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Hi In a place where there are many ichnofossils from stone waste, I found such a specimen. It's probably a burrow, but I want to make sure. Thank you in advance for your help and best regards Daniel
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It’s long overdue, but I’m finally starting this micro thread. Been meaning to do this for a while. I only recently started paying attention to micros, and they are annoyingly very interesting- and fun . So please don’t hesitate to correct my amateur identifications. Enjoy! To start things off, 2 different Streptognathodus sp. from the Stark Shale. Both ~ 1.8 mm long #C1STARK : <==(don’t mind that, it’s just my reference number ) #C2STARK : A closer look:
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Australian Cretaceous Dinosaur Fossils Identification Needed
Kohler Palaeontology posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hello, This comes from the Winton Formation, QLD Australia. I don’t know exactly where but I know it’s near the town of Winton and I am 100% sure it’s Winton Formation. The Winton Formation dates to the Cretaceous period, around 90 – 100 million years ago or so, it was late Albian to early Turonian in age. These come from terrestrial rocks, so it’s likely dinosaur. Most dinosaurian remains are from large titanosaur sauropods. Perhaps the most famous dinosaur from this formation is the megaraptor, Australovenator. These are some of the only Australian dinosaur fossils I've seen in any private collection, and the only Winton Formation fossils I’ve seen in any private collection. They came from a matrix sample from a site, there were bits of plaster jackets in it also. Most of the fossils I found were small bone fragments and plants, likely conifer or horsetail. I found a couple of fossils I could identify, however, some of them I could not identify, and others I wasn’t sure about. Hopefully the images are decent enough for identification No. 1 This fossil looks almost like a tooth. but maybe more likely a fish scale, as there are a few species of fish in the Winton Formation. Unfortunately, it’s covered in a thin layer of matrix, making it hard to see. You can still see a bit of enamel or whatever else it is on photo 3. at the top of photo 2, which is admittedly not very clear, you can see what looks to be a tip of a tooth, maybe? it is around 3 millimeters in crown height. No. 2 I tried researching up and down the web, but I couldn’t find anything that looked like this. I thought maybe a seed fossil, there were plant fossils in the matrix sample. It is around 1 millimeter. the other side looks the exact same. No. 3 These remind me of eggshells, although I seriously doubt that. I am not even 100% sure if these are fossils in the first place. the one on the top left corner is curved, kind of like a crescent moon shape from the side a little bit. No. 4 I am confident this is a bone; however, I don’t know if anyone can tell what bone, I was thinking maybe a part of a vert, but now I don’t know. when looking at the bottom, it does not appear to look like a vert. It was submerged in a small ball of matrix which I spent a few days prepping. No. 5 This is self-collected from 2019. It doesn’t come from the Winton Formation but from an area close to and around the same age, maybe a couple million years older. It looks like a pterosaur partial bone, which would be very significant. It comes from Prairie, near Hughenden. Every fossil we found at that site except for this, and one other fossil was belemnites. This site was also right near a road, where we dug into a wall of soil. the two pieces are associated to make one piece, they look like they broke a long time ago though. No. 6 I am not sure what these are, I first thought maybe a tooth of some kind, but I don’t know. it seems to be slightly hollow. here is another piece, way smaller, but very similar. it is covered in a thin layer of soil, that other piece also was, but I cleaned it off. No. 7 I think this could be a tiny piece of crocodilian osteoderm, possibly Isisfordia (sp.? Or Duncani) due to its size. Isisfordia was a very small crocodilian, only growing to around one meter in length. a piece of the rear end of the skull from a crocodilian from around 50 million years ago, also from Queensland, Australia that is in my collection, also has a relatively similar texture. if anyone needs better photos, or photos of another angle, feel free to let me know. Kind Regards, Kohler Palaeontology
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Fossils found in Serra da Freita, Albergaria da Serra, Portugal.
TheDeino posted a topic in Fossil ID
Found these fossils underwater. The sector is known to be constituted with paleozoic rock. If somebody can help me to identify them it could be very sympathic.
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From the album: Oklahoma Permian Fossil Finds
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I bought this tooth on impulse a few days ago. To me it looks like a fully rooted Plesiosaur tooth. It has all the characteristics of being from the Kem Kem Beds aswell. I've not seen any other rooted teeth to compare it to. So, did I score, or did I buy a crocodile tooth?
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Just found this outside my house in northwest NM and have no clue what it is if anyone could shed some light!
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Had some reptile jaw pieces was hoping to get ID help with. They were not sure on where they, were from though. Any help with better ID would be greatly thankful. Was wanting a reptile jaw for sometime. There are 2. #1 #2
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I'm trying to ID this for a friend. She found it at the FIsher-Sullivan site in Virginia, from the Virginia Eocene. It's all marine, but there have been snake found there. It's ridiculously small at 4 mm!
