line 32-38) bonus calcite and gypsum crystals
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Hey everyone! Im currently in Peniche, Portugal and I’ve been doing a little research and found that the Lourinhã formation is nearby. I went to the museum today in Lourinha town and saw some of the amazing finds that’s have come out of this formation! Can anyone recommend the best beaches to go to to fossil hunt? Anything specific I should be looking out for? Basically any advice would be amazing! Thanks
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Hello together. on a past Holiday I stumbled upon an interesting place at the coast of southern Portugal. On top of the cliffs there was something that looked like desert pavement to me, including ventifacts, not typical for the modern climate of the region, so maybe a re-opened facies? About 2-3 meters below that in a gully we found a lot of coral fragments looking like remnants of a fossil reef. Sadly I did not have a camera with me and can only show you some samples I picked up. Can someone give me an ID for the corals and an age estimate? Geological map shows spots of quaternary and triassic over upper carboniferous for the region?? Best Regards, J
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Hello, I'm curious if someone can help with this find. We went to look at the dinosaur footprints in Praia Grande, in Colares Portugal. While at the beach we found this possible fossil. I'm really wondering if someone can confirm if it is a bone? I did the lick test and it did seem to have some stick to it. Thank you for your time!
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A new early Cretaceous Spinosauridae has been described from the Papo Seco Formation of Portugal. Iberospinus natarioi https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0262614
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Hi, i recently received those very nice sponges from @badeend. I asse they're all Hexactinellids. I know identfying sponges even when you have them un grand is a hard thing to do. Any help to try a more precise ID is greatly welcome. Here is the number1, a glass sponges ? Kimmeridgian, Kalberbeg, Netherlands
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I ask some help to Id these cretaceous teeth. Here these kind of teeth are unusual. The last two I already posted in anterior post. Portugal - Mafra Cretaceous - Cenomanian size - between 0,5cm and 1cm Thanks
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Would appreciate any help in identifying this. It’s about the size of a hand across. I am new to this so not got a clue. Hope someone on here can help. regards Dean