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Hiya everyone last year I bought a box of mixed kem kem material, today I decided to prepare a small bone fragment from them in the nice weather, I know bone chunks can be hard to identify but I noticed this piece has a few characteristic areas so hopefully is identifiable, many thanks George.
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How do i find good spots to go fossil hunting- and how on earth do i determine if a rock has a fossil within, or IS a fossil?
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Mostly the title! I live in northern New Jersey- i’m aware that NJ used to be heavily submerged, and is host to many locations where you can find marine fossils such as ammonites, trilobites, and other small marine invertebrates- however, i have no clue as to how i can effectively search for and find fossils. I’ve gone to some dried river beds, dug in the banks, layered rock, and panned- but i realize that i dont quite know what i’m looking for. How do i determine if there is a fossil within a rock? How do i find good hunting locations? What are some of the key giveaways that a rock may contain a fossil or series of fossils? And how can i identify sedimentary rocks properly, so i know i’m looking at the right types?- 4 replies
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Hello Im new to this amazing website (forum) and im so happy i found out about it. Paleontolgy is my interest for 3 years so im quite new to it. I have a small collection of fossils and i wonder i they are genuinely real or not. The teeth should be mosasaurus and the trilobite elipsocephalus hoffi. Im asking because in my country are fake fossils sold quite commonly so i wonder if they are real and someone could tell if they are real or not please. Also i would like to ask if you know on what website i can buy 100% real fossils if it is not against the rules. Thank you so much for any identification, advice help and your time
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Can someone help me identify this tooth? There are 4 in total, all found within 50 yards of each other near Williams, Arizona this past weekend. This one is the largest at approximately 3 1/2 inches long and approximately 2 1/2 inches wide. Very old but not fossilized as far as I can tell. I don't know what I'm looking at. I was told they were too big to be bear teeth. There are no visible serrations, they are very large and thick, with a slightly curved angle, coming to a sharp point and a flat back side.
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Hi! So im 16, and really want to learn how to identify fossils and learn different extinct species, but whenever i try, I always forget the information. How did you guys all learn this information, and where can I get what you used? thanks!
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Hi everybody, Last year I found this awesome chunk of whale bone and I am getting enough time on my hands to prepare it. I think I need to consolidate the tiny cracks before I try to clean off the sand and dust. But I'd like to consult the experts before I proceed. I used to have Paleobond but that ran out and I don't know what to get for use on this big guy. Any thoughts or comments appreciated!
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I bought a trilobite fossil and I want to know if it is real
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Are These Really Smilodon Fatalis Phalanx Bones? They all Measure Approximately 1 1/2”.
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If anyone could enlighten me on what I have found that would be greatly appreciated found a river in Brainard Montana. I think it's from a carnivor but unsure what type. Thanks in advance
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A couple of my friends are on vacation and have taken photos of this tooth they found in the ocean. I unfortunately do not have much knowledge in mamal teeth and was wondering if anyone knew what this was. Unfortunately they don't have anything to give for size refrence or the age of the tooth in question. I apologize.
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Hello everyone! I am new to the world of fossils and even more so to the preparation. Since I'm doing this by myself, I still don't know how to recognize each type of rock, so it makes it more difficult for me to figure out what type of motodo to use for preparation. In the pictures they look grey/greenish but in person they look whiter. Also, the cloth on the bottom is clear white while in the picture it looks blueish... So, let's take these 4 fossils as examples: 1)Is there a way to know if when preparing them I will find more parts of the fossil inside the rock or it is only the outer part that has that shape and inside both the fossil and the matrix are one single thing? 2) This other case is very similar to the previous one, so I think the answer would be the same. In any case, I would like to know how they would approach each case: 3) In this case, in my opinion, there is a belemnite on an ammonite that is covered by sediment. Anyway you can see a part of the ammonite where the sediment has been lost. Again, what do you think would look good to do to this one? 4) Finally we see an ammonite discovered on the surface of a rock. I don't know if there is almost anything to do in this one, but any suggestion will be good to take into account. Also, what are your thought on the Dremel 290? I cannot afford any better tool. What other tools would you recommend? Many thanks in advance to all who are interested. Greetings, Alfred
