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Can someone help to identify these fossils and the possible date of age?
PatriciaL posted a topic in Fossil ID
I've found this mollusc fossils in the Saudi Arabia desert, one hour away from Riyadh city. It seems all this area was ocean during the the early cretaceous period. Meaning that these fossils can have around 77 million years old? They are bigger than a tennis ball! Can someone help to identify these exactly and the possible date of age? Thank you! IMG_1704.MOV IMG_1703.MOV IMG_1698.MOV -
Hi everyone, Please help identify a few fossils, likely marine life - all found in Central part of Saudi Arabia (location has abundant fossilized coral). thank you! Ps. Ruler is in cm #1
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Hello, my name is Mohammed, I live in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, I am an amateur and I like to search for strange things that excite me. I found these stones and a lot of fusion crust and there are always stones around them and I think they are meteorites and some of them I think are fossils, I go once a week to this place and I am surprised With more strange stones, note that there are traces of coal burning or cooking in the past. I hope that you will help me identify them. Thanks for the time you gave me ٢٠٢٣٠٣٢٩_٠٧٥٠٢٤.heic 672967485__.mp4 1769617833__.heic 641837108__.heic 1764123106__.heic 1640634434__.heic 1159978272__.heic 1968739018__.heic ٢٠٢٣٠٣٢٩_٠٧٥١٤٥.heic ٢٠٢٣٠٣٢٩_٠٧٥٠٢٤.heic ٢٠٢٣٠٣٢٩_٠٧٤٧٠٣.heic ٢٠٢٣٠٣٢٩_٠٧٤٦٢٦.heic ٢٠٢٣٠٣٢٩_٠٧٤٤٤٦.heic ٢٠٢٣٠٣٢٩_٠٧٤٣٥٣.heic ٢٠٢٣٠٣٢٣_٢١٥٨٤٨.heic 1641246246__.heic
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Dear friends, I was in a Bathonian area (Dhruma formation) to the north of Riyadh city, it was a surface find, small 2cm X 3cm .what could it be? Is it a coral or a sponge?
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Hello. I found this scleractinian coral fossil in the Hanifa Formation in Saudi Arabia which dates back to the Oxfordian, Jurassic. It doesn’t seem to be mentioned in scientific papers and I think it could be a new species. If so, what family and genus is it. Thank you!!
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Hello i went to a place in the desert near Riyadh with limestone geology and found this bizarre crystal. I accidentally broke it and the broken surface was like a mirror and super sharp and smooth, it is definitely not quartz and I don’t know what it is. what could it be?!
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Hellooooo i traveled 2 and a half hours to a Ediacaran deposit of sandstone and mudstone(600 million years old) near Madinah in Saudi Arabia. I found what I think is wave ripples, is that true? I also found some sort of imprint fossil showing perfect bumps, I don’t think erosion can create a pattern like that since there weren’t any others like it that I saw. if this is a fossil it is definitely the oldest fossil I am ever going to find since it is Precambrian. thank you so much for your time and effort!!!
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I found this weird rock around limestone of Paleogene age near Khurais east of Riyadh Saudi Arabia. is it a agate? and how does it form. thank you all for your time!
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Hello! I found these shells in a Paleogene area near Khurais, Saudi Arabia and I was wondering if these species could confirm that they are truly Paleogene aged. I was also wondering why they look rusty colored. thank you for your time!
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Hello! I found these fossils along with other shells and sorts in a Paleocene area near the city Khurais which is 200km east of Riyadh in Saudi Arabia. The area is known for shark teeth and fish bones. what could these barbed bones be?
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Greetings Folks. A friend of mind found this is Saudi Arabia. These are the best photo's and scale that I could get. It does seem to have a little metallic feel to it. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
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Hi friends, I went to Rusformation area (Eocene) to the west of Riyadh city and found this small fossil , 20mm long by18mm What could it be? it looks like a vertebrae os a skull ????
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Hello why there is a Syringopora coral in a NEOGENE-Quaternary formation(Jeddah Saudi Arabia). I regularly find this type of coral and it didn’t seem like much until I learnt that it (or something that looks very very similar)went extinct in the Permian 250 million years ago. there are two possibilities 1: this isn’t Syringopora 2:it is Syringopora and it went extinct much later than we previously thought. the last image is a real image of a Syringopora from the internet. thank you for your time ! Abdulrahman Toonsi
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Hi friends, I went to Aruma formation area (Campanian-Maastrichrtian) to the North of Riyadh city and found this small fossil , 26mm long by22mm What could it be?
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Please could anyone help me with the identification of these fossils. I have very limited knowledge so appreciate any comments. All fossils were found in Thumamah Park near Riyadh in central Saudi Arabia and all were collected loose from the ground. The age of the formation here is Cretaceous according to the geological data I can find. The bottom two photos are two sides of the same fossil which looks to me like an oyster of some sort (but could be totally wrong). Thanks in advance for your suggestions.
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Hi friends, I went to Aruma formation area (Campanian-Maastrichrtian) to the Norht of Riyadh city and found this large fossil , 16cm long by13cm what could it? it looks like a T-rex tooth !
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Hi friends, I went to Aruma formation area (Campanian-Maastrichrtian) to the Norht of Riyadh city and found this gasrtropod, it is large , 16cm long by 9cm what sp. Is it?
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Hi, Fossil hunting for a while and I found this star shaped fossil. Would appreciate it if you have an idea what that is. (Jurrasic period, Saudi Arabia) I am attaching a pic of my other finds but I was able to identify them lurking on the forum browsing old posts but the star shaped fossil is very strange, and dare i say, beautiful Many thanks, Hind, the fossil collector
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Hi friends, I went to Marrat formation area (toarcian) to the west of Riyadh and found many? ammonits, they are of varies sizes, it is internal mold, what sp. Is it?
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Hi friends, I went to Marrat formation area (toarcian) to the west of Riyadh and found many? Bivalves, they are of varies sizes, it is internal mold, what sp. Is it?
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I found this giant cone snail shell fossil in Jeddah Saudi Arabia which I believe is quaternary but I would like to make sure of that and the area I was searching in had different fossils than I usually find they where only bivalves and clams and very little coral could this be because this area was deeper water if so how deep thank you
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Hello I found this giant clam on a island in omluj Saudi Arabia I believe it’s quaternary age but I would like to know more about this and I’m also curious of what species this is thank you
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Hi friends, I hoppy that all of you are safe l and healthy, I went to Aruma formation area outside of Riyadh and found this egg like hard fossil, it is 3cm, heavy with? Shell remainder. What could it be???
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Greeting my friends , can you help me with this , i went to jubaila city outside of Riyadh , the area is Kimmeridgian ,and found ++++ brocken pieces of Nautiloid shell , it was a surface find , is it a nautilus rhyncholites ???
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Greeting my fellow Homo sapiens , can you help me with this , i went to jubaila city outside of Riyadh , the area is Kimmeridgian , it was a surface find , what type is it ???
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