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This photo was sent from a person who knows nothing about fossils or geology so the questions far outnumber any answers. We hope to see it in person in 2 weeks or so and will then determine the location, confirm the formation, and provide the size. The area around Jacksboro Texas, the only information we have now, is mostly the Graham formation, so that makes it marine deposits in the Cisco group, Late Pennsylvanian. I have tried to imagine it could be a bryozoan or some kind of plant but nothing I know of is a good fit. I thought maybe someone here might recognize it.
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This bone has not been identified. I think it may be the leg bone of mosasaur or plesiosaur. Do you have any opinions? It comes from the Cretaceous period in Morocco
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Good Afternoon, I am looking for some help with this fossil. Found it in the surf on the gulf coast. I have my guesses after doing some internet searching, but am looking for a more qualified identification. I apologize for not using a metric tape in the picts, but do not have one shamefully, and no printer to print the mm paper. Will work on that for future posts. Any help with this find is appreciated. Marc
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The last weekend of September, I decided to visit some of my central Texas sites. I had been looking for a tetragamma for some time - the first one I found was collected illegally, totally by mistake, on federal property. And it was far from a perfect specimen. Well, after a few years of being teased by broken tetragamma bits, I found this beauty. I believe this is a tetragamma streeuwitizi - collected from comanche peak limestone. Please forgive the situ pic, motion picture was activated, and the sun was too bright to tell that it was a poor quality image until later. Initially thought was a phymosoma sp., until I got home and realized it was a tetra - totally stoked!!! Pic #3 also shows that my tetra retained one of her (yes, I just humanized my urchin) spines!!! This is a first for me. Thanks to @Uncle Siphuncle for cluing me into the rarity of tetragamma a few years back.
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While I was on vacation in the Outer Banks in North Carolina, I picked this up while collecting seashells. I was hoping maybe someone on here would be able to tell me what it is. The rock itself is about 4cm long, while the shell that was impressed in it is about 2cm wide, and 2.5cm long. I'm not 100% on it being a bivalve, but in person it looks too asymmetrical to be a brachiopod.
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I need some help. From my new pit location. Eocene Castle Hayne Formation, Comfort Member. A partial Marine Mammal? tooth with root. Archeocete? Sirinean? PPinned? @Boesse @Al Dente @siteseer
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Hello I found this coral in a marine quaternary deposit I’ve also found living ones in the sea this was found in Jeddah Saudi Arabia I would love to know this species mid possible thank you soo much
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Hi this is what looks like a bone found in quaternary marine limestone where I only find fossil shells and marine fossils so this is definitely out of the ordinary I found this in Saudi Arabia Jeddah if anyone knows what this might be I would love to know thank you
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I found this 16mm long, slightly tapered stick-like specimen at the Lost Creek Lake spillway near Jacksboro Texas in the Finis Shale member of the Graham formation, Late Pennsylvanian. Until I got a closer look I thought it was an encrusting Bryozoan but this texture appears to be much less organized than the pores on them. It is similar in texture, but more coarse, to the material found in the cores of some possible concretions which have been described as burrows with a core (?) that occur frequently there. The end view shows a thin, shell-like outer layer which is also on some of the cores of the concretions. A burrow with a core never made any sense to me anyway but I don't usually get a look at the core protruding out like these for a look at their surface texture so the similarity caught my eye. Besides the finer texture the ones in concretions do not seem to taper like this stick. I wonder if they could be some kind of plant material. We find some here but it is marine so it would be wood that floated out and sank. Here are two of the "burrows" or maybe concretions. The second one has odd, randomly spaced rings around it.
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Novice here- we live in Western Colorado where many fossils are found. I found this after a rain storm at the base of a small gulley. It’s the size of a golf ball, there are striations in the dimples which don’t come across well in my photos. I haven’t taken the time to clean it, as I’m not sure the best way and dont want to damage it. Any ID?
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Found close to Paderborn, Germany (Erwitte-Formation) alongside with some echinoids (most likely Micraster cortestudinarium),an ammonite and countless Inoceramidae clams. Marly Limestone Formation of the lower Coniacium or upper Turonium. I was wondering if it could be some kind of petrified drift wood, palm or root?
