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Hi again. My ever dwindling fossil collection, will hopefully survive this ID session. I found most of these in April 23 amongst cliff fall rocks on the beach in Charmouth UK. I found the large grey blobbly one on the right in September same place. There is one that looks like a perfect acorn and some similar. The large browner looking one seems to be made up of nutty nodes. I'm wondering if they are coprolites. I'm sure they were greyer when I found them. Should I coat these with B-72, should I leave them be or am I imagining fossils that are just funny shaped rocks? Thanks, Jes.
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From the album: Middle eocene fossils from Qatar
The only one of its kind I have in my collection. This one is around 1.5 cm in length Qatar, Midra shale formation, Middle eocene -
From the album: Middle eocene fossils from Qatar
Good specimen, about 2 cm in length Qatar, midra shale formation, Middle eocene -
Hello all....new to the forum. I have been roaming beaches for years and picking up random objects. Always a fan of the unique and interesting. I was on Holden beach in North Carolina recently doing the normal shark tooth hunt. I came across something I'm not familiar with. At first I was hoping it was a tooth...someone said super croc..except it really wasn't cylindrical enough. Then I moved to maybe a dino tooth of some sort based on the top. Well I have searched all I can, and my best guess is I may have come across a nice piece of coprolite. Thank you in advance for taking a look. I am amazed by all the knowledge here...
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I appreciate everyones help. I have been able to open a few more of the concretions I brought home. Several look to be clams maybe Mazonomya , One even has an internal mold? I would appreciate confirmation if that is what they are. One is very circular, I have no real idea, was thinking maybe coprolite because I can convince myself that the three shiny triangles at one edge could be fish scales-- but I am probably overreading what ever is actually there. I am even less sure if the last concretion actually has anything but a rough surface inside the concretion but wanted somebody else's opinion before I tossed it in the dud pile. Thank you for taking a look and offering your suggestions. Valerie
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Hi all, last week I found an interesting rock formation that appears to be cropolite. At least based on a few images I was able to compare it against online. The formation was found on an island beach off the west coast of Michigan. Thank you for any help identifying it!
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Wondering if this rock inherited is coprolite or just some kind of geode? IMG_1339.HEIC IMG_1340.HEIC
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Welcome to another microscopic look into the wonderful world of coprolites. Here we have a squished (flattened) spiral coprolite from the prehistoric floodplains that now form the Bull Canyon Formation in the badlands of Quay County, New Mexico. Today's mystery was most likely not ingested. Many times the posterior (non-pinched end) of spiral coprolites can be hollow. I may be wrong, but I think this branchy thing (for lack of a better term) slipped in after it was expelled. To me this looks like part of a branch from a delicate coral - but the poop was in fresh water. Any ideas?
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Here's a drum fish tooth lodged in a curiously shaped piece of host matrix. Smooth, cylindrical with a potential spiral groove. What do y'all think? Grid lines are 1mm spaced.
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I want your opinions on this piece. I picked this up today, after knocking it a few times to make sure that it wasn't "fresh". The surface texture it really rough and funky. Very much like sandstone and not what I'm used to with fossils here, but the shape... come on, how can this NOT be what it looks like? Found at my 280MY Permian site. Whats your thoughts? Is it coprolite, a very grossly shaped natural rock, or should I go wash my hands some more?
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I bought this rock online auction site. it was sold as a Permian Coprolite with bones from Oklahoma. it is 2 cm long. The last 5 images are microscopic. what do you think?
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Hello A friend gave this to me...It was found in a garden on a property on the southern North Sea coast of The Netherlands... After reading a lot about coprolites, spiral fish coprolite mainly...led me to burrows...which in turn, led me to corals...I now suspect that it may be some sort of Horn coraI... It is 2" (5.5cm) long...the opening has a diameter of approx. 1" (2.5cm)...it is rounded on one side...flat on the other...from the texture and weight of 56 grams I am certain that it is completely stone... I am hoping that someone could confirm my thoughts and help with the age of it and the material that it is now made of... Thanks
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I could not resist the hilarious headline.....Enjoy! Bicknell, R.D.C., Smith, P.M., Kimmig, J. 2023 Novel Coprolitic Records from the Silurian (Přídolí) Wallace Shale of New South Wales. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology (ahead-of-print publication – in press) PDF LINK
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I was reading about the mass excavation of coprolites in the UK from the 1800s to WW2 and was wondering if there is any modern coprolite mining still going on there. I can't seem to find any so I'm guessing all the mines are closed and boarded up but just find it surprising that something that was once so common that it was ground up and turned into fertilizer on an industrial scale can now only be found in museums.
