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Hello! I found two pieces of Limestone in a forest in Germany. I broke them in half and there are some markings in them. Picture 1-2 shows grey lines. To my amateur eyes, this looks like some sort of plant or grass. Is it anything or is it purely geological? Picture 3-4 No idea what this is. Help is appreciated. Thank you!
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First of all hiiiii this is my first post on this forum Soo, I live in germany and am doing some vacation on the beach rn. I found a guy selling gems and fossils. I bought this lil specimen. After I bought it he said its the most rare thing in his inventory lol. According to the guy the tooth is from a plesiosaur, unknown if there is more in the matrix(Atleast there are some shells but thats not the point of this post anyways.). All I got about where its from was "south brazil". Facts list: >Plesiosaur tooth presumably >partially damaged >From (southern) Brazil The measurement in the pictures is in cm. Id really appreciate if anyone could help me identify this one, already thanks in advance^^
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Hello! Can anyone help me identify what fish species these three specimens are? Location is unknown. The first two smaller ones are about 5-7 cm. The larger one is 27 cm. Thank you! Let me know if you need any more additional info.
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A friend brought me a gift from their travels. All I know is that it is from Al-khoud, in Oman. I dont know anything else and google didnt offer much. It looks to me to be a collection of 2 sizes of bivalves, and some larger shell pieces. Any and all help will be appreciated
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I just have so many questions, thanks for your patience. Found these two pieces in what, I think, is Brush Creek Limestone; they're definitely Pennsylvanian Period and from Allegheny County, PA. The first one is 3 cm x 1 cm, the second is about 2.5 cm long.
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I recently found a fossil in my backyard and I’m not sure what it could be. I live in a place where the bedrock dates back to the Devonian. Hopefully this will be the only fossil id that I’ll ever do. Front Back Left Right Top Bottom If you notice in the front, top, and right images, there is a brachiopod mold, which means the fossil was either from the shoreline or from underwater. I also think that, at this point, the fossil comes from the lower Devonian.
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Howdy! Chiseled this out of a rock today. I thought it was a coral at first, but not quite sure now. The final picture is a cross section of the inside. Thanks in advance.
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Went through about half a pint of the sifted matrix I brought home from Aurora. There were shark teeth as I had expected, way more urchin spines than I would have guessed and some small coral like pieces I'm not sure exactly what they are. Nice sample including the pieces in the top left I am trying to identify: Tried taking pic with clip on micro lens for the phone:
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Hi all, I was looking over some finds from Sunset Beach when I reexamined this and thought it looked organic. Sticks to my tongue, feels relatively heavy. Is this a fossil bone? Sunset Beach is awesome and I definitely recommend the visit, especially before the shipwreck is fully lost to the sea. Fossils seem really rare there, but the colorful quartz and minerals polished by waves make up for it.
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Hi! I made new display cabinet for my fossils picked for about 3 years now, just wanted to take you for a tour through my neighboring areas of interest Most of them are just boring ammonites but I recently acquired some new specimens like that big chunk of nautilus or some wood from a new discovered place, they're from Bathonian level. It's getting interesting
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Look I found a thing! Usually when I see a rock embedded in another rock I think fossil... however IF this is a fossil I have no idea what it would be. So at this point im thinking maybe its another Xenolith. What are your thoughts? For anyone interested, this was found near Vancouver Canadia.
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These Vertebrae are from Cretaceous of Morocco, Does anyone know what species these are? Thanks a lot!
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Hi all. Took another trip to our closest site yesterday - a Carboniferous marine deposit on the shores of the Firth of Forth, Scotland. Amongst the usual Bivalves and more familiar shapes (which I may need to ask about on here at some point - as I have only the wildest guess of what they actually are) we found the below. It looks for all the world like a coarsely textured skin of small scales. I'm aware that soft tissue preservation is incredibly rare, so am dubious - but I don't know what else it might be. Anyone able to help? Nb. I haven't done any work on this at all yet - this is exactly as found.
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Anyone planning to go to the Aurora Fossil Fest this month?
RandyB posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Wondering if anyone is planning to attend this years fossil festival in Aurora, NC Memorial weekend or if anyone who has attended previously has any recommendations/advice? I've spoken to the director and know the basics, just looking for any insight a first timer should be aware of.- 11 replies
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Hello! I am a professor teaching at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab this summer. I teach the Marine Mammal Bio Class. I have an extra day available next week to take the students on a field trip. I know that Alabama has a hot bed of marine fossils. I would love to take the students fossil hunting where we might find marine mammals. NOTE: I know the chances would be very low to make such a find, and if we did find anything, we would leave it and contact other scientists to reveal the location. But I wanted to ask if anyone could suggest the following: 1. I know many houses used to use Basilosaurus vertebrae as cornerstones. Are there any examples of this still available to see in the bottom half of the state? We are willing to take them as far north as say Selma, Montgomery, Pratville? Maybe slightly more north. I must drive them from the coast (Dauphin Island). 2. Are there any museums with fossils of marine mammals in the bottom half of the state? Montgomery? Mobile? 3. Can anyone suggest a site where I could take the students to hunt that is available to the public? Where it could be a long shot to find something marine mammal related, but also more likely to find shark teeth or mollusks? Thank you for letting me ask these questions. Jennifer
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Hi all My son found this today at the North Sulphur River. We figure that it is a jaw fragment from a fish but would like help IDing it. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks! Bret
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Hello: Would like to know if anyone can help identify the attached fossil image? This fossil impression was collected years ago north of Santa Barbara. The impression measures approx. 10.5 mm long. Thank you.
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marine Upper Permian of Svalbard - I can’t even ID it to phylum!
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In a typical Permian (I’m fairly sure) marine trash slab with brachiopods and bryozoans. I don’t have a good scale card handy, but the last image shows the slab with a metric ruler. The specimen in the first image is visible at the top of the slab and it is representative size, ie. 0.8-1cm width/diameter and 2-5cm length. Thanks for any help - I’m very curious about this one. -
Found these in southwest South Dakota. Looked at thousands of images online before troubling you fine folks. Found in an arroyo below layers of possible fossilized bone and a layer with a variety of chalcedony/agate
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These were recently found by a close relative of mine on one of the highest points on Crowley’s Ridge in NE Arkansas. Not found in or beside a creek or gravel pit but all were found within close proximity of each other. Thanks for any advice or comments you can add!
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I' m a local photographer in Flagler Beach, FL. I frequent a local beach almost daily. I have come across quite an interesting find. Currently due to stormy weather causing rough waves and some higher than normal tides the rocks have been sliding down into the ocean and breaking apart. Well a wonderful treasure was exposed in one of the rocks. A skull. There is also a tooth and what looks to be bone vertebrate. I am in the process of excavating currently but would love to know who this skull belongs to. Any help is appreciated!!
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Found a piece of a small bone from the Severn Formation, Late Cretaceous, Maryland. This is an area where I have found abundant turtle shell, shark teeth, enchodus, and occasional mosasaur fossils. Not sure if this piece can be identified. I was thinking turtle but it seems kind of gracile at the broken end. All help will be very welcome.
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Found something new to me in a marine late cretaceous site in Maryland. I would have thought it horn coral but they were long extinct. A friend suggested rudist . All help will be appreciated
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Hello, would appreciate help with a fossil ID. Location found - Fergus Falls, MN. All rock pieces are from one larger piece that I broke apart. I removed some matrix with a Dremel tool to reveal more detail, but the "body" of these creatures were left untouched and are smooth in texture. The first six images of larger specimen has unique features on both sides. The smaller additional specimen along with the separate unfinished rocks seem to be the same creature, just more of them.
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