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Hey there I wanted to introduce myself because I'm completely new to not only the website but also the field or any field entirely. Many many props to you paleontologists and archaeologists and scientists because I would consider myself have a fairly intelligent individual in general but trying to self teach about fossils when you don't know the first thing is not the easiest LOL I've always been pretty outdoorsy and love the idea of fossil hunting and always have but it wasn't until recently that I moved to one of the most perfect places for it... Northern Colorado. To be honest it took a few years before I even had a clue that rock hunting is even a thing though. In the past two or three years I've gotten more and more fascinated with Mother Nature and her ability to create things far more beautiful than I could even imagine. For the most part I've collected cool rocks I've seen here and there but because I've got an 8-year-old that loves to follow suit, it can be tricky to remember 100% where these rocks have come from. I can tell you for sure most of them if not all of them I would bet money came from the same place which just happens to be what I would imagine is as perfect as any for something like fossils really be at. So I've gone back and forth saying that it's totally possible to find a kick butt fossil but then I tell myself there's really just no way I'd be lucky enough and all I've got is a really pretty Rock I can put my garden. In the back of my mind I've wondered though for a long time now and so I thought that I'd come on here and ask for some advice from some of you guys if you wouldn't mind. I'm making three posts of my number three favorites I think is what I'm going to do and then cross my fingers. I'll expect there just rocks for my garden and hope for the best. If you could please let me know if you have any idea for sure if this might be any kind of a fossil or even maybe a semi-precious Stone or interesting mineral. Anything would help at all and thank you for your time
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From what I've seen on the interwebs this appears to be a Pleistocene Llama Ankle Bone (Calcaneus.) This is based completely from an uneducated opinion. I wouldn't even say I'm an enthusiast bone collector. I am, however a mega fan of new knowledge and exploration. I'm just really stoked about my find and ridiculously curious about its origin. I live in SW Florida, close to the Peace River. If you're not familiar, the Peace River isn't a particularly large (wide) river but it is quite long, 106 miles to be more precise. Part of the river is less commonly known as Bone Valley to some fossil hunters who seek out fossilized shark teeth and other prehistoric mammal bones. From my understanding these finds are pretty common. I tried my best to include photos that are detailed enough for a positive ID but please forgive me if they fall a little short because like I've already mentioned I am no expert or even novelist. Thank you for any time you take to help satisfy my insatiable curiosity.
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I got this at the Denver gem show and it doesn’t look real I was just checking just in case it is. Help would be appreciated.
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I purchased a lot of unprepared fossils on online auction site a few years back that were sold as collected on private lands in the Hell Creek formation. These are 3 of the most interesting ones to me, I used a quarter for scale, one a possible jaw, one a possible tooth, the 3rd maybe another possible tooth? Any help or info is appreciated, thank you .
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Hello, I’m very new to this fossil thing. I was at Hanna Beach right after High Tide and need help IDing a few things. I can ID the mako shark tooth and fish plate (at least I think) the other items, no idea. any help would be awesome.
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Hi all, Would be really grateful if anybody could help identify this fossil. The piece was found in South East England. Unfortunately the provenance is a bit murky but I believe it was claimed to have been found on a beach. Attached a series of (compressed sized) pictures showing the specimen from several angles with international scale
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Question about Shale, potentially newer (pleistocene), glacial, or Devonian
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Hello, NW Indiana here. They were doing some digging and in the sandy glacial deposit ish layers, I was finding some heavier sandstone conglomerates with Devonian era fossils(crinoids, shells etc) , and I also found some shales, they appear to be newer but I’m not 100% sure. Most are pretty flakey, haven’t found anything fossil wise inside (that could indicate a time frame better) but one of them did have a strange triangular shape inside. My question is, is it possible for other rocks to be in this type of shale? And that is just potentially what it is? Is it potentially something else? I broke it in half, (by hand, easily lol) and it’s a pretty well defined almost triangle. Not sure if it’s just a simple rock, or potential for fossil or artifact. Thanks! Jessica TLDR- can you find weathered triangular rocks with in shale, or maybe it is just shale forming around itself? Could it possibly be an artifact, fossil? Suggestions and comments are welcome. I’m not having much luck finding a lot about shale when looking online. Thanks! :) Ps-I should also mention, this was part of a larger, more jagged piece of shale, and I had broke some pieces off around the outside, pretty cleanly, to get this triangle to come out… I’ll put a picture of that in the comments. -
I am a rock lover I will admit I don't know a lot about identifying fossils but I think that's what this is. Can anyone tell me what it is? I put it on the big burner of the stove for size reference.