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Found Manasota Key Beach looks like tip of claw possibly reptile or crab? What do you think?
natwell19 posted a topic in Fossil ID
I was looking for shark teeth and found what looks like a bumpy tooth. Maybe it's a crab claw tip or reptile claw tip? It looks like gator skin or something similar but it is a claw shape. Let me know what you think! Thank you! Found on Manasota Key, Florida, at the beach amongst the shells.
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Hello everyone, First post here. To start I wanted to ask for identification on this crocodile jaw for sale. I THINK it might be a Siamese crocodile fossil, buuut I am not 100% sure. Thank you in advance! This fossil is from: West Java, Indonesia (That is all the information I have)
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Since I have gone "down the rabbit hole" of Micro Matrix fossil hunting, I'm going to start a series of posts on the main time periods and locations I am collecting. I'll start off with the Best Of and then add in new finds. Of course, Texas Cretaceous is my primary interest, but will also have posts on Texas Pennsylvanian, Permian, Eocene and Pleistocene. Plus other posts on various locations around the country (and world!) SO if you like Micro fossils, keep an eye out for them! So Texas Cretaceous Best Micro Finds to start! Most of these are 1/8 inch (aprox 3mm) a few being up to 1/4 inch (aprox 6mm) 1. Ammonites -Del Rio and Eagle Ford Formations 2. Heteromorph Ammonites - Del Rio and Eagle Ford Formations 3. Bivalves - Del Rio, Glen Rose, and Ozan Formations 4. Corals - Del Rio and Ozan Formation 5. Crabs - Del Rio, Eagle Ford, Glen Rose, Corsicana and Walnut Formations 6. Crinoids - Glen Rose, Eagle Ford, and Del Rio Formations 7. Crocodilians - Aguja Formation 8. Dermal Denticles - Ozan, Aguja and Eagle Ford Formations 9. Dinosaurs -Aguja Formation 10. Echinoids - Del Rio and Glen Rose Formations Glen Rose Formation Glen Rose, Walnut, Austin Chalk and Eagle Ford Formations 11. Fish Teeth - Ozan, Del Rio, Aguja, Eagle Ford and Glen Rose Formation 12. Foraminifera - Ozan, Glen Rose, and Del Rio Formations 13. Gastropods - Del Rio and Eagle Ford Formations 14. Mammals - Aguja Formation 15. Marine Reptiles - Austin Chalk and Eagle Ford Formations 16. Rays - Del Rio, Wolfe City and Glen Rose Formations 17. Sawfish - Eagle Ford, Ozan and Austin Chalk Formations Aguja. Eagle Ford and Ozan Formations 18. Lamniforme Sharks- Ozan, Austin Chalk, Eagle Ford and Woodbine Formations: Ozan, Austin Chalk, Del Rio and Eagle Ford Formations: Del Rio, Eagle Ford, and Ozan Formations: 19. Non-Lamniforme Sharks - Ozan, Woodbine, Aguja and Eagle Ford Formations: 20. Ptychodontidae Sharks - Austin Chalk and Eagle Ford Formations: Austin Chalk Formation' 21. Starfish - Glen Rose, Walnut and Del Rio Formations 22. Vertebrae - Aguja, Del Rio, and Eagle Ford Formations 23. Worms -Del Rio, Corsicana. Ozan and Eagle Ford Formations
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I seem to have a turtle head or some kind of reptilian head that was smashed and fossilized. It still has some skin under its head. My best guess is it's a turtle species of some kind. But I'm wondering what kind?
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Chinese Ichthyosaur Paddle Triassic
Lucid_Bot posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Howdy! I've seen this ichthyosaur paddle for sale for a while. I don't know enough to say that it's real. If it is, I'd love to have it. Geological information: Triassic Guanting Formation, Ghizhou, China. Any help is appreciated.
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Juvenile Mosasaur Tooth Upper Cretaceous Wenonah Formation Matawan Group Ramanessin Brook Holmdel, N.J. -
I found these in NorthEast Iowa Fayette County, so that is the Paleozoic era ( I can't download the NorthEast Iowa fossil guide for whatever reason) They are certainly broken. The first one appears split in half. Makes it looks like a turtle or dinosaur lol. The second fossil starts on picture 11. The bottom looks the same and sides are covered in what appears to be moss work. Both limestone/chert and same area, not but yards away probably on a different day. Fayette County Iowa. I have a couple fossils and I can't figure it out. Probably just fossiliferous Limestone type, but I'm very unversed in fossils. It looks like something is coming through both of them. One shows what looks like skeletal structure. I need to clean them as they are hard to see. The first one shows the holes as a coral the second one shows more of silicified bones or skeleton ( it's probably not , I am seriously clueless lol) Please and thank you for your help as I have no where else to reach out.
