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Greetings, Is this a fossilized tusk?

Did not look like a cow tooth but maybe, I’m not a dentist just a farmer found after deep plowing

Length of fossil is 6 mm. Is this a shark or ray tooth? Thanks for any help!

Hello everyone. I recently moved to central Tennessee on the Cumberland Plateau where I have been enjoying hunting stone points in the creeks and woods. I recently found some chunks of what I thought might be petrified wood and would be grateful for ID help. Here are the details per the ID TIPS post: Date: Found February 2023 Location: Van Buren County, Tennessee USA Site details: bank of a small creek in close proximity to a spring Found with: a few stone points and stone point fragments and some smaller pieces of possible bone or petrified wood Dimensions: longest side approx. 79mm, width approx. 65mm, thickness approx. 45mm. Weight: 5 oz/142 grams thanks for looking and for any help.

I'm still trying to find an example of a xenomorph for @Rockwood and I ran across this strange scene on my 57 pound rock (yes, we weighed it) from my son's land in Pulaski, TN. I know from what I learned here that the pink part is trepostome bryozoan fossils (I love the coloring, by the way!). It appears to have almost a shell over it, though? And in another place a portion of it is "peeking through" the shell like substance? Is that another type of encrusting bryozoan? If so, would that make this a xenomorph? Thanks! Ramona

I found this bone on the shore of the Wolf River in TN near the Dale Hollow reservoir. Curious to know what it might be. The bone looks fossilized but I have no idea. Any ideas what this might be?

another bedrock small one inch an half. Fossil? Has hole in center one side of rock is about half an inch and the hole goes down inside half of that at least, sorta curvy an lots of texture. I tried my 5x magnifying lamp to look inside an tried the flashlight while taking picture. I just took one pic of the 19 pics in a group -if it will load, didn't know which pic (if any) is well enough to see. It was in the flowerbeds where I found the other fossil rock. I can bring up individuals if you want a bigger few of certain ones.

It has it all around it an on the ends this one was mostly covered. It might be 2” long an half inch tall on ends an almost a inch tall at tallest point for size. Some shell it looks. I found it in my aunts flowerbeds she had bought rock in 1969 to cover 7 beds. So when I weeded them I'd dig out interesting ones. She's had the same rocks since then. She'd have the rocks cleaned an put back . Kodak, TN. I thought it was the most interesting one. Thought to share. Thank you.

How could I find out what this is? I found in a cave along with some other items in TN.

So, I found this in an area of TN where several marine fossils have turned up (various Gastropoda, trilobites, and more), but this was unearthed at the site of some serious deep water erosion and a small land slide at the banks of a lake. It looks to me like a skull of some sort, where the animal in question perhaps keeled over and laid for a looong time on its right side, hence the “squashing” of that surface. Apart from the somewhat mashed right side, and some chipping to the snout, it’s otherwise perfectly symmetrical.

Hello, new to fossil hunting unless you count a few thousand in pea gravel play grounds. I l live near coon creek paleo site in McNairy county tn which I think is a good spot for marine fauna. I'm interested in developing this as a hobby for me and my daughter to participate in together. Looking forward to learning from everyone.

Attached is another fossil found over 20 years ago in Overton Co TN.

This was found over 20 years ago in Overton Co TN. The two halves fit together in the shape of a marshmallow. Does anyone know what it might be?

Attached is another fossil found over 20 years ago in Overton Co TN.

Hello all, I've got boxes and boxes of rocks and fossil-ish bits and pieces that have been collected almost exclusively from an area of NE Tennessee. This particular spot is unique in that there have been massive excavtions done decades ago in the course of the TVA's projects, revealing lots of fascinating things that would otherwise have been stuck, forever, beneath tons of dirt. Flowing water hasn't hurt, either, and most of these items are in the exact state in which they were found. There are many more, some much more compelling and interesting than these, but in the interest of time and space, I'm trying to just be methodical at this point. That said, if anything appears to be worth a closer look, please say so, and I will take more detailed shots, describe further, etc, and I will continue to photograph the rest in the meantime. Thanks in advance for any advice and assistance in identifying or ruling out "just rocks", etc!

