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Recently found this quite large and heavy (piece of) bone by the Schelde river shores in Antwerp, Belgium. Most pieces that wash up here are Mio/Pliocene but actually most Neogene layers are represented in the area as well as Pleistocene and more recent. I'm thinking whale because of the size, but honestly i don't have a clue. Measurements are 22cm x 10cm x 5cm thanks in advance! Dries
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Hi! I found this bone this morning in Ramanessin Brook, Monmouth County, NJ and was hoping to get ID. I also have photo to show the teeth I found as well. Thanks a lot for your help.
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Hello, This specimen comes from the Pennsylvanian Period of Allegheny County, PA. It is from the Glenshaw Formation and is probably Brush Creek Limestone. The texture appears to be bone. Thanks for the help.
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Hi, I found this in Barstow, CA, south of Rainbow Basin, in a wash, on private land. I have been told this is fossilized palm root and also a bone fossil. I'm hoping with the attached images, someone can confirm which one it is. I am relatively confident this is not, simply, a rock. This is heavier than any rock of similar size, sticks to my tongue a bit on the open side. Under UV light, the piece fluoresces orange and a deeper orange/red. Thank you!!
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Hello! I found this possible fossil in Omaha, Nebraska in Ponca Hills. I went out to my chicken run and found this nestled on the surface of the ground. Please let me know what you think. Thank you!
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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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Hello everyone. I'm a collector from MS. I have a fossil that I believe is a vertebra but not sure of what.
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Would love to gain some insight on these bones I recently found on an exposed river bank (east Texas) after a few weeks of heavy rain. Note: Vertebrae specimen measures approx 3x3.5 inches. Also wondering how ya'll differentiate between fossilized bone and modern bone specimens? Can modern bones change in appearance/feel and be confused with fossilized bone due to exposure to various elements? Thank you!
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Hi Everyone, I am completely new to the forum but have loved fossils since I was a kid holidaying on the Jurassic Coast in the UK. I was searching for potential fossil sites in the Netherlands and went to Zandmotor (Den Haag, Netherlands) hoping to discover a complete Mammouth Skull. Sadly this hasn't happened yet, but I found numerous interesting finds (which I photographed below). My girlfriend and I have managed to identify most of them however I am having trouble identifying the second picture of the (brown pointed pieces). I think they could be fossilised wood (they look wooden to me but then part of me thinks they could be bone - ribs perhaps). Of course, they could just be nothing at all. My Girlfriend's 9-year-old daughter now has to know what they are, so I thought I would ask some experts. I would love any input on this as this is not something I have encountered before. Any help would be gratefully received. Many thanks in advance Mickey
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Animal, vegetable, or mineral? Help with finds from Charmouth, Dorset, UK
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Greetings, I have 4 pieces from Charmouth on the Jurassic Coast in Dorset that I am having trouble identifying. They were found during a fossil hunt led by the Charmouth Heritage Coast Center when they brought us to a stretch of beach between the Centre and Black Ven to the west. We would have been looking through the Black Ven Mudstone 'Shales with Beef' portion on the foreshore, which is from the Jurassic (no surprise, given the name of the area) period. Here are my best guesses: A = rolled bone, B = crinoid stem or coral, C = multiple bivalves and ammonite impression in matrix, D (the unlabelled one) = wood As always, corrections/confirmations/clarifications are much appreciated, as is your time for reading my post! -
Found this bone in the Kansas river on 2-18-24. 2-3 inches long. Was found near the Shawnee riverfront park in the sandbars. River is currently pretty low.
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This was found recently on South Myrtle Beach in South Carolina. It looks like a bone but the curvature is more pronounced than what we usually find. It also has one end with more of a point. Any insight appreciated
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A surface find in an Upper Cretaceous area of northwestern New Mexico, about 3 1/2 inches tall, 5 inches wide and long.
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This is a re-submission of my post from Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024 with the addition of a short video of the specimen. The photos just didn't make as much sense since it was hard to follow orientation. The bone was a surface find in northwestern New Mexico and is about 5 inches wide, and 3-1/2 inches tall. 20240216_133319.mp4
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Hi All, I found this chunk of fossilized bone on the beach in Tampa Bay, Florida, USA. It's approximately 2" x 1" and appears to be broken off on both ends. It has distinct features, like a straight spine down the middle that tapers on one end and divides or forks into two bones on the other end. My only guess is a part of a Marine mammal Vertebra? All IDs are appreciated. Thanks Lynn
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Hi everyone! A few months ago I came across a post by another user displaying their impressive collection of marine reptile bones they collected between Lyme Regis and Charmouth, U.K. I had no idea that you could have such success with bone fossils along this stretch, so I decided to take a trip and see what I could find. I had a great time and found a good amount of bone pieces, Here is what I came back with after 5 days of looking on Charmouth beach, in order of finding: Now some closer photos by type. I found 2 full Ichthyosaur vertebrae, one from the ribcage section (which I forgot to include in the overall photo), and one from the tail: One very small partial Ichthyosaur vertebra: 2 Ichthyosaur paddle digits: 2 pieces of Ichthyosaur rib bone, from very differently sized creatures! These two are harder to identify, the best guess so far is possibly part of a shoulder bone on the left and possibly a piece of Ichthyosaur jaw on the right, though they are quite rolled and thus hard to get a solid ID: A partial fossilised shark fin spine from a hybodus shark: Another unidentified and heavily worn piece of bone, perhaps from the skull of something, the man in the heritage centre seemed to think it wasn’t Ichthyosaur or plesiosaur: and finally, another unidentified piece, possibly some part of a fish? I have a separate ID post for these last 2 with videos and more photos of you have any ideas for them! All in all extremely happy with what I found, and will definitely be returning!
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Went to check out creek level and look for stranded fish and picked up couple things at the water line. Creek is in Eagle Ford formation, Cretateous. Don't know if there's enough bone to determine anything, it's completely mineralized, doesn't quite look like the usual turtle shell piece but thought it might be recognizable. Would the rock be banded chert? I haven't seen it except in small pieces, is this how it is formed?
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Wondering if this is a piece of bone, just a pseudo, or something else? Found in the vicinity of Santa Barbara or Ventura county in California. Thanks! IMG_5378.HEIC