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Found this amongst other critters in the Upper Glen Rose near Spring Branch, TX. I'm at a loss, but I'm thinking it's a worm. Also, I'm not a worm guy. Clues, hints, full-blown answers, and red herrings appreciated. :-)
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When I first saw this tooth, I was thinking Allodesmus, maybe seal. But then I noted the hollow root. Certainly not croc/gator, so whale ? Do Dolphins have hollow roots? The ones I have found have closed roots. If whale or dolphin, which one? Tooth is about 2.6 inches long. Usual suspects: @Boesse, @ynot @siteseer Comments on open versus closed roots in marine mammals appreciated.
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Hi there, Whilst clearing a pile of rocks from an excavation for a septic tank at our house in Burgundy we came across what appear to be several large teeth. They are smooth and conical in section and the largest is around 8 inches or 200mm long. We regularly find Ammonites and Belemnites as well as other marine creatures but have never seen anything like this before. In the same pile of rocks there also appear to be some small bones which are, for us, also unusual. Grateful for any ideas as to what they might be from….
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Hi everyone! I went to Flagponds in Calvert County MD a few weeks ago and came back with my biggest *actual* fossil haul so far (I posted here my first time with about 50 barnacle pieces)! I know there are a few ray plate fragments in here, and I've included what I think are bone pieces although I'm not entirely sure. Anyway, I'm having a lot of trouble identifying my shark's teeth, so any help with this would be greatly appreciated! I'll post numbered photos of my finds with this. If anyone needs a zoomed in, clearer or different angle pic I'm happy to provide more. (Advance apologies for the broken down photos, these teeth are really tiny so I had to take multiple pics to make them visible)
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I found both of these a couple days ago on my last trip to Big Brook in the same pan, and both have a very similar texture and appearance that leads me to believe they could have belonged to the same animal. I shared both via PM with @Trevor, who suggested the vertebra was likely Mosasaur (but that it might have a diagnostic ID), and that the bone was some type of marine reptile. Just thought I'd re-post here in case others might have any thoughts to add to that. Also, if either is worth taking in for a more diagnostic identification, where/to whom should I take them? I have heard there is a museum that most people take their big brook finds to, but I have never been there and forget which museum it is. @frankh8147
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When I tap this with metal tweezers, it feels at least partially mineralized, but it has also changed color to a chalkier, lighter tone since it dried, which leads me to think it can't be fully mineralized. Would this be the case with a very young fossil (say Pleistocene)? Is there any Pleistocene material at calvert cliffs?
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Tiny curved, translucent, conic tooth found at calvert cliffs, MD
TRexEliot posted a topic in Fossil ID
Found this today at calvert cliffs. The only things I could think of that it could be were a juvenile porpoise or crocodile tooth. Anyone have any thoughts?
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Made my second ever trip to Calvert Cliffs - did much better than my first time
TRexEliot posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Made my second ever trip to Calvert cliffs (went to Calvert cliffs state park). The first trip last year was fun, but I didn't really find any of the big shark teeth that I couldn't find near home at Big Brook in New Jersey. This time I did much better. Stopped on the way home from a family vacation and finally got some of the things I'd been hoping for. Still no megalodon teeth, but maybe next time! Got only a small handful of shark teeth, but was lucky to get two very nice hemipristis teeth, one of which was in absolutely stunning condition. Also got so many stingray teeth I started giving some away to other hunters on the beach, and a large pile of bone fragments. Most interesting find was probably a very small, curved, translucent, conic tooth that looks like either a juvenile crocodile or perhaps porpoise tooth to me.
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Fossil or modern bone? (Found on Mitchelville Beach, Hilton Head SC)
TRexEliot posted a topic in Fossil ID
Found on Mitchelville Beach, Hilton Head, SC Would be interested to know what it belonged to, whether fossil or not
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I have this bone that I found 4-5 weeks ago. I have not had any new insights, but I think it strongly suggests marine mammal and because of the foramena, mandible. All suggestions and comments welcome. Jack
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I found this small bone (about 5cm) in marine cretaceous material from NW Queensland, it is very thin and fragile. It looks very different from the common turtle bones i usually find in this location .Anyone else have thoughts?I have added some close up photos of the structure the total bone thickness is only about 1mm in the middle. Is this possibly pterosaur?
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This is my first fossil bone find. It was found near the mussleshell river in Montana. More specifically Roundup MT. It appears to be some sort of a whale bone fossil. I'm not sure? Any suggestions?
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