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From the album: Ozan Formation
Shark Coprolite, NSR Campanian, Cretaceous Mar, 2023 The classic spiral pattern of shark coprolites is apparent on this specimen. -
Cause it's always amusing looking at possible poo finds...I was wondering if this could be a coprolite? I always pick up the unusual while I'm out searching...and this is no different. I think it's poo only because of the end resembling a pinch point as described in the coprolite ID. It doesn't seem to have any inclusions. I don't know....maybe it was just a natural occurance and this is just a coincidence. I'll attach other images of some other possible coprolite that I questioned in other threads and it was usually unknown...but this is the only one I'm questioning here. Not having inclusions and seeming fine grained could be alligator right? Thanks for your thoughts.
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Found this digging in Peace River, central Florida. I wondered if it could be coprolite, but if it is I was wondering from what animal. Any information would be appreciated. Other finds from the same area included dugong bone, turtle shell, mammal teeth (bison, tapir, horse), armadillo scute, and lots of shark teeth.
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Good evening to all my paleo peers! Tonight I’d like to share with you a selection of some of my favorite fossils found this year. I was lucky enough to spend three weeks in Montana over the summer, along with a few other fossil hunting opportunities here and there. As we hop into the New Year I'll kick things off aptly... Frog Radioulna-Judith River formation, Montana One of my all time best single fossil hunting days was spent in late June on a microsite in the Judith River badlands of northern Montana. Among the teeth of crocs, hadrosaurs and dromaeosaurs was this absolutely tiny limb bone. When reviewing my finds from this week I gathered up several of these micro bones and put them in a gem jar. I brought this minute group along with a small portion of my collection on my recent visit to the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. While exploring their collections I met amphibian expert Amy Henrici, who recognized it as the distinctive fused lower arm bone from a frog, also known as a radioulna. Yesterday I was able to take clear, close up pictures of this tiny limb on my digital microscope and subsequently posted it as my fossil friday on instagram (same username). I was excited to learn about its identity as it’s the first example of a frog fossil in my collection that I’m aware of! This little guy would have likely been on the menu for a whole host of predators, including Dromaeosaurs and Troodontids. The recent discovery of Daurlong provides evidence of a predator prey relationship between these two groups.
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Hi there everyone. I would really appreciate your skills/opinions about if my little ''treasure'' is actually a coprolite or not. I have always believed it to be, just because it looks like a poo with something in it to me. I have forgotten where i found it, but most likely it was in Newcastle, NSW, Australia. It is ovalish in shape and appears to have a ''skin' wrapped around some sort of internal content. As I know zero about fossils, your time and expertise is gratefully appreciated. Looking forward to hearing from someone with excitement and thanks. Photos hopefully attached! Many cheers, Kazza
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Good afternoon! I am curious if anyone can tell me what this is? Found on Folly Beach in Charleston. Thanks!
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From the album: Eagle Ford Group
Vertebrate coprolites, Dallas Co. Cenomanian, Cretaceous Jan, 2023 Coprolites with articulated(?) bony fish inclusions. High quality vertebrate coprolites, bentonite layers, and tan/buff coloration are characteristic of the Turner Park Member of the Britton Formation of North Texas.-
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Well we all know its not a giant dinosaur gamete fossil but I could not resist with the title or eyes in one photo. Best guess poopy is a coprolite but the extremely smooth surfaces and fact that its so strait make me wonder if this was fossilised when still in the intestinal chamber. The other option is that it is geologic in origin but the shape. Found in the toolebuc formation of central Queensland Australian - marine cretaceous formation. length of specimen 110 mm and 30 mm at widest point. There are also has striations visible in several sections and there are no inclusions
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Hi, picked this up at Aust today, only looked twice after seeing a video on icthyosaur coprolites found at charmouth. It has a lot of material in and the same pear shape, hard to identify anything expect for one possible shell.. Any help appreciated thanks. Happy new year!