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Hi everyone!

 

I stumbled across this site while searching for "online fossil identification." I recently obtained a tub (pictured below) full of supposedly dinosaur fossils from an owner in WA state who no longer wanted them. Some are labeled, most are not or the label has fallen off. Also many of the small fossils made their way out of their labeled case over time. So in summary I have no clue what many of them are! From what I'm told, they were all collected from different areas in WA state by the owner's grandfather over the years (who's since passed away). She didn't want to spend the time trying to re-identify them nor keep storing them, so here I am now the new owner of this "prehistoric mystery tub." :) I would love any help from the experts on this forum to find out what they are! I'll create some posts with photos in the FossilID forum.

 

A little about me: I'm a dinosaur nerd but not a paleontologist or fossil hunter whatsoever. I simply became enthralled by dinos as a kid when the first Jurassic Park movie came out. I'd watch that VHS religiously. Ever since then, and still now in my adult years, I'm constantly on the hunt for any dinosaur, prehistoric, and/or ancient life documentaries I can find.

 

So I guess you could say beyond my curiosity of unraveling what fossils I actually have in this tub, I'm here to learn from the experts, check out what others have in their collection, then perhaps someday be able to contribute to this community any knowledge gained through my experience here. Looking forward to virtually meeting you all!

 

-Tim

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Mark Kmiecik Regular Member

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Welcome from Illinois.

 

 

Mark.

 

Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them!

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Jeffrey P Regular Member

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Hi and welcome. I'm sure we could help with the IDs but we'll need really good closeups well lit photos of each individual specimen. FYI- if these are all from Washington State it is highly unlikely that any are dinosaur fossils since dinosaur fossils are practically nonexistent there. Still, I'd love to see what you have. Washington is famous for its fossil crabs and plants. 

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Welcome from South Carolina!

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My favorite things about fossil hunting: getting out of my own head, getting into nature and, if I’m lucky, finding some cool souvenirs.

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Tidgy's Dad Regular Member

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Hello, Tim, and a very warm welcome to TFF from Morocco.:)

Life's Good!

Tortoise Friend.

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Hi Tim! Welcome to the Forum!

 

It looks like you have a few meteorites in that tub as well as fossils. I see a gemjar at lower right labeled "NWA 4502 CV3"; that's a carbonaceous meteorite from northwest africa (hence NWA). Cool stuff! :D

 

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