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So I found a few things at Myrtle Beach and I'm looking for some help in ID'ing them. I love looking for fossils but am not sure on things and I love the help I've gotten on this site so far. And any help with these is appreciated. The ruler is in inches. . . . 1: I thought this looked similar to a whale ear bone? Admittedly it could just be a rock but I wanted to post here and get some opinions. Getting photos of something black and shiny can be difficult but I could take more if needed, and maybe find better lighting. 2. At first I though alligator tooth but then I learned that mosasaur teeth have been found in this area also, so now I'm not so sure. Either way I love it. 3. I was thinking dolphin tooth but obviously it's broken so I'm not entirely sure. 4. And I thought I'd throw this one here too. When I saw it in the water I thought I was going to be picking up a cucullaea steinkern, but this is what it was. I thought I remembered seeing something like this online somewhere but I really have no idea, unless it's just a piece of some bone. So there they are. Any information about any of these would be much appreciated. And I could post more photos of any of these.
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My son brought this home from the beach in western Dorset, England. He wasn't even looking for/expecting fossils, but am I right in thinking those "worms" are fossils? And is the flat textured area anything of note (it looks sort of skin like)? Thanks!
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Went traveling toward the eclipse, for a sister's birthday, and I am addicted to searching for treasures, especially beaches. This is Charles Island off of Trumbull Beach. The locals have introduced new clam beds just off shore Some of the clams leave the safety of the beds and end up on beach waiting for the sun and birds to intervene with a host of native seashells (razor clams, venus clams, moon snails, whelks) and evena few crab and jelly fish.. As far back as I can remember, I have tossed the live ones back into the temporary safety of the tidepools. Maybe I think of it as a little penitence for all those clams casino and oyster Rockefeller I have consumed. On my 1st walk, I tossed back in 117 clams and 3 oysters. When I was young, there used to be oyster bonanzas here, Occasionally, I would pick up a moon snail, or different type of shell There is always something new to find... a small spider crab and this whelk... I do not know the specific species along the Connecticut beaches and hope some TFF friends from the area might recognize it. I was interested because it was pretty and because the operculum had been "sliced" but still mostly there. I thought the likely culprit was a seagull but a little confused why the bird would not have eaten some or more of the exposed gastropod. On Monday I watched the Eclipse with the Birthday girl and tried to figure out how to snap a photo with my cellphone, having prepared no other equipment. I tried many times and I have a number of these shots, which I do not quite understand... basically focus at infinity and long exposure... I thought the blue arc is the actual eclipse and the ball of fire is some sort of reflection.. but I have not figured it out. When I looked thru the special glasses, the eclipse was always a dark (almost black) moon moving across a very bright sun. Fortunately , a niece and her significant other managed to get close to the Vermont_Canadian border and managed this shot in the line of totality. On the last morning, while tossing more of the live back into the tide pools, I saw this fantastically ornate clam.. Stepped back and thought what is that ??? It is 45 x 38 mm, and seems to be a little stand for a figurine of some other material. The figurine might be a doll or a leprechaun , The boots look look like ones leprechauns might wear and do not seem to be broken at the connection... I wish the flowers were 4 leaf clovers, but they are not... It seems like a resin or plastic poured into a mold, and is completely flat on the bottom. It seems more intricate and detailed than I would expect from a modern toy but who knows...? All comments and suggestions on what it might be greatly appreciated. I also saw lots of interesting overly worn rocks , but decided not to ask for identifications.... Jack
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Found on the coast of Hilton Head South Carolina USA. I am quite unsure of what this is, it’s very eroded and might ether be unidentifiable, or just a funny looking rock. However, I find it looks very tooth like, with one wide end, and one pointy end, as well as a cavity that is open at the wide end and gently tracks further into the “tooth” My first thought was a premolar of some sort of primitive whale sans the roots. But that seems unlikely. Please share your thoughts! I’d love any sort input and if you would like a better picture of a certain angle, let me know! Here are the pictures 1. Front side 2.Back side 3.Right side 4.left side 5.Top side 6.Bottom side And here is a video of the specimen rotating! (ignore the sparkling putty, it was the only option I had to get it to sand up nice while still being visible at all angles) IMG_0199.mov
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While walking the beach my wife found this oddly shaped rock. She was looking for “ heart shaped” rocks but after looking at it a bit it seemed like it has a margin where the tooth enamel might have been. That tooth face also has what seems like microscopic tubulas which might have once been the dentin. It’s certainly not pristine as it does have a defined point. It’s about 3-3.5 inches at the longest points. It could just be a rock but I was curious your opinion
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Could anyone help with identifying these fossils found at Turimetta Beach NSW?
ParasauroLoafers posted a topic in Fossil ID
My partner randomly suggested we go fossil hunting at Turimetta. I've never been fossil hunting and I was surprised by how much we actually found. I haven't uploaded pictures of everything we found bc it's mostly just plant matter that I've managed to find similar pictures of in other forums. I'm curious to know if the rusty-orange coloured ones are anything. Was really exciting to find them when carefully splitting rocks in half! There's also a tiny ball shape I found when I split open a rock and it almost looked like a tiny soccer ball or pine cone because of the lines in it. It didn't show up quite as clearly on camera sadly. And there's another rock with a cylindrical shape in the side of it. I thought that was very interesting so I took lots of angles. Thanks in advance for your help!
