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Hello fossil hunters, New guy with some prehistoric herring or something. Purchased in the 80's from some shopping mall science store that is no longer in existence. Just wondering if this is an easy ID as I think it might have been excavated hastily and maybe some fins, tails or details might be disrupted. I've tried to post up the biggest pic I can so I hope that makes IDing possible. Thanks
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I got this fish with some others in a trade deal the other day; I was supposed to get a mixed box of Diplomystus and Knightia, but this guy stood out for me. Doesn't look like either, and seems a bit too big for Amphiplaga. Maybe juvenile Mioplosus? Anybody? Is there another photo that can help? Thanks for looking!
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I've always been fascinated by the Cretaceous sea and its myriad of terrifying carnivores, many that would've made Jaws look meek. After watching BBC's Sea Monsters, I made it my goal to compile a box of sea monster fossils. I started this journey 10 years ago, and finally completed the box recently. Allow me to present my Predators of the Cretaceous Sea collection, and take you on a journey to the most dangerous sea of all times. The box measures 20.25 inches long. Inside are 24 unique predator fossils. I will introduce them from left to right, top to bottom: Rhombodus binkhorsti Age: 70.6 - 66 mya | late Cretaceous Formation: Severn Formation Locality: Bowie, Maryland, USA Size: 1 meters Diet: Molluscs and crustaceans art by Nobu Tamura --------------- Polyptychodon interruptus Age: 105.3 - 94.3 mya | Cretaceous Formation: Stoilensky Quarry stratigraphic unit Locality: Stary-Oskol, Belgorod Oblast, Russia Size: Maybe 7 meters (This is a tooth taxon so size is not confirmed) Diet: Anything it could catch Note: If you consider Polytychodon a nomen dubium, then this is a Pliosauridae indet. art by Mark Witton ----------------- Prognathodon giganteus Age: 70.6 - 66 mya | late Cretaceous Formation: Ouled Abdoun Basin Locality: Khouribga Phosphate Deposits, Morocco Size: 10-14 meters Diet: Everything art by SYSTEM(ZBrushCentral) --------------- Coloborhynchinae indet. Age: 99.7 - 94.3 mya | late Cretaceous Formation: Kem Kem Beds Locality: Southeast Morocco Size: 7 meters (high estimate) Diet: Fish and cephalopods
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Can anyone help me with this one? Have found a lot of darker brown, nearly black ones also. Thought they were a shell of sorts but not sure
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Any idea what the tooth on the left is? I know the other two are pycnodontids but I have never found anything like the one on the left. It is very cylindrical in cross section and has the odd "capped" end. Closest thing I could find in my reference library was a diplodicus tooth but this seems way to small. The site is in the Upper Glen Rose Formation (Albian) of Central Texas. This site has produced pycnodontids, turtle and crocodilian bones & teeth.
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Found on Jurassic coast in Osmington Bay.
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Vinciguerria orientalis, sp. nov. (Teleostei, Stomiiformes, Phosichthyidae), from the middle Miocene of South Korea.
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Pohang, South Korea Fish fossil Miocene I don't know about species..
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Since I have had more time to get stuff done due to Corona virus downtime I finally put together a fossil fish wall. I collected the specimens a few years ago in Wyoming. Thought I would share
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Alright, last one for today! Picked up this concretion-ish piece and noticed the backbone type impression in it. I know its probably nothing, but danged if every time I look at it I see segmented vertebrae from a tail or something. I know this is wishful thinking, but what do you all think?
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Upper Devonian Skull? Cashaqua Shale Member, Sonyea Group Western New York size - matrix block is 8" x 8" I found this fossil around 12 years ago. The locality it was found at is a nodule layer with well preserved coiled/straight shelled nautiloids, petrified wood (some very large), small gastropods, small pelecypods and that's about it. I have found one other weathered piece of bone before at this locality but this nodule, I knew when found it, that it was special. It needs to be prepared and would love to get it done. That is the reason I took it out of the mothballs. First, I would like to know exactly what it is. I'm thinking very early fish skull. My question to you is - what species is it and is it fish or something else like an amphibian? I know we are dealing with bone and not wood or something else from the Upper Devonian. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Happy Collecting from Mikeymig
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Is it paint or natural?Priscacara liops Green River Formation?thanks
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Need some help from the experts on this one. I've been searching for something similar but have so far struck out. Found in some Lee Creek material from Eastern North Carolina. Scale is 1mm. What do you think?
