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Found on the coast of Hilton Head South Carolina USA. I am quite unsure of what this is, it’s very eroded and might ether be unidentifiable, or just a funny looking rock. However, I find it looks very tooth like, with one wide end, and one pointy end, as well as a cavity that is open at the wide end and gently tracks further into the “tooth” My first thought was a premolar of some sort of primitive whale sans the roots. But that seems unlikely. Please share your thoughts! I’d love any sort input and if you would like a better picture of a certain angle, let me know! Here are the pictures 1. Front side 2.Back side 3.Right side 4.left side 5.Top side 6.Bottom side And here is a video of the specimen rotating! (ignore the sparkling putty, it was the only option I had to get it to sand up nice while still being visible at all angles) IMG_0199.mov
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Found in a box of geodes from Kentucky.
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Hello, I was hopeful I could be educated on the age and identification on these pieces - they are really neat but I’m feeling very uneducated. If anyone can identify the age and species - I would be most grateful!
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Hi there I found this in a local disused coal tip/quarry in south wales. Pretty sure it’s a branch curious of species please if anyone could help thanks
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Hi, Newbie here with her first find (hopefully)... While I was walking along the beach on holiday I found this next to my foot... Everyone I showed it to thinks it's a fossil but none of my mates are experts I have tried to get a good photo but it just doesn't want to be photoed well... PXL_20230807_084334288.mp4
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I have no idea in any way time frame wise with this fossil. Then on top of that I have no idea exactly what it is. It's a odd fossil but time frames are all over the place in a spot I'm working on. Ideas on what it could be could be a little helpful. The first pic is the front then top, then back, and then bottom. A penny was put down beside object for scale wise of size. Thanks.
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I found this while looking around a creek bed last year. It doesn't seem to match anything I could think to search for online. Can anyone help identify this?
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Hello everyone, While intrigued by them, I'm afraid I have no real knowledge about fossils, so any help would be greatly appreciated. I found this fossil(?) at the Cap-Blanc-Nez cliffs in the north of France. Anyone here have any idea what I'm dealing with? Thank you for any insights you can help me with! Cheers! Michalis
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Hey all! I’ve got a really strange piece I’d love to get identified. It’s owned by my school, and I’m trying to help identify things that don’t have ids so they can be cataloged. Any help is appreciated! It’s out of Kleburg county which has a lot of Pleistocene Beaumont formation. Mammals are pretty far out of what I know. I didn’t have much time to take these photos, and didn’t see a chewing surface. (Granted I only had a couple seconds to take a photo, I had to run to my next class) Thank you!
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I recently found a fossil that my father got in the 1970’s in Missouri, but not sure if he got it from someone or found it there. It is about 12x8 inches and maybe 6-10 pounds. I know nothing about fossils but got curious and starting doing some research. Looks kind of like a trillobite genus? Appreciate any insight here.
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Hi, i've found this in a rock, i don't know if its a fossil or not, i think it might be? Guidance would be appreciated please Thank you
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Your Guess is Better Than Mine: Fossil Calamite? Scaled bark? Animal? ( Missouri )
Samurai posted a topic in Fossil ID
Location is in Missouri The area is dated to the Pennsylvanian Formation: ???? Hello! it is I once again I was curious on what this might be as it looks different from what I usually see in this type shale I have found Pyrite Calamites in shale but they usually don't have this texture so I was unsure of what exactly it may be. Zoomed in picture of the texture: Other side of this shale: Not Sure if these will help with the ID but here is the picture with the end pieces visible also for those interested here is the pyritized calamite I found near this: -
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Vince San Antonio, Tx I know I get overly excited but this resembles a tooth to me
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Found in Scotland . I have no idea about fossils and so I guess I’ve just picked up a rock but thought the markings are unusual and the hole at the end. If not a fossil , would love to know how it has formed thanks
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Hello, Folks! I openly admit I am not educated on fossils or geodes, but I do love rocks and have collected ones that spark my eye for years; however, on a recent walk I found a peculiar one and am interested to learn what (if anything) it might be. Can anyone help? Appreciate it! BLT
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Hey guys, I got a couple of fossils I am struggling to ID. All fossils shown were found in Fallen Timber creek, Ab, Canada. They were found along a rock bed along the creek itself. The first set of pics is a rather common fossil I find, with it being a imprint of some kind on a black rock. Was wondering if somebody could ID the actually imprint itself as I am having trouble doing so (think it is some kind of coral or other "aquatic vegetation"). The next set is a bone shaped object, looks to be the end of a joint. But I am unsure if it is just fracturing in the sandstone creating the pattern or if it is an actual fossil (as the inside is sandstone). Last I have a very odd shaped rock with some bumps and odd patterns in it. Unsure with this one as well if it is a fossil or just a rock. (ignore the green tint in the first photo) (also in the first photo set, the specimen wraps around the rock) Thanks to everyone for the help
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Need help identifying potential tail fin. Found on beach in Haida Gwaii.
