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I found them in Hungary, in Danube
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Hi all, I found this on Monmouth beach on the Jurassic coast UK. It's about 4cm long and about 1cm diameter. Not sure how best to describe it... it's in one piece it's not separated in bits. It has raised vein line type things across it's surface. I just thought it looked like a poo and more than just a rock. Any thoughts please let me know, thank you.
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I just learned recently about Byne's "Disease" from cases I saw a collection. I was sent an article by a fossil curator I've been working during my internship at Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology that I'll link in this post. Why have I never heard of this before?! It's a white powder that looks like mold on a fossil but its not. It occurs in specimens that are made of calcium carbonate and is caused by an acidic environment. it's not very common but when it does occur it can destroy a specimen if left untreated. Byne's Disease.pdf
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Hello there! I found this "Bone/Fossil?" on the beach in Longs SC. Any help with the identification or classification of this would be fantastic! Thanks again, ABC
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Hi All, I was walking/ hunting around Monmouth on the Jurassic coast in the UK when I came across this item. It's was in a rockpool at low tide and stood out with it's black colouring in amongst the gray and light flint rock. Most fossils I collected that morning were small clam, mussel and devil toenail shells. It looks like it has been damaged in half and inside has very tiny black crystals. I want to say its a similar shape to a vertebrae but it's probably wishful thinking. I would say 10-12cm diameter. Any thoughts on what if anything this could be would be most welcome. Thank you.
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Hi! Back when I was 10-12 I was hiking in Iowa when I found this "dinosaur tooth rock", which I have carried around for almost 25 years. I have always wondered if it was part of a mammoth tusk, a tooth, or maybe even a Native American whetstone. Or possibly just a weird rock? Any ideas? Thanks so much for any input!! Specs: Weighs = 2 lbs Length = 7 inches Circumference = 8.75 inches Height = 2 inches
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Hello, I’ve been to happisburgh beach today and I’ve possibly found a few fossils but I’m also pretty clueless. Would love some help. thank you
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Found this the other day. Very long rooted but extremely worm mammal like tooth. Thought it was modern but burn test did not reveal any burnt hair smell and chipped a part of the root off to reveal what looks like mineralization. Any tips on this one? Tried to include as many angles as I could along with a tape measure to show size in length and width. thanks!
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Where is the location of Lucky Strike, Alberta? The collecting area
Joy_Fossils posted a topic in Questions & Answers
Hi Me and my son are new users here and are looking for places to fossil hunt in Alberta. We came across some posts of fossil hunting trips near a place called Lucky Strike, Alberta. We are trying to pinpoint the location of the site so we can plan for a trip there. However, we are having some trouble figuring out its location. Any help on where the site is will help immensely, and if you want to give us more specific information, feel free to message me. Thanks, Joy -
So I’ve just come back from the Barack and clean up what I found (removed all sand and gunk) and I had come across some shells, unusual crystals (probably quartz) and a fossil leaf and stem imprint (for size the red shell is around the size of the average hand) If anyone has any info on any of these would be a big help
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Hi All, I acquired this piece of fossilised bone fragment recently and was assured that the specimen was Spinosaurus and came from the Kem Kem group, unfortunately I was not able to gather which formation it was from within the group. Although this piece is fragmentary, its hour glass shape and the thin ridges along each side give me hope that someone would know where on the skeleton this bone is from. I've done some quick research and found that Spinosaurus vertebrae are of similar shape but I am not 100% confident that it is a vert. If anyone has any idea which bone it could be, that would be brilliant (apologies for quality of the side images, my camera had trouble focusing on the thin ridge)
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Hello everyone, happy to have discovered this forum ! I'm french and was in Grand canyon for Holliday's, a week ago and during a hike I found this grey stone among all the red ones. It looks like a tooth by its form and the surface is cracked as old ivory. It is very different from all other stones I saw on the place. Could you help me to identify it with your experienced eyes ? Thank you in advance and have a nice day!
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Hello all, I live in Washington state! I recently discovered fossil hunting/rockhounding and during some online research, I had stumbled upon this forum multiple times, so I decided to join! As of now I don't have much experience with fossils and so on, but I hope to go on my first search soon! My first big goal would be to discover a well preserved crab. Thanks for reading!