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Hi All, I bought a fossil fish on online a while ago. The seller identified it as "PTERONISCULUS Fish fossil Trias 250 mio Madagascar" It would be nice to confirm and also get additional information on possible locality, ideally reference to a scientific publication. I'm really curious about in situ conditions where the fossil was found. Could it be desert, or a mine. It seems like the fish nodules are not that rare if you look on-line but it's hard to find anything about the place of origin. Clearly, recognizing a fish species in this condition is a rare skill. So, many thanks in advance to those who will weigh in and share an opinion and information. Pictures are attached.
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Here are my new fossils! And how my collection looks now. For size comparison the enchodus tooth to the right in the picture of the entire collection is 5,6cm long (2.2 Inches long)
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Fossils range from 1.5 to 7.5 inches. Found in the last three years at American Fossil and Warfield quarries.
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I tried to walk away and let this go, but it’s really bugging me. This fish is confusing the heck out of me. I came across it on the ever popular auction site. The seller states that it is a juvenile Fundulus goreti from the Oligocene in France. The thing that bugs me the most is I can’t find ANY information on that species (apart from one mention in a 1940’s paper)! I’m starting to wonder if it even exists. Also, and I could be completely wrong, I can’t find any information on any Fundulus species in France. Am I not looking hard enough, or the correct way? Am I crazy? Most importantly, can anyone shed some light on what it may actually be?
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Recently, I went fossil hunting at Jalama Beach, California. After splitting open numerous rocks I encountered a variety of fossils; however, I am new to fossil hunting and I am unsure what species of marine fossils I found. Any help with ID would be much appreciated. Thanks!
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Does anyone know why there are so many Spinosaurus teeth on the market? Did they shed them as a shark does? Did they discover a Spinosaurus graveyard in Morocco? Tom
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Hi everyone, i'm doing the thesis of master degree in paleontology and I'm studying a new internal lagoon near a carbonate platform. At this moment I can't go to university because we are in quarantine and therefore I can't consult with the professors and can't use various methods. So I ask you for help. Can anyone identify these fish, even just the family they belong to? They are all from the Turonian and they come from a kind of Plattenkalk and represent the only vertebrates found. Thank you
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With extra time, I have been landscaping , sorting, and cleaning out fossil deposits around the house. I have rediscovered a number of unusual items. This being one of the most unusual. 3 to 1 marine versus land fossils. Once found a Llama sacrum that resembled this at 10-15x the size. Thought about fish nose, but never found one and really do not know.
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Hi Everyone, I’ve been living down in Texas with my family instead of my usual location in Missouri, and had a free day to go to the North Sulfur River (NSR). I had no idea my family lived so close to such a fun location to fossil hunt. I had a great time and have been trying to find the identity of a few of the fossils I found. I know identification posts are generally individually done, but since they were all found at the same location I decided to group them into one post. Hope that's not too against forum rules. Anyway, I’d love y'alls thoughts on what they might be! All the following were found in the North Sulfur River – Ozan formation. Number 1: This seems to me to be a jaw bone, but beyond that I'm unsure. Two possible growth teeth. What do you think? Number two: Are these bacculites end pieces? Number 3: I saw in another post these were identified as mammoth enamel. Think that is what they are or just something geological? I have a few more I'll include in a following post...
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Hi guys Is it possible to work out exactly what species of fish this fossil vertebrae is from, or is it too difficult to pinpoint ? Definitely fossilised. Found on the north coast of Norfolk U.K 25mm wide 7.5mm thick Happy Easter Matt
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I found this fossil in Devonian rock in Johnson County, Iowa. I think it is a fossil of a placoderm fish, and I think it has a "fin" next to the quarter in the photo. The fin would be coming out of the placoderm plate at a perpendicular angle, which would make sense, but I have never found a fin before. I will attach a close-up photo of the "fin" below. Am I on the right track or is this something else? Thank you! Ben
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