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Thanks to @Welsh Wizard for pointing me in the direction of these amazing caverns in the Peak District UK. On Saturday we took a trip up there. The Caverns are originally mines for Blue John which is a gorgeous Blue Purple and Yellow mineral. Back to the fossils... ...inside the cavern there is a chamber with layers of fossilised material in the ceiling. I will post some photos below. There was also a shop and museum with fossil examples from the cavern and elsewhere in the world. Sadly, I only got a few photos of those, as it was closing time. Strangely, we were the only visitors in the cavern (maybe late in the day) considering the amount of traffic all around. It costs £14.50 to visit the cavern. Recommended afternoon out.
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Found this at a spot I was told there was shark teeth. Spotted this, it stood out to me, not sure if it’s a fossil, but it does pass the lick test. I’ve only rinsed it off and given it a scrub with a toothbrush, so it’s pretty rough. Also it’s wet in the pics.
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So I went to a new site nearby me where I heard there were shark teeth and while I didn't find any shark teeth I found flint(?) fossils, that, unlike my previous flint(?) fossils, which I believe were deposited by glaciers, I think these ones are native to where I found them, which is an old mine overburden pile (the rock above the ore they're mining for), my evidence for this was the presence of many iron rich rocks that was in the same pile, pictured I have what I believe is botryoidal hematite, which hematite is what they mine here. Also the fossils in these new specimens are different to my glacial ones, which mostly have crinoid stems and brachiopods, here I've got spiral shells and other clams. Also they're much bigger and in much better shape. The Coleraine formation (cretaceous) runs just south of where I live according to a bedrock map, and another nearby mine tapped into it years ago (Hill Annex) and is fossil ferric, the bed rock map shows it doesn't quite reach the mine I live next to, but I'm doubting the map is perfectly accurate since the mine I live next to has dug up sharks teeth, fish vertebra, and saw fish saw teeth. (MN Discovery Center has some on display). Anyway, any help identifying these and what possible time period? I really hope they're native fossils and not glacial.
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I visited a coal mine last weekend with a group, and we had a good time finding Carboniferous era fossils. There were large volumes of plant fossils. I did find a few marine fossils (brachiopods) also. I found the "thing" below as well, which mystified me. I found it splitting a rock, and there was a counterpart as well. I did not retain the counterpart, perhaps I should have (it was broken). Formation: Pottsville Group Age: Pennsylvanian Period, Westphalian-A (312 million years old) .Jefferson County, AL Anyone know what this might be?
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Found this on the side of a large rock from a mine dump. Couldn't take it home, but thought it was cool, any idea what it is?
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A rock I found a couple weeks ago in a very old mine dump. I'm not sure what it is, but I thought it was cool, maybe someone could help identify it?
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Hi Everybody, I am trying to ID some fossils for my friends from the Royal Peacock Opal MIne. They have these fossils for display only at their gift shop but they are not really sure what they are. These are all miocene age fossils, Humboldt County, Nevada. I think the foot and the teeth are from some kind of small horse. I have no idea about the jaw with the teeth. Picture 1: Articulated foot bones from a horse? Picture 2-4: Jaw section from unknown mammal Picture 5-6: Bovine tooth, horse? Bison? camel? Picture 7: Bovine tooth, horse? horse? Bison? camel? Any IDs would be appreciated, Thanks, Jesse
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Found a lot of new fossils this past weekend. I typically collect shark teeth but I am trying to learn about other fossils a little bit now. I’ll post 3 pictures of different pieces because that is the max allowed to post. I’ll also try and post more pics in the comments if I can. Where are my smart people at?!
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I found this piece this past weekend. I’m not sure what it is..? Possibly fossilized bone but the consistency is so hard it looks more like a mineral to me? The middle is a beautiful tan, almost shiny metallic color at the right angle. Anyone know what it is?!
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Can anyone identify this for me? I would think it was a crocodile scute, except Ive never seen that shape before.
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From the album: Sharks and fish
The shark relative is genus of eugenodontia holocephalid from the Carboniferous-Pennsylvanian age Anna shale formation, Carbondale group, found in different Illinois coal mines. I dont know(yet)which mine these were found in. This unidentified species is of the "vorax-serratus- crenulatus-heinrichi" or "E. heinrichi group", with the teeth being more of a standard triangular shape, as opposed to being thinner and pointed at a forward angle as in the "E. minor" group http://www.thefossilforum.com/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=501751 -
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2 unidentified mosasaur species' anterior end of premaxillary bones. One with teeth broken off just beyond the skull, and the other has 2 remaining teeth, with the rest broken off at the level of the skull. the larger fossil was found in the phosphate mines of Khouribga, Morocco. ive since lost the information for the smaller fossil, sadly. -
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From the album: Marine reptiles and mammals
Unidentified Cretaceous crocodile species, suggested by multiple people, to appear to be a Dyrosaurus, came from the second phosphatic layer of a phosphate mine(what a shocker!)around the suburbs of Khouribga, Morocco. Original teeth, not replacements. Have gone through and cleaned up the base of some of the ones that had some sand around them.- 2 comments
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Hi, I am new to this forum. About 15 years ago my grandmothers brother gave me a fossil, he said he found it in a mine when he was a miner. Since then it has been stored in a cool dry place but I occasionally admire the fossil. There are two fossils, both consist of 5 parralel rows of small blunt teeth that are in very good condition. I have always wanted to know exactly what they are, any help is appreciated. Cheers
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From the album: fossils from south florida!
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I have been drawing dinosaurs for a long time, and i´m getting better with each drawing, i thought that i would show off some examples of the work i have done, so here it comes: Unexpected Visitor Two Laevisuchus are scared away by a larger Rajasaurus in cretaceous India. Diving Giant A Spinosaurus swims after its favourite prey, Onchopristis (Still need to get a fossil of that one ) in cretaceous North Africa. Evicted! A Velociraptor is scared away from its home by a Therizinosaurus in cretaceous Mongolia. Clash of the Titans A Tyrannosaurus faces off with Triceratops in cretaceous North America (The T.Rex´s leg got a little weird here). Commisions I´ve also done several commisions, most for Keith Olsen´s Dinoworld franchise (here: http://dinoworld.freeforums.net/index.cgi) which aren´t meant to be accurate at all, so here they are, Compsognathus and Kaprosuchus: Please tell me what you think of them, and if there is any particular prehistoric animal that you would like me to draw. /Sebastian
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