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Hello everybody, I was just scrolling through an auction site and stumbled across this specimen. It's price is way out of reach, but it caught my attention. Obviously it is no Archeopteryx as the seller claims. Not much info about it's origins. Middle Jurassic, China taken with a pinch of salt... To me the bones seem pretty decent and real but some things are (perhaps) a bit off. For some kind of Paraves the arms seem to be pretty small / short and the skull looks kind of...unnatural? Perhaps a composite or even fabricated parts? There are many more pictures, but I did not want to upload them all. IF this should be a completely genuine specimen imho it should be in a museum's collection and being studied! Proportions could point out to some kind of Troodontid. At first glimpse I was fascinated but the more I look into detail the more I think it could be not what it seems to be. Too good to be true so to say. What do you think? Could it be real and if, what kind of theropod do you think we see here.
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Hi all! I found an unassuming concretion at Glenafric in New Zealand (Marine deposit 12 - 10 million years old). I almost left it on the beach, but the concretion was small, and this small bit showing (which I thought it could be phosphorus or degraded pyrite) looked plausible for bone. Anyway, I popped it in my pack and forgot about it for a week. I only remembered it yesterday when I was with some friends and they entertained the prospect that it could be a Dolphin tooth. When under magnification, it was clear that it was bone. Today I started prepping it and uncovered quite a lot. Does anybody have a clue to what this bone may be? Could it be fish? Penguin, Seal? I dont know.
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Good evening folks, Last week, on my visit to the great state of Montana, I made this sketch of the enormous bird Gastornis, from the Early Paleogene. These days considered a distant relatives of ducks and geese, Gastornis thrived in the hothouse world of the Paleocene and Eocene in a range that stretched through Europe, Asia and North America. Historically portrayed as carnivorous, often seen hunting the contemporary small horses, recent consensus suggest that plants made up most of its diet. Ignore the text next to drawing that says "Great Gray Owl", the paper I drew this on was in an Audubon notebook with illustrations of more recent birds. Initial version with just ink. A little bit of colored pencil, with inspiration from living birds including Muscovy Ducks and Screamers among others.
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I’ve recently received a box of White River fossil “projects” in unlabeled baggies. Most look like an exercise in frustration, but this one was relatively easy to put back together. It was only in 12 pieces, fortunately all in one bag 😅 To me it looks like a tibiotarsus from a bird, but correct me if I’m wrong. I don’t know the White River fauna very well. The White River wiki lists only two bird genera, Bathornis and Paracrax, both of which were large ground dwellers and seem to have been larger than this fossil (although I suppose it could be a smaller species or a juvenile). Having just seen a couple of beautiful wild turkeys today, I’m guessing my bird was about turkey-sized. Thoughts on an ID?
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I found some sort of phalanx at a lake in the Netherlands. At this location fossils can be found from the pleistocene, but most of the finds are from the (early) holocene. I'm hoping someone can tell me whether this is a bird or mammal phalanx. Any additional information is most welcome, but I don't think it will be identified online. The matrix in the background is in centimeters, so the length is about 2 cm. Let me know what you think!
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These was found in ohio anyone know what kind of a bird it might be. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
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From the album: Hell Creek Formation Microsite
Recently, many teeth previously considered to be avian are now recognized to likely belong to juvenile crocodyliforms. Below are two examples I found whose morphologies have previously been reported as avian. -
This is from Bone Valley, Florida. Length: 4.36cm long, 1.2-1.5cm in diameter depending where you measure it. I think it is bird, and the best match I have been able to come up with is tarsometatarsus, based on the presence of that "keyhole" at the flaring end. Would appreciate any thoughts on the bone type and species!
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I found this rock when moving a load of limestone I had delivered. I always keep an eye out for what don't belong and this caught my eye when it appeared. I grabbed it along with the other outta places rocks I saw and upon further inspection, this looks like a fossil not just a rock. The separation for the beak, as well as the beak itself, maybe even the tongue as well, the symmetrical eye sockets, the triangle head shape, the red area almost perfectly lined up with where a spinal cord would be located. Looks like it died laying on its right shoulder with the way the face is contouring and the position of the spinal cord. 20240515_230734.heic 20240515_230716.heic 20240515_230707.heic 20240515_230655.heic 20240515_230642.heic
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Hi Is that a bird bone? If so, which one? Best wishes Daniel
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Hi everyone, This is first time I create a topic, apologies in advance if any mistakes. I am a newbie into fossils And I have been searching for a long time trying to figure it out some ID for this unidentified fossil bone. I got it some time ago and I would like to know if thanks to the knowledgeable members of the forum it was possible to get a closer ID. I know that getting species on isolated pieces is impossible, but I would be happy to get a group, family or closer genus of the type of animal it could belong to. *Could it be a pterosaur (as it has very thin walls that was my first guess)? Or some other reptile or even a bird? How to differentiate? * Is a radius as per seller description? Or could be a metatarsal, phalanx... It is from the Phosphate mines of Khouribga, which seeing the bit of matrix attached looks true. Internally is completely crystallized with a thin bone wall around. I took some pictures of the section. The only information I got from the seller is the following: - Location: phosphate mines, Khouribga, Morocco. - Age: Late Cretaceous 96-66 MYO - Probably radius - Unidentified species Thanks in advance for sharing your thoughts! #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
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Hello! Found in NW Alabama, Franklin county, near creek. Not sure if these are fossils, but there is a perfect hole near wide edge of the larger "half". Yes, the photos are of 2 peices that appear similar/same, as with the upper and lower bills/beaks of birds..Red Color from lighter can b seen in photos. Could it/they be from Native American adornment, or even much further back in time?? thanks! Chris
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Howdy all, Just purchased this avian coracoid. The seller claimed it was of Ardea herodias, and after comparing it to actual heron coracoids (using images on the web) I find this to he the case. However, I would like a second opinion. Size: 3 inches North Florida
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Here is plate with a big fish (sturgeon?) and a bird (unknow species, look like a cormorant!) from Liaoning Province, China. The bird even has its feathers preserved (if not painted). What do you think? Are they genuine? And what species if genuine?
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From the album: Fossil Collection: DC Area and Beyond
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I found a split rock and it has the faint outline of a bird, but there is a piece of beak inside the rock. I am curious. Would anyone be able to tell me what it is? Thank you.
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This is a green Honeycreeper, half male half female. I did not know this existed in nature, quite fascinating. Included link to full article and video. https://petapixel.com/2023/12/14/rare-half-male-half-female-bird-is-photographed-in-once-in-century-event/
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Hi all! New here and I’ve already spent hours down the rabbit hole. I’m a body piercer and jewelry professional but I love rockhounding. I live in Arkansas and we are know for our quartz. I collect rocks literally everywhere I go so I can’t say for certain where I picked this up. I put it in my tumbler with a load and I check the rocks often during the process. This was in the tumbler with first stage grit for about 2 days. When I was doing my routine check, this rock really stuck out to me. I swear I see a bird embryo. Not only that but it feels 3 dimensionally like a bird body. I know the pareidolia is real with my brain but I’m kind of obsessing at this point so I need someone to bust my bubble.
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Just wondered if anyone could tell me what they think of these pieces.
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I’m going through my collection of unknowns, and came across this little guy. It is a small, ornate vertebra collected from the Pliocene Yorktown Formation at the Lee Creek Mine in North Carolina,, USA. Scale in the photos for size. Bird? Snake? Other? thanks
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From the album: My best finds (so far)
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