Hi I found this piece in middle Tennessee at the lake and its very odd,heavy,and different would luv any thoughts second picture of bottom

Hi everyone! I've been running across this forum over and over in my searches for fossil-related information for the past couple of years. I finally decided to join. As you might guess from my handle, my special interest is in the nimravids such as the rather catlike Dinictis. Trying to unearth literally every bit of nimravid information the Internet has to offer led me here time and time again. But whenever I came here I would often get pleasantly distracted by looking at discussions about other fossils too. I have a piece of jaw with a few teeth in it found in the White River Badlands. The seller claimed it was Dinictis and I scoured the Internet to find out for sure- could also be Hoplophoneus, too, as they look similar. (I'm not 100% sure yet and some of the little teeth are broken, but I tend to think the seller's guess was as good as any. It's not an amazing fossil, just a little piece really, but I'm so glad to have it. Anyway, it is from that fossil, or what I think it may be, that I take my username.) I'm still learning a lot but I am very fond of fossils. I am in my mid-twenties. I have a master's degree but it isn't in anything that remotely helped me learn about fossils. I devoured the one general Earth Science class that I had to take for my bachelor's and was just so excited to learn about... everything. Syncline valleys? Anticline valleys? Time to figure out what every valley is by the road cuts! So... I realize I have a lot to learn. I was educated in a conservative setting where the geologic timeline was summarily dismissed as fairly meaningless sediments from Noah's flood, so everything I am learning now is just from my own personal research. The rocks have always called to me. I want to learn more of the Earth's story. There is always more to discover. Currently I reside in Middle Tennessee near the western edge of the Cumberland Plateau. It is beautiful country here and I have quickly grown to love it. Work keeps me busy, though, and I haven't found any fossils here yet. I am close to the Caney Fork River and the Cumberland River. I'm just not familiar with this area yet- I see the big picture but don't have a lot of human connections outside of my job. Work brought me here. For my job I cover almost the entire Upper Cumberland so I drive around a lot, through maybe a dozen counties. The road cuts with the lovely layers fill me with awe and I want to understand the geology of this area better. I have worn out the Wikipedia pages on general Cumberland Plateau geology. I grew up in Southeastern Tennessee in the Tennessee Valley. My grandfather used to take me fossil hunting when I was a kid. We found mostly crinoid stalks or pieces of them. We also went to this one railroad cut where we would find spherical objects in the shale. I now suspect they were concretions of some sort. He amassed a nice collection of fossil crinoids, some decent ones. He also has some amazing petrified wood. He was very physically fit until just a few years ago and found many neat things on his solo adventures in the wilds. I think my life is inundated with pieces of crinoid stalks. They tend to lurk in all of my boxes and storage containers. Just today I was looking for something and ran across several. Whenever I'm back in my old haunts in SE TN I poke around in stream beds and always come across some. I've always been good at picking out patterns or odd-looking details so even when I am not looking for them, fossils tend to jump out at me. (Four-leaf clovers tend to do the same thing. I find them by accident constantly.) I would like to start looking for petrified wood. I didn't know until recently that petrified wood could sometimes be found in streambeds even in Tennessee- I need to ask my grandfather more about that. Pardon my vast ignorance. This is a whole new world opening up to me- it's like rediscovering a lost love and realizing it is SO MUCH BIGGER than I ever could have imagined. For now I don't have a lot to add in the way of awesome fossil finds. Mostly crinoid stems, probably not worth uploading pictures of. I also have found quite a few fossil shark teeth in Florida and Georgia barrier islands. My collection of things I have found is small, but I have a lifetime ahead of me to grow it. Someday, it would be amazing to travel to the White River Badlands and hunt for Oligocene or Eocene material. At least there would be an (albeit very tiny) chance of finding saber critter material! For now, though, my hunting is limited to my neck of the woods, and that is plenty to keep me occupied.

Hello! My name is Jeremy and I just moved from Boston to western TN, almost to the Mississippi. I've done fossil hunting for much of my life, as my dad introduced me to the hobby at a young age! I grew up in Florida, so most of my experience has been with Venice Beach // Peace River // construction sites with limestone outcrops. However, I've also had the privilege to do some Hell Creek and Judith River fossiling in the Cretaceous. I've been lurking on this forum for a while now and am super impressed by how knowledgeable people are and how beautiful people's finds are! Excited to become part of the community! Also, I'm looking to start doing some fossiling in the Western TN/ SE Missouri/ N Mississippi area. Any advice is appreciated! I'm especially excited about trying a Coon Creek formation trip! Jarm

Well while letting Maximus take a swim in the lake. . I looked down and there it was plain as day, my new cephalopod. I didn't go out to find fossils today but I did all the same. As I moved the rocks from around it I prayed it wasn't part of a huge rock that I could'nt move, but luck was on my side. I found it at the Percy Priest Lake here in middle Tn.