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Hello!!! On this topic, I would LOVE to see everybody's mosasaur fossils!!!!!!!!!!!!! Here's my Halisaurus (probably) tooth fossil!
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I found this fossil on a beach in southeast Texas, the jaw line and what i believe to be nostril openings are visible. Toward the center on the fossil there are what appears to be a pair of teeth/fangs. Does anyone have an idea of what this could possibly be?
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Locality Lublin, Poland Petrified or fossilized tree? What species is it? Thanks
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So, I found this thing in the wall of a gravel ridge. I live in SK Canada. The lines and the dark area is slightly raised from the rock itself, not sure if it’s due to weird weathering or something else.
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Hello, I have three interesting things from a recent family outing and would like help identifying these if possible. These were all found in a drainage in Hamilton county Tennessee. The drainage runs from a ridge that appears to have Silurian and Ordovician rock upstream and Mississippian where we searched. One fossil looks like a small piece of coral, the exposed part is about 13mm long. The second thing is almost conical, about 4cm long and less than 3cm wide at the base. It looks like it has branches at one time. The third thing looks like small stringy things, I was thinking bryozoans or something. They are various lengths on the plate. Any help identifying will be appreciated, my kids are enjoying discovering these!
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I had a fossil piece was trying to prep and clean up. I've been having a problem when trying to cleanup some fossil. When go to brush off the dust bits, its just smearing on the fossil. Then fills the groves and after I can't seem to get it clean out. Not sure why its doing that, the brush is dry and the matrix is dry. Brushing a bit with old toothbrush doesn't seem to do anything to help. In the photo all that matrix bits on top of fossil, is in grove like areas and can't seem get it out. Any help would be great.
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I recently found a collection of marine fossils, such as shells, in a rural area of Spain called Pozo Alcon. I've done some research into the geology of the area but different geologic maps tell me different things in terms of era, age, epochs, etc of the land. So, I can't date them. Also, the land here has been underwater and not various times, but the last time it was sea was around 170 million years (Jurassic Period). I want to go back to this area and look more, but I'm not exactly sure what I should be looking for. Is it possible that I could find different kinds of fossils here, for example, ones that are not marine life? Or is it too difficult to say for sure? Sorry if this is a really basic or somewhat stupid question. I'm a beginner and these are only the 2nd set of fossils I've found so far, so bare with me. Thanks for your knowledge.
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Here's my oviraptor egg, what do you think of its quality? Does the "shell" look natural to you? I have no information about its origin (formation, country) but I know that the genus oviraptor can be recognized by the black dots visible on the shell, is that right?
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Found this during a creek hunt yesterday near Summerville in Charleston, SC. Thought it looked a bit different from a shark vertebra. Curious if it’s maybe a sawfish vertebra or shark? Any thoughts on this? Thanks in advance!
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Can there be crab fossils in such travertine slabs or tiles? The prices of fossil crabs in travertine are high, so I would like to look for them in commercially available travertine slabs.
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Hi. Before my father passed away he gave me, what he thought was, a possible fossilized bean. He told me he had found it as a child on his aunts land near a stream bed in Indonesia back in the 1920’s. He kept it with him for years even through capture by the Japanese military and subsequent prison camp confinement. It has interesting structures and has an almost resin feel to it. Any thoughts on this piece would be highly appreciated! Thanks guys!
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Is this a fossil or what? One part looks like teeth the side view looks like vertebra and petrified skin
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Last weekend I've found a bunch of shellfish fossils close to the seafront rocks in Western Algarve in Portugal. Could you please, help me and identify them? I separate the fossils in 5 different groups regarding their shape from type 1 to type 5. Country: Portugal Province: Algarve (West Part) City: near Alvor Location details: Found near beach rocks Scale used in photos : mm/cm Type 1 : Type 2: Type 3: Type 4: Type 5:
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So I found this years ago at a thrift store in Palm Springs,CA. I almost threw it over my head when I picked it up because it was so much lighter than expected. It’s just been collecting dust and periodically I’ll return to it trying to figure out what it is. My son pointed out that the line along it might be a break that was glued back together, I cant tell. To me the underneath looks like the texture of tree bark. I’ve tried shining a light through it and can’t see any insects or anything but it’s not super clear. Sorry if I’m not posting correctly but this is my first post, trying to follow the rules. Thanks in advance.
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Hello I found the specimens attached below in central Romania, in a nature reserve known for the presence of fossils. Could I get an ID for them? Specimen 1, is this some kind of coral? Specimen 2 has the shape of a tiny turtle Specimen 3 looks like a most common shell Specimen 4 was found in another place, on a river bank. Could it be petrified wood, or is it just a rock with an interesting patter?
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I’m not an expert, but hoping to find one… This was found in a house clean out in North East Texas, stuffed in the back of a sewing desk drawer. I have no information on its history, seeing as the previous owner is now deceased. I’m looking for someone more educated than myself who can tell me some facts, or professional guesses. I would love to know what, when and where. Measurement: *Roughly* 4cm diameter, 2cm thick
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The topic of soft tissue fossilization is presenting itself more and more as time goes on and more of the discoveries such as the heart found mostly entirely intact inside of the chest cavity of a dinosaur a few years back in 2018 and in 2016. In Australia they just found some fish fossils inside a rock that had preserved portions of intestine, stomach and also heart. They were able to create a 3D image of the heart using technology, in which they are claiming is the worlds first 3D Fossilized heart. Dinosaur skeletons have been found over and over again, and still go up at these auctions for tens of MILLIONS of dollars. But nobody has auctioned off a real life tangible heart. What IF one was fully preserved and actually still looked like a heart? What if it belonged to a human? How MUCH do u think that thing would be worth? Do u think it will ever happen? Even not if in this lifetime..
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My name is Michael iler I'm new to this sight I seen you are from Southeast Missouri so maybe you can help me I have a fossilized human heart you clearly tell it is a heart and that it is human because a human heart is the only one that has three chambers if you could help me out with this I would really appreciate it are maybe you know who I could contact thank you for your time
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Interesting one for me but I've not been able to identify. Any help? Found on the beach tonight in Lewes Delaware.
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From the album: Invertebrate fossils
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From the album: Invertebrate fossils
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