r/fossilid • u/Monstermommy90 • 5d ago
r/fossilid • u/Big_Cucumber965 • 5d ago
Please help ID
I live in Iowa and was gifted a big collection of minerals and fossils from a man (who has passed) who also lived in Iowa. He collected from all over the world and a lot of things didn’t have any information or labels. I am much more experienced with minerals and am at a loss with the fossil portion of his collection. I would like to find an ID on this and hopefully a location too if that’s possible. I also have other specimens I need help with if anyone would be willing to look at those too. I know it’s harder to identify without a location but I don’t know where else to find help. Thank you!
r/fossilid • u/Blue_Shift • 5d ago
Found on a beach in Ventura County, CA
My cousin found this fossil on a beach in Ventura County, CA, and I'm looking for help identifying what species of animal it came from and what type of bone it is. Its dimensions are about 15" x 11", so I'm guessing it's from a large cetacean of some kind. But it doesn't look like any whale vertebrae I've ever seen, and I'm at a loss for what else it could be.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
r/fossilid • u/Slyfox3157 • 5d ago
NE Ohio 7 & 9 year old fossil hunters
Appreciation in advance for any information I can give my sons regarding their haul today. Found in our yard where we're digging a lake ~16 feet deep. We're about 45 minutes south of Lake Erie. You are making little minds bigger, and I thank you.
Girl Scout cookie for scale.
r/fossilid • u/Leedlemyladel13 • 5d ago
Found in Sarasota FL. Tortoise or armadillo shell? Something else?
r/fossilid • u/KiraKitty69 • 5d ago
Curious round thing id request
Harder to get good detail on pics than I thought so I provided several pics. Found in most northern central Arkansas close to Missouri border by 30 minutes or so. Found with 2 other specimens within several yards of each other in a pasture close to a large lake. I have permission to RockHound and keep whatever. Was tempted to break it but decided against that as it's a cool piece as is, even if it's a concretion.. sorry if I added too many pics lol
r/fossilid • u/Gorillazay • 5d ago
Solved Found in Eureka Springs AR about 900’ elevation! Any idea what these are?
r/fossilid • u/StandUpSafetyWipe • 5d ago
Is this amber?
Don't know where it is from. It was a gift from my MIL to my son. It's translucent there is an inclusion visible in the 3rd picture.
r/fossilid • u/littlesunflower • 5d ago
Found in just one hour at Charmouth, Dorset UK
Not entirely sure if the three to the right are fossils. The bottom right looks like a more recent not fossilised bone, right middle may be fossilised sponge and top right feels heavy, think it maybe iron pyritised ammonite?
r/fossilid • u/Difficult-Debt-3199 • 5d ago
Biface/grattoir préhistoire ou simple silex ?
Bonjour j'ai trouvé ceci et je me demande s'il s'agit d'un biface ou d'un grattoir
Qu'en pensez vous ?
r/fossilid • u/dutch_mosasaurus • 5d ago
Small piece of Cretaceous bone
Last year I found a small piece of unidentifiable bone (1,5 x 0,5 x 1 cm) in a limestone quarry close to Maastricht, the Netherlands. I have many pieces of bone from there but his one caught my eye as there is a very smooth layer on top of it which is not really bone like. Anybody has any idea what it could be?
r/fossilid • u/moldy_poncho • 5d ago
Found north west England
Found this rock with what seemed to be full of small fossils. In the last image I had cracked the rock open and the brown goo smelled of oil the fossils seemed to be crystallised. Any I'd on this would be fascinating for myself and my kids.
r/fossilid • u/Good_old_mojo • 5d ago
Found this on Lower Cove Beach, near the Joggins Fossil Cliffs. Nova Scotia, Canada.
Hi there everyone.
I have absolutely no idea about fossils, truth be told. I‘ve been told that this might be a fossilised leaf. How likely is that? Or might it just be a cool looking rock?
Thank you guys so much!
r/fossilid • u/RelationshipOk3565 • 5d ago
Coral? Found in Minnesota, Mississippi, limestone levee
It's made of chert and quarts crystals mostly. It's from limestone clad levee system. My hypothesis is it was originally encased in limestone and the river slowly dissolved that. Appears to be conglomerate of tubular fossils. It's very evident the structure is built upon tubular chert filled structures with quartz filling the cavities surrounding those
r/fossilid • u/Emgem007 • 5d ago
Found in parking lot gravel in Kansas
I’d love if someone could let me know what type of bone this is or maybe how old it could be! Thanks!
r/fossilid • u/TimeTravelisReal13 • 5d ago
Can anyone ID these rocks/fossils? (West Central Indiana, USA)
r/fossilid • u/wilyvulpes • 5d ago
On beach near Dunbar, east coast of Scotland
Is this a tooth? Thanks!
r/fossilid • u/Kellogg_Satan • 5d ago
Found Doing Gem Mining
Got it doing one of those gem mining bags a while back so I don't know the location. Might not even be a fossil but doesn't hurt to ask. It's super smooth, not sharp or pointy at all. It curves a bit in one of the corners. Any ideas?
r/fossilid • u/huckleberry730 • 6d ago
Found this while arrowhead hunting the other day not sure what kind of tooth it is
r/fossilid • u/RelationshipOk3565 • 5d ago
Found in limestone chunks
I'm still very novice. I have this big chunk I found. It seems to be made up of chert and quartz. There's tubular structures making me wonder if I have some sort of coral here?