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I bought these fossil wood years ago. I think these may be from Madagascar not sure of age though. Does anyone know?
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I found this while looking through my driveway rocks cause my kids were finding quartz crystals, then I found this. Any ideas?
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Hello everyone, I need help to identify this fossil, it was found in morocco near essaouira in a meeting point between a river and the atlantic ocean, I was told that it's a mammoth tooth but I'm not sure, thank you in advance.
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Hello all. I have a few fossils/rocks I bought from local stores/shows a few years ago. Sadly the labels to them were mostly all lost somewhere along the way, so I have no idea what they are or where they came from. With no information I don't expect to find out exactly what they are but I'm hoping to at least get a general idea. Attached are the images to the most confusing one, which was bought by my mother, so I don't have any recollection of what it could be (ruler is in inches). Thanks in advance for all your help.
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Good morning all I known the photos are not the best, My Digital is dead and my phone is not the best. Can anyone give me any ID please. Anything i would appreciate The last one is with SW Light All i know is they were purchased on online Thank you.
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another unknown tail gate show find. MAZON CREEK, ILLINOIS Concretion half. 7.8 cm
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No idea even if it's plant, animal or ?
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Hi, These could just be interesting to me and I hope the quality is good! Is there anything here? Kinda freaked me out the one that looks like a stone crab...haha My husband started metal detecting and I look for natural treasures I like older interesting things, I love rocks and minerals... well here are the pics #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #'s 7, 8, 9, 10 # 10 I plan to read more in this forum. I also just got a book Floridas Living Beaches. I am learning so much (I tried to do my profile pic too but kept being too big, can't find right file size). this item I forgot where I got it..is it anything? Thanks!! # 11
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I have been working with Mississippian age nautiloids in Kentucky for the past 40 years. Years ago I found two very complete specimens in the Nancy Member of the Borden Formation in a creek east of Morehead, Kentucky. The one was a small but very complete Orthoconic nautiloid of the genus Michelinoceras sp. which is commonly found in that area. The other was found very close to the other and at the time I thought it was another Michelinoceras sp. Recently I was looking at it and saw the shape was much different. Michelinoceras is very conical and the shape is very round to slightly oval with the Siphuncle in the center. The unknown specimen is also orthoconic and shows the living chamber and upper shell is just lightly oval similar to Michelinoceras sp. but the end of the shell thins on the sides to the shape of a Baculite shape. The specimen is highly replaced with calcite and the siphuncle is hard too determine. What may be the siphuncle is located at the upper part of what I think is the venter. If I am correct it would be a Bactritida type of nautiloid that were common in the Devonian. I have researched the treatise as well as many papers on Mississippian age cephalopods I can find. I am hoping someone may have ran across a similar specimen. The first and second picture is of the Michelinoceras sp. specimen. Approx. 4 inches long and typical Michelinoceras specimens. The rest of the picture are of the unknown specimen, the red circle is the area where I believe the siphuncle is located.
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I found an abundance of these small similar shape and size objects in Post Oak Creek in North Texas. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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Hi all, I picked up this conical object (I'm currently reluctant to even commit to 'fossil') from the shore at Port Mulgrave, North Yorkshire. It was loose on the shore so unfortunately no certain stratigraphy either. I'd be happy with any thoughts or ideas of what it could be. Thank you all so much in advance, MarineBio
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Hey everyone. I found these in a creek while traveling around Ohio. The areas are known for fossils, but I can't tell if these are actually teeth or if they are just some kind of rock formation. Any insight would be much appreciated.
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I have a friend who found this mammal tooth in south Alabama. Is it a fossil? What do you think it is?
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Found this in my confusing creek which has a mix QAL, QT, Eagle Ford, and some Permian. Thought it was calcite at first but it's gypsum, sorta reminds me of desert rose but has a very unusual crystal arrangement along with the rounded branch looking things, it looks like they 'bloom' right above but not sure if that's separate or part of it. Not that familiar with gypsum so not sure if it's geological.
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Yesterday I was doing some amphibian research and came across the caecilians (Gymnophiona). How had I not heard of one of the three living orders of amphibians? The others being Caudata (salamanders) and Anura (frogs and toads). I thought it was something worth sharing and then I thought there are a lot of extant species that are really cool so I created this thread so we can all see and share some of our favorite extant species. Starting off with the caecilians, a legless amphibian that lives underground in the tropical regions of the world. they come in many colors and the largest species can grow up to 5 feet (1.5 meters). Unlike worms they have a skeleton with vertebrae and a skull filled with small sharp teeth. Caecilia attenuata Very similar but not closely related to the next animal on this list, the legless lizard (Pygopodidae). They are found all throughout the world. They resemble snakes except for the lizard head. The largest species is the European Glass Lizard (Pseudopus apodus). I have to include this dragon like lizard, the armadillo lizard. (Ouroborus cataphractus) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armadillo_girdled_lizard. They live in South Africa and curl in a ball when they are threatened. That's all for the reptiles now lets look at the descendants of dinosaurs, my favorite bird, the Cassowary (Casuaurius). It looks prehistoric and being the third largest bird, behind ostrich and emu you cant miss its blue crested head. And their footprints look just like dinosaur footprints. Next has to be the Lyre Bird (Menura novaehollandiae) The superb lyrebird. Not sure if the second video is real since it was not uploaded by BBC but it is really fascinating. Next is a mammal, the Colugo (Cynocephalidae) It is a flying mammal and our not so distant relative seeing as we are both in the mirorder primatomorpha. Moving on to some smaller species. Ill start with the praying mantis. An order of insects that everyone should know seeing as they are found everywhere. (Mantodea) They come in several fascinating colors and patterns, just search some of the exotic species there are so many. Here are a few, Next is the largest centipede Scolopendra_gigantea. They live in south america and can grow up to 30 cm (12 inches) That's all I have for now, took like an hour to write this. Probably could of been quicker but I read some more about these fantastic species. Many of the species on this list may not ever fossilize or leave a very small record and things like what sound they make or what colors will not be preserved. Makes you wonder about what species existed that never fossilized or have not been found yet. Please add more species to this list I know there are others. Enjoy
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Calling this a Picasso pebble, it's like a tiny work of art and I have no idea how to refer to this type of fossilization but it's very cool. Anyway, really curious what the two columns are that appear to be joined, the gravels it came from are mostly Eagle Ford but include QAL, a little Woodbine, and older.
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It's not a big fossil. My hubby and I think it's a buzzsaw shark tooth. Anyway, we can't figure out what kind of buzzsaw shark it's from or if it's even that kind of fossil. It looks like a doll shoe, but it is a fossil. Any help would be appreciated.
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I posted an image of this fossil along with all the others that I found, but that image was of poor quality and as such I think it got lost among all the other fossils I sent yesterday. I have no idea what it is, it might not be a fossil but if it isn’t I really have no idea what it is. It looks to me like the fletchings of an arrow but beyond that I have no clue.
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A few curious things from Cretaceous Eagle Ford/QAL mix I can't quite put my finger on, first one looks like burrow but up close it's very different from other burrows I've found. Next I'm wondering if it's coprolite, then possibly rugose? Last one i have no clue just didn't think it looked geological. Forgot the end shot of burrow so added it at end.
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Hey so I hunt in Sherman Texas at a creek called Post Oak. I find hundreds of fossilized shark teeth here and lots of other fossils including bones. This weekend I found this tooth and I'm completely stumped. Any help would really be appreciated.
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18 x 7 mm (mm scale) convex underside relatively smooth
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