r/fossilid • • 11h ago

Anyone have an idea on what these vertebrae could be from?

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I had a bottle of knob creek and a football for scale. I found them eroding out of a bedrock ledge in a creek that runs through my buddy’s property. (SE Oklahoma)


r/fossilid • • 21h ago

Illinois coal mine Fossil

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My fiance found this underground at his coal mine job and we aren’t having much luck identifying it! It was found as part of the Herrin coal seam in southern Illinois, Randolph county to be exact


r/fossilid • • 18h ago

Central Texas. What is it?

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r/fossilid • • 16h ago

Solved Shell or fossil?

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Doesn't show any flaking which leads me to believe it isn't a shell, weird pattern on smooth inside. Maybe a beak from a squid? Location sw florida


r/fossilid • • 6h ago

WHICH KIND OF SAND DOLLAR?

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diameter 120mm

height 50mm

need your help!


r/fossilid • • 10h ago

Possible insect - Pliocene Murray Basin South Australia

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Any ideas on this one. About 1cm in diameter. Preserved rapidly in volcanics. Notice unique shapes and spots on long abdomen or possibly wing. The closer I get the more detail is lost. Plants and animals of this region at the time (3.5ma) were similar to those from northeastern Queensland.


r/fossilid • • 21h ago

Found in middle TN

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My four year old found this in our yard. Any ideas?


r/fossilid • • 10h ago

Fossil from Caldwell Co. KY

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This was collected by my maternal grandfather around 1950 in Caldwell County, Kentucky. I’d like to know what this is a fossil of and why it’s so sphere like.


r/fossilid • • 15h ago

Fósil desconocido, Argelia, Sig, años 70

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Compré este fósil en una plataforma de segundamano porque llamó mi atención a pesar de desconocer qué es. Está etiquetado con el lugar y fecha (Sig, Argelia, 26 de febrero de 1971), y alguien se tomó muchas molestias en su mantenimiento ya que se nota que el fósil estaba partido con anterioridad y lo metieron en una especie de yeso imitando a la perfección el color de la matriz original. Según la IA y lo que he podido leer sobre este yacimiento, lo más normal es que fuese algún tipo de pez, pero no termino de verlo claro y la textura no me parece compatible con escamas. La medida es 10cm.


r/fossilid • • 21h ago

which kind of ammonite?

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I trust our collective inteligence


r/fossilid • • 8h ago

Fossil found near the upper Alabama River. Alabama, United States

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I’ve found many fossilized teeth and lots of coprolites here. I’m guessing this belongs to a prehistoric sea creature, but I have no idea. Any help would be appreciated.


r/fossilid • • 8h ago

Ancient Bison Tooth?

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Just about 3 inches long including the root. Weighing 68.39 grams. Found in central Iowa on a gravel creek bank


r/fossilid • • 13h ago

Marine reptile bone? Which one?

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Found in Yaxley, UK, so should be Jurassic. It feels lighter than usual, so I assume that it's bone, but no idea what. It does not look like the usual flat vertebra. From the area, it could belong to an ictiosaurus, a plesiosaurus or some shark. Any help is appreciated.


r/fossilid • • 13h ago

Solved Crab fossil?

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r/fossilid • • 14h ago

Illinois, Mystery Fossil

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I found this in my yard in Central Illinois. It could very well have come from somewhere else since my house is from 1860 and I've found various interesting rocks in mine and surrounding yards.

It really appears like a geodized vertabra to me.

It is greyish, brownish with quite a bit of druzyish quartz fill in.

I have lots of fossils and minerals, but this one has me befuddled.


r/fossilid • • 16h ago

Myrtle Beach SC - ID Help

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r/fossilid • • 16h ago

Solved Help with rock and fossil ID

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Hiya, my grandfather was a geologist and we recently found these in his collection would anyone be able to help ID these? Thank you so much in advance 😊

Sorry I don’t know a location for any of them, my grandfather worked as a curator for a while so I assume they were discarded specimens.


r/fossilid • • 4h ago

Found hiking in the Tucson mountains.

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Not completely sure if it is a fossil, but figured you folks would know!


r/fossilid • • 10h ago

Any ideas what this could be? Natural but weird formation of rock? Undiscovered species of dino? Found in the woods of SE MN.

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r/fossilid • • 13h ago

Found by a mountainous reservoir in Bozeman, Montana.

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Found these in some rocks around a reservoir by Bozeman, Montana. I was wondering, just out of pure curiosity, what animal these came from and the possible prehistoric era they may be from. I was thinking maybe some sort of mollusk or bivalve.


r/fossilid • • 13h ago

What am I looking at here? Is this multiple fossils or just one? (Maryland, USA)

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Cleaning some fossils a friend gifted me from a local beach trip! I’m just having trouble telling what I am trying to uncover here.

I’m using a water, a toothbrush, and some toothpicks to clean it. It’s worked good for sand and clay so far. If anyone has any cleaning tips please let me know!


r/fossilid • • 14h ago

Is this a piece of trace fossil?

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I found it on the river bank. This was among a lot of river stones piled up on the bank. I read somewhere that there are trace fossils, which are just the imprint of trace. Is this that kind of thing? Thanks!


r/fossilid • • 18h ago

Is it petrified wood?

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r/fossilid • • 20h ago

Howdy! Not sure what this is: three oval formations with semi-regular spacing. Found near Austin, TX

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Not sure if it's even a fossil, but I wanted to cover my bases between what is this rock and fossil ID.


r/fossilid • • 14h ago

Val Verde Co., TX Find

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About 10mm in length, as well as diameter. Any idea what this is?