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Found this in the hills near coastal Southern California. From what I can tell, it’s another a croc egg or simply a concretion of some sort. I would appreciate any thoughts on this. Thank you in advance for your help!
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Hi all, Ive got a hadrosaur bone section that is quite fragile and breaks off a bit. Luckily, it has not broken into tiny pieces yet but can be fixed with some glue. Though I would like to avoid further breakdown to it and was wondering if there is anything I can use as consolidation that you guys recommend? Ive searched the forums and from what i can tell, paraloid b72 seems to best, though Im not sure where to get it in person as most are I think online only. Ive also seen that PVA is also good however Elmer's glue isnt recommended as it becomes sticky over time with humidity. Are there maybe other alternatives to these that I can purchase from in store? Im from Syd, Australia and hopefully there are maybe others that know possible local shops that may carry fossil-specific stuff haha. many thanks!
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Brought my kids to explore a local creek. Found this along the banks. It's a bone. I'm just unsure from what and the approximate dating. Approximately 2.5 inches. Thank you in advance!
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Hello Newbie here. came across this fossil today told it’s from Morocco does it look real ?
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Got me some matrix from a couple of sites in the Cretaceous Glen Rose Formation- one of my favorite (and closest to me!) formations. So much tiny stuff!! It's too dang hot to hunt in Texas (we are on day 58 of 100+ F degree ). So, hunting from home is my preferred pastime! Here are some of my recent nice finds. My best thing I found, which I was quite excited about is a little madreporite - part of a starfish cirulatory system. I found one big one (1/2 inch) at this same site a few years ago but had not found one since, so was happy to find this little one. It's only 1/4 inch. Here's the big one and the little one: Found quite a few little starfish ossicles. Not many Glen Rose starfish have been found "whole" or even partly whole. If I remember correctly @JohnJ is one of the few who have found them at least partly whole. My favorite are these bumpy ones. There are two found in this formation - a larger more robust smooth with tiny dimples and these smaller, skinny bumpy ones. Another treat to find are these floating crinoids - a relatively rare thing in the Cretaceous. I was happy to finally find this mostly whole one....often they are missing a section. I think this is a Solanocrinites sp. This one preserved a little better, but as you can see, has a chunk missing. But that Star!! And more crinoids - the variation in the Isocrinus annulatus amazes me: And don't forget the Echinoids! I found a lovely Pygopyrina hancockensis size 1/4 inch a nice sized Hyposalenia phillipsae 3/8 inch a small one: 1/8 inch and a juvenile! 1/16 inch Also found this interesting spine - possibly a Cidarid spine. Some decent tiny crab claws (unknown) and finally, a Foraminifera Orbitolina texana which you can see some of the structure of. I thought that was pretty cool
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Hello! My name is Jeremy, I am a 30 year old veterinarian from Chicago. I will be moving to southwest Florida at the end of next month. I have been a long time lurker on the forum, just reading and learning as much as possible from all of the wonderful posts on this forum. I am a rather new collector of mostly dinosaur fossils, obtaining mostly teeth whenever I come across them. I have always had an obsession with dinosaurs, which has pushed me into my career. I am in the process of becoming a reptile specialist, and the big motivator for that were dinosaurs. I look forward to nervously joining more of the discussions on the forum since I found the courage to make my introduction post! All the best, Jeremy
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Hi guys! I found this bone on the beach today and was hoping you could help me figure out what it is! Thanks!
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My mom found this outside in a sand pit and we don’t know what it is. It could just be a rock but it’s quit different from most rocks. It’s very shiny and just has a different feel. Thanks in advance for any advice.
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Hi everyone! I have found a suspicious looking rock while going for a hike near the city of Gjirokastra, Albania. It kinda looks like a bone but I have no idea what it could be. It's porous and quite light for its size. I was hoping that someone might know what this is. Is it even a fossil? I'll be adding some pictures I took near the place I found the rock. Maybe that'll help. Thank you in advance!
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I found this rock with a shell imprint on the beach in North Carolina. I have searched around on the Internet but I’ve not been able to find anything quite like it. I find it interesting because it appears to not only be the imprint of a conical shell but a cross-section of the shell itself because of the sharp contrasted color and outlines. Although it appears black in the picture the rock is actually a deep brown color and was clearly once very jagged but has been smoothed. Any help identifying the rock and the shell would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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