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Hello everybody, My mother and I went to Melbourne for the first time (and this was my first time flying, getting an Uber and getting Uber Eats) to see the temporary exhibit of Victoria, one of the largest and most complete T-rex's ever found. This is the first time a real T-rex has ever came to Australia. And to see the permeant exhibit of Horridus, the world's most complete Triceratops, also the only real trike in Australia. The photos of both really make them look tiny, but they are GIANT!!!! I was super surprised to see (and be able to touch and hold) real dinosaur fossils from the Prince Creek Formation of Alaska!! to my knowledge, no private collector has any Alaskan dino material. As a country boy, I didn't like the city that much, but it was well worth it to see the fossils. Here is a great PDF that shows a lot about this site: beaumaris_fossil_book_museum_victoria.pdf (bayside.vic.gov.au) We went fossil hunting on Beaumaris beach, on an unfortunate time... there was loads of seaweed covering almost all of the ground the locals said it was the worst they'd ever seen it! so we couldn't get to the main site. and the low tide wasn't a very low tide. We did find some fossils though, tones of urchins (likely the genus Lovenia) I did find a couple of interesting bone-like structures that I would like to get identified. I know they just look like funny-looking rocks, but I've seen a lot of fossils from this beach that even I would think is just a funny-looking rock, so I really just picked up anything that remotely resembled something. Also, since the urchins have a bleached saltwater layer on them, should I quickly dip them in vinegar to remove it or not? I didn't do a no-background style photo, just wanted to make sure these are fossils first. Although, a lot of these are probably just ironstone concretions or nodules. I understand doing large photos like this is a bit inconvenient, but I need the photos to be the best quality. There are 8 items to be identified. As you can see, the site was covered in seaweed and stank! we only had a couple hours there and the smell got to our heads. Bit unlucky. Over to the right, where it is just thick sludge, it was fairly deep, so the other side to find teeth was not accessible. No. 1 I don't know what any of these could be but maybe an ear bone??? No. 2 I don't think this is even a bone, it's probably ironstone, but it is hollow and kind of has a bone-like texture where the break is. No. 3 I found heaps of these along the beach, pretty sure they're nothing, but I don't know. No 4 Bone-like texture?? No. 5 Bone-like texture?? No. 6 Not sure, but maybe a bone?? No. 7 I really do think this is just a rock, but maybe it's not. Not really seeing a bone-like texture but looks interesting and has those holes which is probably geologic. No. 8 Just an ironstone blob or burrow cast?? That's all. Kind Regards Kohler Palaeontology
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I went out this past weekend to Aurora to find more fossils and found a few things I am unsure as to what they are. Fossil #1: 29 millimeters in length Fossil #2: 20 millimeters in length. I thought potentially a bird bone but I also saw some catfish spines on Elasmo.com in the Lee Creek section that looked similar to this fossil. Fossil #3: 20 millimeters in length. I thought maybe cetacean or pinniped but I have no clue. The tooth has an odd hook shape that I have never seen on any other cetacean teeth I have found. Fossil #4: 20 millimeters in length. I originally thought it could be a turtle shell but after looking at the patterns I am assuming it is a sand dollar but I am not sure.
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Hey, been a while, so i decided to start a new topic for the new year. Headed out on Thursday 25/01 to the river shores in Antwerp again. First hunt of the year since i've worked non-stop so far and a contractor is rebuilding our house.. It was great being out again so i was already pleased on beforehand, finding some nice teeth made it even better 😁 here's some in situ pics.. Rolled C. hastalis C. hastalis in excellent shape my first Parotodus benedeni ever, not in great shape but an awesome find anyway 😀 Finally a complete 6cm C. hastalis VID20240125131132.mp4 And some random mammal teeth Had a great first hunt of the year, and I already feel like going back! oh yeah, here's the whole lot cleaned up.. Surprised about how many different species i got covered this time 😄 Grtz, Dries
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Howdy all, Recently got this piece of Dominican amber. It contains what the seller has described as an oxidized assassin bug, a plant hopper, and a fungus gnat. Do these identifications check out? And if so, can a species name be put to these critters?
