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I am new to fossils. I'd appreciate help with identification of a specimen I got on the eBay, with no information on location. The specimen is approx. 3 x 3.5 in. across. One side of the specimen has shell imprints.

Hi again. Today I would like help with these two very similar fossils I found in Lyme Regis UK many years ago. They seem to be Mudstone from what I'm learning and have many boring worm holes on the outside of the rock. The inside has triangular patterns with ripples which resemble plant forms. Any help with a name would be much appreciated, so I can properly record my collection now. Thanks, Jes.

Hello fossil enthusiasts! Is this a sea grass fossil? I recently found this stone while digging for earth pigments, on a hillside that was a former ochre pigment quarry. The hillside itself contains a lot of black and green serpentinite and lizardite, and lots of dense blue-gray clay. There is also ample hematite and ochre further up the hill. Oaks and grass thrive here, plants grow thick and fast on this hill. I don't know how to read USGS maps, but according to a USGS map I found (if I read it right), the site is in a pocket of "Alluvial fan and fluvial deposits (pleistocene)" (labeled "Qpaf" on the map) The rock was about three to six inches beneath a 45 degree angled surface, surrounded by black serpentinite and blue clay. If it isn't a fossil, what is it? Any insights are very welcome. Please let me know if the photos do not convey enough information, I will gladly supply more. You all ROCK! Thanks! Jesse

Looking for ID help on the last 3 fossils of my childhood collection. From Northern Arizona near Snowflake, AZ. I would appreciate any information so I can share it with my 10 year-old grandson!