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Anyone want to weigh in on if this is a fossil or not? The base rock (not the crystals) looks like petrified wood to me, but I don't have much experience IDing petrified wood. It is a strange formation.
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Good Afternoon, This specimen was left to me by my late grandfather. I do not know where it was obtained, though he lived in Minneapolis so it may have been from a nearby state. It appears to be a real fossil (I don't know what anyone would make a fake one that small) but I suppose I really don't know for sure. Any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks, Connor
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Hello! i found these fossil shark teeth in the peace river near Arcadia, Florida what are the species of shark each tooth came from?. and is tooth number 2 a Megaladon? thank you for your time!
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Would love some help IDing this. Found on manasota key in Florida USA. I'm leaning towards horse. But I've gotten bison ans kangaroo in another group.
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I live in San Diego and need help identifying what the heck these weird extremely heavy round rocks are. Can someone please tell me what these are? They are huge and extremely heavy with lots of shell fossils and crystals in some.
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I have had these rocks around for years and I don’t even remember where they came from. Likely I found them Missouri, but I originally presumed it was amber which wouldn’t be a Missouri find. I did the salt water float test and they sank to the bottom. Could these simply be quartz? What I am most curious about is the circular relief formation seen on the top stone in the picture. The two images are of the top and bottom.
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Hello everyone, Some days ago I was walking along a beach in the Algarve region of Portugal and while looking for shells and mollusc fossils, I found what I believe to be a fossilized shark tooth. I have never found any fossils of elasmobranchs in this place or otherwise so I have no idea what species it could be. This specimen was found in a beach with no rocky outcrops ( except sand heheh ), so I don´t really know what geologic time frame it falls into. Any help with id or with online resources for shark teeth identification is greatly appreciated.
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Actinoceras impression? Found it amongst landscape stones so I don’t know the origin.
MWilder posted a topic in Fossil ID
What do you think? I was digging in a pile of stones that were dumped in a low drainage area behind a business. Consequently I don’t know the origin, but I presume they are from the Missouri region. There were a lot of coral and clam fossils in the pile. The rock pictured has an imprint that looks like some sort of annelid. At first I thought crinoid, but I’ve never seen a crinoid impression like this.
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Good Afternoon, I was hoping for help identifying two trilobites I purchased from a yard sale. The first is a cephalon (3cm wide) - I presume some species of Olenellus? It was labeled as from 7 Oaks Springs site in Nevada. Altitude 5810ft. The second is a full trilobite (2.5cm L), also labeled as from Nevada but without a location. Any thoughts? I can take higher res photos if that is helpful, this is just with my phone. thank you, -Connor
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Hello, I am new to this community and fossils/bone identification in general. Hope you can help me with identifying a part of the skull I recently found (or at least I think it is a part of the skull). I found the bone recently (May 2022) close to a beach in Malmö, Sweden while cleaning up the beach with my colleagues. I would like to make a nice display stand for it, and I'd like to have something other than "Unknown Species" on a tag. I suspect what I see here are the eyeholes and the nose on a skull bone. First I thought it was a bird of some kind, or some other reptile. But looking at skull pictures online, I cannot recognize anything. Maybe a fish, since it was found close to the beach? I suspect it's impossible to find out the exact species, but at least the genus or the family would be nice. Cheers, Nikola
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Found in North Eastern Pennsylvania.
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I was at Penn Dixie a few weeks ago and had trouble figuring out what a couple of my finds could be. My first thought for this one was a piece of a trilobite, but I’m not 100% sure on that. I don’t know where to start with this one. Any help is greatly appreciated!
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Hello, I just joined the fossil forum - I have an amateur interest in fossils and a few items I have purchased or been given over the years (I received several fossils form my late grandfather). Most of the items I have came without information (identification, age, locality... etc.) My goal is to learn a little bit more and see if I can ID any of these items to a passable degree. Thanks, - Connor Long
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Found this bone in Edisto Island, South Carolina on the beach. 7/2/2022 Do you think it’s a fossilized bone? I have never found something like this before
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Found these on a beach in the Hastings area, southern England, UK. They were all quite localised and a few metres away couldn't find any more. When smashed they seem like some sort of ore. Wondering what they are and how formed. Many thanks
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Found what I suspect is a worn piece of ceraptopsid tooth in the Grayson formation in Denton County Texas about a month ago, What do yo think?
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My daugter sent this picture of rock she found in Colorado recently - I could not ID?
Havasu posted a topic in Rocks & Minerals
Please can anyone help with some identification here
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Are these fossils? And if so, what of? Found under Seacliff Bridge in New South Wales
spagbutcher posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hi everyone! I'm new to fossil hunting and I found a few interesting rocks underneath Sea Cliff Bridge near Wollongong in Australia. There was a lot of coal in the area for context. I will attach some photos of the rocks I found, I'm particularly interested in the small white (quartz??) lines intersecting the black part of the stone. Any help would be hugely appreciated! Thanks
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Hello all, Looking to see if anyone recognizes what this might be? Found in the Newport Area of the Central Oregon Coast under the bay bridge during low tide. It even has some unrelated barnacles growing on it! I have absolutely no idea what to make of this. Any help would be appreciated! Thank you.
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Hi all! Found this fossil in my garden, in northern Illinois. I was also wondering how old it is too. Thanks a ton :)
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So this was one of my first fossil finds from last winter on the Oregon Coast and I still need help identifying it further. It was tossed up on the rocky shoreline one day after a winter storm in the Stonefield Beach State Rec area (Central Oregon Coast). I've sent photos to the Burke Museum's ID dept along with a few other museums that's offer opinions on fossils based on photo's and they've all said its definitely a rib, and but the debate is now between a Baleen/Whalebone or the Steller's Sea Cow. I've gotten mixed opinions from several museum experts but I would like to know or see if anyone else has come across ones like this on here and maybe has a more definitive answer. Thank you for taking a look! Specs: Weight: 3.7lbs Length: 15" Width: 3.5" Depth: 2"
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I'm not sure if this is a fossilized tooth or not and would like to ask for help identifying it if it is.
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I purchased this with the misidentification of an unknown coral with no listed location. I've received an identification from a local museum of a fish dental plate from the Kem Kem beds in Morocco and was wondering if anyone here knew of a way to identify the genus of the fish.
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Hello! I received this fish as a gift for my birthday, but I'm not sure about species: perhaps Lycoptera genus? Also, I'm afraid it is partly painted.
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