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A shark tooth found on Caspersen/Venice Beach back in 2010. Anyone know what it is?
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Real or fake bee in amber? Thanks. Bee photo Amber
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Hot off the press.. Magazine published in France less than 2 weeks ago... PDF available . https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/comptes-rendus-palevol/23/8 Found while doing my latest search for a Calcaneum ID
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Hi everyone, I am new to this group and hope to bring my love of history and fossils to you. With that said, I hope someone can help me ID this rather small fossilized skull I found today along the James River in Chippoke State Park here in Surry VA.
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Found at Caspersen Beach in Florida. Age is Miocene based on other teeth and bones present. Penny for scale.
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Heya. Have a few photos of what I believe to be an O. megaldon pup tooth, but just wanted to make sure. Found at Caspersen Beach with other Miocene aged fossils and teeth. Penny for scale.
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Found in Caspersen/Venice Beach. Penny for scale.
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From the album: "Twilight Zone", Sharktooth Hill, Bakersfield
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'Twilight Zone' from Sharktooth Hill, Bakersfield, California
dinoshark posted a topic in Member Collections
hey everyone, i was able to visit sharktooth hill at bakersfield and with two trips so far, found over 200 teeth (~140 complete ones) and some cool looking isolated bones. i will post here as more finds come in. i found and dig at a spot where there is a tendency to find shark teeth fossils where the teeth are preserved with sunset multicolors - primarily purple / violet / blue in the broader regions of the crown, and red / orange / yellow closer to sharp tips on the crown. although occurrence of purple shark teeth are common in this spot, you can also find other colors preserved in teeth, including warmer color teeth like red, orange, pink, yellow teeth and also occasionally white and black teeth. i noticed there are some STH teeth that resemble this purple/blue-orange/yellow combo already out there, so this 'zone' is not only found at the spot i dig at, but appears elsewhere around bakersfield. as there are 'firezone' shark teeth currently floating around, i'd like to add to a new and fun distinction to shark teeth that embody multiple colors you would see on a sunset - 'twilight zone' teeth. i'll start off with a few photos i compiled - they take a lot of time to shoot and edit so i'll try to add more to this topic in new replies as i make time. please play along in case the specimen names come off a bit odd i might have had too much fun naming them (i prefer unique names over serialized codes) - please don't let me be the only one who names their favorite fossil finds hemipristis serra from day one, i love how the yellow serrations contrast against the blue under good lighting probably tie for favorite find so far, this cosmopolitodus planus was crazy colorful and vibrant coming out of the ground, and thankfully retained much of its coloring cosmopolitodus hastalis "cardinal" is the biggest tooth i've found so far. now this was a headscratcher - it is basically an equilateral triangle of a tooth, crown is very broad, proportional and short. the root of this tooth was a bit weathered as when found, but a shelf could still be identifiable from certain lighting angles. had asked for id and deemed isurus retroflexus. a nice crisp carcharhinus egertoni requiem shark tooth. id deemed egertoni. and this physogaleus contortus was a curious one to find, with a band of manganese slung around it like a wrestler's champion belt. and more to come!
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Am looking to buy this tooth. However I am not sure if the seller has classified it as the right species. I am quite obsessed with the history of our elephant but I find it hard to tell because it is in pretty rough shape (also i really want it to be true so looking for a second opinion). Any experts on Proboscidea? Will tell what species the seller id it as if interested but not right here because i dont want to sway any opinions. found in Mainzer Becken, Germany 12,5 cm (about 5 inches)
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Hi all! I found an unassuming concretion at Glenafric in New Zealand (Marine deposit 12 - 10 million years old). I almost left it on the beach, but the concretion was small, and this small bit showing (which I thought it could be phosphorus or degraded pyrite) looked plausible for bone. Anyway, I popped it in my pack and forgot about it for a week. I only remembered it yesterday when I was with some friends and they entertained the prospect that it could be a Dolphin tooth. When under magnification, it was clear that it was bone. Today I started prepping it and uncovered quite a lot. Does anybody have a clue to what this bone may be? Could it be fish? Penguin, Seal? I dont know.