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Hi everyone, this is my first post here, I recently found photos of a keichousaurus fossil, I would like your opinion on its authenticity or not. I know it's an extremely counterfeit type of fossil, so I'm a bit skeptical
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Found this small tooth today in Sweden, creataous period. Anyone able to identify it? IMG_8379.mov
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Hello, some friends and I went fossil hunting at big Brook and found these. I do not believe any are concretions and I am certain all but the second and sixth ones are fossils but I could use some ids. I, and two other newbies to fossils, would appreciate any help. they are numbered.
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Monsters of the Abyss | Vancouver Aquarium
BrennanThePaleoDude posted a topic in A Trip to the Museum
When I caught wind of @jnoun11's traveling exhibit coming to Canada, British Columbia of all places, I made sure to book it down to the Vancouver Aquarium immediately! It was the most incredible display of Moroccan fossils I have ever seen and far greater than any permanent museum galleries! Of course I spent most of the time at the mosasaur section, finally getting the chance to see the marine reptiles I work on fully reconstructed in all their glory! The best part was seeing the species of mosasaur @pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon @Praefectus and I named on display for the whole world! Such a great feeling! The skull of Hainosaurus boubker stood proud along side Thalassotitan atrox and the skeletons of Mosasaurus beaugei, Halisaurus arambourgi and Zarafasaura oceanis (plus some turtles). The murals in the back illustrated the diverse community of the phosphates in an active, warm sea environment which made you feel like you were right there swimming with them! The info boards were great and very informative with a fun "Monster Level" gimmick to show how fierce these predators where in their environments and times! Unfortunately Hain and Thalass were still under their pre-2022 names of Tylosaurus and Prognathodon anceps (plus using their smaller size estimates) which hopefully one day will be updated. I purchased a seasons pass just to revisit this display several times this summer while it is still around! Here are some photos of the mosasaur section (plus Spinosaurus) I took with my good camera!
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I found this 152mm x 101mm x 25mm piece of what appears to be a limestone fossil. Other minerals found nearby were chert and loads of limestone. Found in Wyoming on Medicine Mountain on the side of the road where there is plenty of rock fall every year. Scales/scutes range from 6.35mm in oval length to 19.05mm, all scales/scutes are about 6.35mm in width and apart from each other. The closest scale/scute pattern I have seen on the internet is the Captorhinus lizard, very well preserved in a cave. Anyone have any ideas? I appreciate you all!
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Unknown tooth (6 mm) from Solnhofen (Mühlheim, Lkrs. Eichstätt) Germany., no carinae are visible. I think about fish, anyone have an idea? Fish or reptile? Unfortunately no better photos.
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A couple of hours at Rock-a-nore, Hastings, UK - Wealden Beds.
blackdanter posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
I managed to grab a couple hours at Rock-a-nore, Hastings this morning. This is my usual hunting ground and the material here is Wealden, early Cretaceous and around 140 million years in age. Not having a lot of time, I didn't work a long stretch of the coast and only made it as far as Ecclesbourne Glen, a couple of miles maybe. I found the usual couple of Tempskya tree fern trunk samples but, having ample specimens already, these were left in situ for others to find. I came away with a couple of specimens, a small fragment of reptile bone and something poking out of a rock which I cleaned back at home to reveal what looks like a partial fish rib or spine. This is actually a good haul for the location as I often leave empty handed. That's not to say that I haven't found anything, just nothing that adds anything to my collection. Here's the view prior to accessing the beach. Looking east towards Dungeness (the nuclear power station is visible in the distance). The terrain can be hard going (especially when you've had ligament replacement knee surgery last December) as it's a mainly pebble beach with cliff debris and many large boulders (a lot of which are slippery at this time of year). The cliffs are dangerous and prone to constant falls and so best avoided as there's a constant clatter of falling material. That said, it's wise to keep an ear on what the nesting sea birds are doing on the cliffs as they become extremely agitated when the cliff is about to move substantially so there is some warning. I have twice in the past had to dodge sections the size of a family car falling from the cliff which is why I prefer to beach comb these days. The site is also an SSSI and as such, removing anything from the cliff or footprints from the beach (unless loose and portable) is a criminal offence. The suspected fish rib or spine. Reptile bone fragment. The side that gives the game away - clear vessel structure. The sample alongside a very similar sample found about a month ago in the same general area. Bone preservation at this location is extremely variable so anything similar is invariably associated or of the same origin.
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