HaidaGwaiiBeachFinds posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hi All! This peculiar find reminds me of a type of marine mammal fin upon first sight. Haven’t come across anything remotely like it before. -20cm long, 15cm wide -found on a beach in Haida Gwaii (close to Alaska) Thank you!
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Good morning everyone. As usual I got off of work and went on a nice brisk walk out to see the water levels. I ended up stopping by a honey hole of mine for about 10 minutes, and found a couple of goodies. I know the species of coral at hand, but my question on this would be are the small circle patterns on the coral be considered oolitic inclusions? Beyond that, I've found a few things of what I am guessing to be a sponge fossil. I'm completely uncertain on this. I've collected a few in the past year and always manage to bring them home, but have yet to ask around or do any research on them myself. Any opinions are welcomed and appreciated, thanks! Coral Sponge? #1 Sponge? #2 Top of sponge? #2 Bottom of sponge? #2
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First, I want to say I don't look into fossils/teeth all that much so this may sound kind of dumb, idk. I found this while looking for shells during my first trip to the ocean last month. It looks like a hollowed out tooth to me but it doesn't look like any shark tooth I can find on Google so I don't think it's that kind. The thought had crossed my mind and was also suggested by someone else that it might possibly be petrified wood, but I'm really not very sure on that either. I just wanted to see if anyone might be able to tell me what it actually is? I hope these images are clear enough. Sorry, my camera isn't the best.
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Hello everyone, I kept these from fossil hunts in buffalo years ago cause I knew they were different. I read they split Greenops boothi into 4 different species with 2 variations of Greenops and 2 variations of Bellacartwrightia in 1997. I have some pieces that I’m not really sure which trilobite I’m dealing with. I just know it’s not the Greenops grabaui variety. The cephalon came from basic Wanakah shale that surrounds the “trilo beds” as I was moving blocks. The pygidiums came from the “trilo beds” of the lower Wanakah shale at the Lake Erie shore in Buffalo, New York. I only have “a field guide to Devonian paleontology” by Karl Wilson and “Geology of 18 mile creek” by Grabau for reference. I can’t find anything reliable on the internet either so I’m curious if the kind folks on the forum have an opinion. I do have another book on Devonian paleontology of New York coming in the mail that is more recent but the new paper was written in 1997 and this book is a 1994 book so it may not have the update either. The last 2 pics are comparisons of the pygidium of a Greenops grabaui with the specimens in question to show you why I think they are different. I also just added a last photo of the other side of one of my unsure specimens that’s actually a full trilo but damaged beyond belief...may not help with the ID but maybe it could lol. Thanks Al
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Any input would be great! I’ve had this lil thing on my desks since middle school after finding it on a beach in...possibly Michigan...on a vacation. Flipped over it has an appearance similar to a geode with clear crystal-like features.
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Yet another flowerbed find, though not as clear as the one I found yesterday. I swear I have other rocks like this one in my rock collection box. To me, those white spots may or may not be fossils, but are at least somewhat interesting. According to a palaeontologist I spoke with regarding my rugose fossil, the rocks in my flowerbed are either mined limestone from Canmore (I'm placing my bets on this as they were installed for landscaping), river rocks from the Bow River or it's tributaries, or glacier erratic rocks. Hopefully this helps. Thanks!
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When I found it the stone had been used as part of the stone wall. Wondering if someone can Identify the plant and how old it might be.
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Hi, I found this at Runswick Bay earlier today. I found a few other bona-fide fossils, but I wasn't entirely sure what this is. Bone... or just rock/pyrite? I was intrigued enough to not leave it! Thanks, Mark