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Found on beach of Turks and Caicos. Not entirely sure if it even is a fossil. 14cm tall, 6.5 cm at widest point. Lmk if need any other info
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Hello! This is my first time posting on this forum. I am hoping that someone can help me identify what I have found on the beach of NC. It is < 1in and hollow in the bulbous part (unsure if long part is hollow). It doesn’t look like a typical shark tooth and it doesn’t look like a typical shell found in Wilmington. I have Google image searched images from all different angles and the closest comparison I’ve received is a dinosaur tooth…. But that doesn’t seem plausible.
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Found this bone on the beach in Marco Island Florida need help finding out what it is
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My son found this at a beach after a big storm in Santa Cruz, California. It was mixed in with a bunch of wood and hard to spot. I think this is a possible bone hoe artifact because of the even rounded edges at the end of the scapula??? Also..one side is "polished" (not the side shown in the pics). Seems too small for a bison but too big for an elk based on what I researched but I know nothing about animal bones. It's about 12 inches long and 6 inches across. Seems like this is a common fossil/artifact in the Midwest USA, but I did not see this as a common tool used by indigenous people on the US West Coast. Any assistance would be much appreciated. If this is something of a rarity for the Central West Coast, or it is a significant artifact due to how complete or undamaged it is, we plan on handing it over to the museum of natural history in Santa Cruz. THANK YOU!!!!
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Found on a beach near Petosky, Michigan
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What is this please?
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Hello all, I posted a tooth yesterday that you kindly identified for me, and I have a few more fossils that I found that I would really appreciate an identification on. All found on Zandmotor beach, The Netherlands. There are four specimens: 1 A bone with a hole in the middle, seems like a vertebrae(??). Any idea what fragment it really is and maybe what kind of animal it came from? Length: 2.5 cm 2 A bone that I would also like any information about, although it might be really hard to identify. - 4 cm 3 Small, flatter bone. - 4.5 cm 4 Are these petrified wood by any chance? They do feel like a rock and also sound like such when I gently hit them with another rock. There are 3 pieces in total that I have shared. - around 6 cm.
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I found this last summer in Plymouth Massachusetts. 4 inches by 2.5 inches. Curious what it is?
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Curious about these - and they may not be fossils (more modern), but the color of them intrigued me as they are not white. These were washed up on the beach after a storm and I think are associated as they were found in the same general area. They have similar features, and maybe are the same type of bone with different levels of wear? They were found on the beach near where the Goosfare Brook empties out in the the Atlantic Ocean. 43°29'42.0"N 70°23'04.8"W Thoughts?
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Found this little guy on a beach in southwest Florida. Grabbed it because I thought it looked interesting. Any ideas on what this could be? Thank you!
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Hi, my son found this on a beach. It's most likely fake but wanted to see what it is. Thanks.
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Hello - This is my first post here. When I first saw this, I immediately thought it might be a tooth or some sort but dismissed it as a rock once it dried. I took a closer look the other day and noticed it did have spongy bone like texture at the ridges, and under magnification I noticed more bone like characteristics. I can't find anything like this shape anywhere. None of the teeth I've seen have roots like this, and there aren't any claws that have such a big bulbous end. Although it looks like a tooth, I don't see any straight lines/enamel like textures. This was found at a beach in Santa Cruz, Ca. This measures 4" long x 3" wide and 2" thick. It is very symmetrical. The pics represent this fossil both wet and dry to see various details. Any assistance is very much appreciated. THANK YOU!
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My mom found this in Casey Key, Florida maybe 10 years ago. Can anyone ID?
WildCard posted a topic in Fossil ID
It’s her biggest one and we always wondered what it is. But now I’m starting to get more into fossils
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Anyone know what these are? Found on beach Amelia Island, Florida, USA
WildCard posted a topic in Fossil ID
1 maybe a vertebra? 2 maybe part of a turtle scute?
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I found this tooth at El Capitán Beach on the coast by Santa Barbara in the mid 90’s. Any idea who lost their tooth? I’ve wondered what animal this tooth belonged to. Can anyone help me identify it?
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Found this digging in the sand at rollover pass texas. It's very heavy and I have never seen anything like it. I have found wild hog, camel and horse bones but this doesn't look anything like them. I used Google lens and it wasn't much help. Can anyone help?
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My bf found this at holden beach nc where we live. It's very interesting and looks more to us then just a rock. Could anyone please help with an id? Thank you.
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Sorry, didn't know about this site until now. Been out fossil hunting at Runswick Bay, England. Lots of ammonites but also found this curious looking stone. Was 20cm tall, about 15cm wide and 8cm deep. The inside looked like bone marrow to me. Sorry, woukd have taken better photos if I'd known about the site. Maybe next time!
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