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Hello folks, long time lurker, first time poster here… on my last trip out to the Miocene of Va I came across this funky looking fossil in a freshly fallen block of clay. I can’t for the life of me figure out what it is, nor can I find any info or similar pictures of it online. My initial impression would be a coprolite, or maybe remains of a plant? This layer was deposited in an open marine setting, lacking shells and really only producing bones and teeth. Any ideas? Mind you I do not believe this to be a rock, I have never seen anything remotely similar out of this formation or any crystalline rock larger than pea gravel…
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We went out to the Potomac in the St Mary’s formation last weekend following the week of hurricane rains passing through. We only fossil hunt about once a year, so I was really happy with our finds, especially the tiny, almost perfectly intact ecphora. shark teeth are hard for me to identify so I was hoping for some help/confirmation. the colored dots photos are the best finds of our trip. So I think that Red dots are hemis, white dots are white sharks, and blue dots are tigers. can anyone help with yellow? On the lettered teeth, A has serrations. Does that mean it’s a Hemi? Are the E teeth threshers? Any idea on the others? for the numbered teeth, I don’t know any of them, but especially stuck on 2. thank you in advance for any help.
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Anyone know what genus and specie this bivalve belonged to?
Talha Jaleel posted a topic in Fossil ID
Found in Bahria Town, Karachi Sindh. Pakistan. 33-2 MYo, the hills were a formed by the result of the Indian Eurasian tectonic plate collision, the (at the time) basins were filled by the Tethys sea, now rich in many bivalves of sort, crab fragments, echinoderms, clams and possibly more.
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Sorry for the previous post with no images, I accidentally clicked enter and can’t seem to delete it. Anyways, a little bit of info regarding the post: The following images contain a fossil of a possible sea urchin (I believe) that I found in Bahria Town, Karachi Sindh, Pakistan. Bahria Town has rock formations from the oligocene, miocene and Pliocene era, ~33-2MYa, anyways, the area itself was a sea basin that was formed around the time the Indian and Eurasian plates collided, and creatures of the now ancient Tethys ocean essentially thrived in the zone. Furthermore, the creatures (of specific location) includes certain bivalves, scallops, crustacean claws, clams, sea urchins (more obviously sea urchins). Oddly the area seems to be greeted with more than 1 species of sea urchin - I found three different types of sea urchins in the area, not just 1. Some things to take notice of is the build of the given fossils, they seem to be quite thin with some obvious asymmetry, unlike generic sea urchins. Furthermore, one of them seems to have been completely crushed by sediment rock (as its structure its evidently broken I believe it was during the time of its existence). The first three images include the fossil I believe to be from a rare/new species, please observe the details on it, and the last is the sea urchin that was squashed.
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I was on a river trip for petrified wood this morning when I found this piece of burnt wood (not petrified) sticking out of the upper portion of the miocene layer, and it’s got pyrite growing on it. Cracks in the end grain are filled with pyrite as well. I’ve never seen this before and i’ve been collecting in Texas for 20+ years. Is this something to get excited about? Also, how do I classify this wood? Fossilized?Preserved?Coalified? I can poke a fingernail into it and I’m fairly sure it will burn once it dries out. it just looks and feels like plain old burnt wood. more pics below. thanks, dave
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Found this at beaverly beach oregon. It is from the miocene astoria formation what could it be?
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Hi All! I live in Chino Hills, Ca and found these 2 halves at the base off an outcropping, that had tumbled down. The localities in my area are both Puente and Monterey Formation. I've found lots of cool algae, mollusk, gastropod and fish fossils in this same area...but nothing like this before. Would greatly appreciate some input from the community! Thanks for your thoughts!
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This peculiar tooth is from Westmoreland County, VA. Length is about 0.5 inches (1.3 cm). Not sure what to think of this one as it doesn't match any thresher or mako teeth I have. I thought it was a juvenile megalodon tooth at first because of the root. Note that it stands up on its root slightly in the second image.
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