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Recently found this quite large and heavy (piece of) bone by the Schelde river shores in Antwerp, Belgium. Most pieces that wash up here are Mio/Pliocene but actually most Neogene layers are represented in the area as well as Pleistocene and more recent. I'm thinking whale because of the size, but honestly i don't have a clue. Measurements are 22cm x 10cm x 5cm thanks in advance! Dries
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Hey, i got some mammal teeth ID vibe going thx to @citronkitten's post. I'm kinda in the dark about these two teeth. As they wash up on the Schelde river shores in Antwerp i'm not sure on their age tho. Both look like front teeth to me. 1. 2,9cm x 1,3cm x 0,8cm 2. 2,6cm x 0,8cm x 0,6cm Thx in advance!
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Pagurized (hermit crab) gastropod shells covered with bryozoa, coral or hydrozoans
fossilnut posted a topic in Member-to-Member Fossil Trades
Wanted fossil or recent bryozoa, coral or hydrozoan covered gastropod shells that were used by hermit crabs. I am especially interested in the Texas Longhorn -Hippoporidra edax examples but would like examples from different ages and locations. Use is for a talk/donation on Predation, Protection and Cooperation for the Natural History Society of Maryand (volunteer). Would trade examples I collected @ Myrtle Beach, SC or other fossils from the Miocene of MD, shark teeth from SC, shells from the Pliocene of Florida etc. Would buy as well. -
Hi everyone, I was just browsing @PrehistoricFlorida's website and my eye was caught by what was labelled as a pocket gopher femur (trust me there were many more impressive fossils that caught my eye as well). Reason being, I found a very similar bone on a hunt in South Dakota's Hell Creek formation back in 2019. I kept it, hoping in my heart of hearts that it was fossilized, but keeping my expectations low. The rusty staining on the bone made me think there was a chance it was just a beautifully preserved Cretaceous limb bone, but I knew it was most likely recent. It's about 2.5 cm long and .7 cm wide at the proximal end. I'm interested in your opinions about whether or not I can confirm this bone as modern/recent. Floridian specimen. Dakotan specimen.
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These obviously aren't fossils but I'm curious non the less, the only identifiable one looks to be a tiny jaw. A couple of them were attached to owl pellets so assuming that's where they all came from, so mouse would make sense, are those mouse teeth? Found in open field at Grayson site where they were mixed in and stuck in mud along with fossils.
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Hey my mom found this limb bone (Likely a humerus or femur, hard to tell since its incomplete) a week ago at the beach and and I'm stumped as to what kind of animal it might be from. Anybody have any ideas?
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Almost a month ago, trying to fight the boredom, I started to sort all the things that inevitably gathered in my basement. In an old box full of things donated by my granparents I found what i think are 2 fragments of bone, I don't know if fossilized or not. I've already called them but they don't rebember exactly how and where they acquired the finds. The only thing they say is that it was a gift from a friend they've encountered during a trip in central / southern europe. I know in the past they visited (apart from other localities in France) Romania, Italy and Austria. Describing now the bone fragments, I don't really know if they're fossil or more recent finds. One seems to be part of a jaw bone (the first 3 photos) but cannot identify even the family / order of the animal. The second one is a real mystery; it has a strange pattern on one of the outer surfaces and at first i thought it was wood. I think both of them could be mammal bones, but maybe I'm wrong. Many thanks to all who could help me out.
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This sample was stained by rose bengal solution. it was sampled from the intertidal zone in Apo reef natural park in mindoro, Philippines, around >5m depth. I'm confused on what species is this. I have no other pictures since we are under a community quarantine here in Manila so I have no access with my microscope.
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Hey everyone, I thought it would be interesting if a thread was made for fossils we have found most recently whether that be in situ and posted the day after the trip or if you find something new while going through matrix or concretions you may have brought home. I'll start it off, here is a snail and baculites I found today when cracking into some of my Pierre shale material from Wyoming.
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Been trying to help someone who found these in backyard. My expertise on corals is limited to the ancient. I know these can resemble some older material but I believe all are recent. Ant thoughts?
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Help please. Some time ago. there was a thread in which some one I believe from the northeast USA commented on their finding various shark egg cases. I have tried searching in vain to locate that post. I volunteer at the Natural History Society Of Maryland. I am trying to put together a display/talk for shark week coming up in July. Would like to include recent shark egg cases along with my collection of fossil shark teeth and centra. I can trade various Miocene/Pliocene fossils, St Clair ferns or other fossils. Any help to connect me to anyone with shark egg cases would be greatly appreciated
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I have 3 specimens of Recent asteroids as a comparative material to my fossils. Is there a place on the internet where I could have them identified? I suspect they are oreasterids: Pentaceraster and possibly two species of Protoreaster, but I'm not sure if really and what species.
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Hi all, my grandpa recently gave me this snail shell he brought from a Florida holiday some decades ago (he said he "pulled it out of the ocean"; but that's all details I have on the finding situation). I saw this post by Herb with Florida shells, one of which looks quite similar: For the one in my images I'm wondering whether it is a recent exemplar or a fossil one. In a German fossils forum where I showed the images someone tended to recent because of the slight color remnants. On the other hand, it looks really similar to the fossil busycon contrarium I saw here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busycon_contrarium Any hints regarding recent vs. fossil and more specific ID are highly welcome! The Euro coin for scale is about 0.9 inch in diameter. Many thanks in advance Jan P.S.: Very nice forum you have here!
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Short Stalk Humerus Found Along Sandy River In Central Oklahoma, Us
bothrops07 posted a topic in Fossil ID
I'm fairly certain this is a humerus, but to what? I am a herpetologist and spend a lot of time along rivers. I came across this today as I was searching for frogs, and I decided to hang on to it to ID it. So far, I have been unsuccessful and I assume you guys are way better at this than me. The bone/fossil doesn't feel as heavy as most fossils I have come across, but it is definitely heavier than bone. It is completely black underneath the crispy tan layer shown in the photographs. It was found in an area along the river bank that had recently been washed out due to recent rains. So I'm not certain if it originated high above the bank or in the wet sand. Thank you, Buddy
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Got a snall sample of so-called "star sand" from Taketomi,Okinawa,Japan, that was loaded with some of (I think) the most beautiful forams: 99% of the sample consists of 2 species, Baculogypsina sphraerulata & Calcaroides spengleri; Went thru my inventory of forams & found some examples of their fossil kin: unfortunately, like any other fossil, the Miocene & Cretaceous ones have suffered a lot of wear & tear, but hopefully you'll be able to view & compare. Don't know if the images do them justice. Each foram is about the size of a grain of sand. [attachment=18991 8:foram1a.jpg]
