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Upon collecting this specimen, the fourth from this location and the best preserved I labeled it as Palaeophis sp. After research and comparing with photos and line drawings from different sources I have changed that to Pterosphenus. It compares favorably to Pterosphenus schucherti (Lucas, 1898} But I am not prepared at this time to give it this positive I.D. Reference: Parmley and Devore, 2005. Palaeopheid Snakes from the Late Eocene Hardie Mine Local Fauna of Central Georgia. Southeastern Naturalist, 4 (4): 703-722
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Found these on a gravel bar in Eastern Ks. and I don't know if anyone can id them but I figured it was worth a shot. I have done my own research and with fish verts they seem to all look VERY similar, thank you all for your help! @hemipristis could you help with these? Thank you!
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Found this the other day in Garfield County. About 2 cm long. Not sure what it's from
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WOW has it been hot in the DMV. No real weather patterns have been through the area in what feels like forever, things are dry, dusty, and uncomfortably hot. So what do I do? Look for fossils! I came to the beach with the understanding that I may not find much, considering there has likely been next to no movement in the material along the beaches besides the tides. But to say that I am pleasantly surprised is an understatement! It was a great day, despite the hot sun beating down on me. I spent a little more than 3 hours out searching, some highs and some lows, at certain times I’d hit a stretch of beach and find literally nothing, and other times there was a nice collection of fossilized items for me to grab. They came in groups. I found the nice little busted Otodus fairly early peeking out at me, some nice sand tigers mixed in, baked a light color from sitting out in the sun for so long. Among the numerous ray plates and tiny teeth, I managed to find 3 Otodus (I think? The tiny ones are either Otodus or Cretolamna, they are hard to tell apart sometimes), 2 Croc teeth (I guess 1.5 again 🙄), and my second, and largest complete sting ray mouth plate! I wish I had taken an insitu shot of it, but I was in shock seeing it poking out of the dry desert like sand, I had to grab it! All in all, a pretty darn successful day considering the poor weather patterns over the last 2-3 weeks, and the sun burn! Looking forward to the next one!
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Given such lovely weather this morning, we decided to head out on a quick day trip to our favorite locale for creek hunting in NJ. Seemingly a lot of other people had the same idea and the stream was full of many, many more people than I usually see. Most wanted to enjoy the quiet tranquility though occasionally I would hear an excited yell from quite a long distance away. My usual methods of scanning the gravel bars bore little fruit with most being picked clean already so we opted to dig in and sift for the day, bringing a great haul up as we dug down into the creek bed. Finds going from left to right as pictured: - Pulling up the shark vert was quite a treat! At about 1" in diameter and a little beaten up, it is by far the largest I've found in the NJ Cretaceous and at this locality. Also pictured are two incomplete verts, much more representative of the usual size found - Next up we brought in some nice goblin & crow shark teeth. Not the biggest, but quite happy with the stunning coloring - Likely modern, but a funny find nonetheless. Likely a bison or cow tooth - Finally, a misc pile of teeth, fragment of a ghost shrimp claw, fish jaw and a small piece of petrified wood
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Hello! Reporting again with another successful Paleocene epoch hunt! Got there quite early in the morning and had the whole beach to myself for 3 hours, pays to get up early! The tide was great, amazing fossil beds all up and down the beach, I couldn’t keep myself from vacuuming up every interesting fossil insight! The usual collection of sand tigers, ray plates and turrittela, with some nice sea glass scattered around, as well as what was a bread crumb trail to my find of the day. I found the corner of an Otodus first, my initial thought was, “Well, at least I’m not getting skunked by the otodus gods today!” Followed by the tiny otodus, always a fun find. I was getting warmer until, finally, laying out beautifully in the shadows of the cliffs, was this awesome, great quality Otodus. Grinning from ear to ear, I felt that my day was made from that point on. I found it early in the hunt, so it felt like it was going to be a great Otodus day. Alas, it was simply just a great day instead. No complaints in the slightest! Fossil hunting for me is like therapy, every fossil is a dopamine bump. From a cool shell, to a blade-less shark tooth root. But when you find that tooth that you were hoping for, your week is always made.
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I found this beautiful Plesiosaur Vert today. Can any plesiosaur experts tell me roughly where this would fit onto the skeleton? Tail, neck ect. Found at Whitby on the Yorkshire Coast. The vert required very minimal prepwork. I just penned out the neural holes and had a quick acid dip for 10 mins.
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From the album: Vertebrates
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From the album: Vertebrates
Found on the kaw river. Peccary C2 Vert -
Well, I am stumped with this vertebrae that I found on the Kaw river in Kansas. Thank you for your help!
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From the album: Neutache Shoreline
3/11/2024 Thanks to @Al Dente for pointing out that is in fact a bony fish vertebra, not a lamnoid shark vert.© CC BY-NC
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Hi all, Looking for some help on this ID. I have thoughts but I'll keep it to myself so as not to influence anyone. Curious what you all might think. Found in Garfield County, Hell Creek Formation. Base is about 3 1/2 inch wide and 4 inches high with a total height of around 7 inches. Depth is 4.75 inches.
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Sellers says this is a Trex vert from the Hell Creek Formation. Any way to tell the difference between a Trex and a Herbivore? @jpc @hadrosauridae
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Found walking the beach, Google lens says shark vertebra but the people at the science center didn't know.
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From the album: Fossil Collection: DC Area and Beyond
Amniota Lawton, Oklahoma Arbuckle Group Early Permian -
Hi there. I found this on a field trip to a private quarry in Midlothian , TX (just south of Dallas). It was in limestone / shale in the ATCO formation, where there’s lots of shark teeth and fish bones. I’m pretty sure it’s been compressed as most of the shark spines I’ve seen are much more round and this is pretty oval shaped. Does anyone have any guesses as to species? Thanks in advance!
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From the album: Fossil Collection: DC Area and Beyond
Cetacea Flag Ponds Nature Park, MD Calvert Formation Miocene -
From the album: Fossil Collection: DC Area and Beyond
Delphinidae Aurora Fossil Museum, NC Pungo River and Yorktown Formations Miocene -
From the album: My best finds (so far)
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I have recently bought a mixed bag of random verts that I am wanting to use to make little kids boxes for my shop. I know there is many different types etc in here but I wondered if there is some general info that could be gleened, rough age, fish sizes are the longer ones from a specific part of the spine etc? They are just a little pocket money buy for the kids but the last thing I want to be doing is telling them wrong information! Thank you for your time
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My pit has produced more Eocene archaeocete whale fossils. I am really liking these. The last tooth won VFOTM Oct of last year. ( Winner of the October 2022 Vertebrate Fossil Of The Month - Fossil of the Month - The Fossil Forum ) This one was found in early August and is a canine about 2 weeks ago I found this vert This pit is Eocene Castle Hayne Formation, Comfort Member. It has produced quite a few of these primitive whale fossils. It has gotten me on a path to learn as much as I can about these early marine mammals.
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Hi everyone! Came across this caudal vert today and it really peaked my interest. Would love to know your guys’ thoughts about its ID and whether it belonged to a pachycephalosaurus or thescelosaurus. Sellers Notes: Tail vert belonging to thescelosaurus or pachycephalosaurus. Found in Eastern Montana (Hell Creek Formation) Thanks everyone!
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After hurricane Ian hit last year, I made a trip report from a location that doesn't offer many perfect teeth: I have been back there probably 12+ times since then, but have never come close to that many finds...until now. This is one pass of the creek, but split into two trips due to getting rained out halfway through the first day. Also, I only surface hunt, leaving lots for all of the sifters to find. My first nurse shark tooth! At 5 mm, I'm lucky to have found it surface hunting: Broken arrowhead, but I rarely find these: Broken C. catticus. Such a shame since they are uncommon here: I think these are all odontocete teeth (maybe not the first one): Worn horse tooth and a frag: Verts and hypural bones, etc. One is 3 or 4 verts fused together! Ray mouthplate bits: Other miscellaneous: Better picture of the sawfish rostral tooth(?): Otodus and suspected Otodus frags: And did you see it in the mix? I finally got a complete angy here, although it is missing the serration on the tip. Still, this is as good as they come at this location: Other "larger" teeth (sand tigers, hastalis, great whites, Isurus): Close-up of one of the great whites, since I don't find many anywhere in Summerville, and the ones I do find are usually missing the root: Lots of smalls: I don't keep many bones, but here are a few odd pieces, a worn cetacean vert, turtle, and a couple shells: No 4+ inch angy this trip, but some things I've never found and some that are in good condition for this spot. My husband did tell me before I left to not even bother coming home if I didn't find a cowshark tooth. But, who are we kidding...we all know who is in charge. Thanks for reading!
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Hi all Was wondering if anyone can identify this vertebra for me. Comes from the Kem kem beds in morrococ my guess is either Croc or spino. Thanks in advance,
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