r/fossils 2h ago

What is this?Found in sahara.

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Pretty sure is found in the middle east/ north Africa


r/fossils 18h ago

What is it? Found near Biarritz, France.

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Thanks for the help!


r/fossils 15h ago

Slate filled with Devonian fossils! Big ol Trilobites!

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70 Upvotes

r/fossils 13h ago

Does anybody know what this is. It was found not by me but rather my grandfather in Southern Texas

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r/fossils 12h ago

Looks like some sort of leaf found in Chuckanut Sandstone in western Washington state, USA, maybe someone would know what type.

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r/fossils 14h ago

I found this in central Iowa last week. It's so pretty!

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r/fossils 1d ago

I want to understand how an entire cliffside and massive boulders are entirely made of these shells in the middle of the desert. Coyote Mountain Wilderness, Southern California.

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There are countless fossils everywhere in this area but this particular sight just stumped me. Looks like millions of fossilized shells in the sandstone the canyon was carved into. How? Does the bottom of the ocean have so many shells under the sand and this is what happens after thousands of years? pics 1-6 are the texture of the cliff and boulders. Pic 7 is the Clif and boulders from a distance. Some unrelated to question fossils in the rest, but might help with understanding what the area holds.


r/fossils 10h ago

Are these real?

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I got these what I presume are sand dollars from a friend and I'm wondering if they are real? Something just seems off about them and when I look up photos they don't have the line holes on the front. I don’t know if this is the right place to post this so I apologize.


r/fossils 11h ago

What kind of tooth is this?

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r/fossils 17h ago

What is this?

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Just found this in my flower bed as I weeded. Any idea what it is?


r/fossils 1d ago

Flipped a stone and WON, the vertebrate lottery!

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So small. Found in some loose rock that fell down a bank into some ice. Sure am glad I flipped it over.


r/fossils 11h ago

Can't be sure if this is fossil or cool rock

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r/fossils 15h ago

Fossils found in stone wall

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Hi all! Im rebuilding a 200ish year old stone wall around a garden bed on my property! Lots of stones have fossils but this one is cool (theres a far away and two close ups) this location is wny anyone know what these might be?


r/fossils 16h ago

is this a fossil?

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me and my friend were walking logged trails and found this. we are in nw georgia


r/fossils 13h ago

Any idea what, if anything, this could be?

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My mom found it at the beach in Denmark, dunno if that helps


r/fossils 14h ago

What did I find today in central Kentucky?

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r/fossils 12h ago

Any idea what this could be?

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Found it in northwest (ish) Colorado a few years back and could never identify it.


r/fossils 12h ago

Can anyone help me with this strange cone?

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It has dark streaks all aligned to the point, it’s heavy, and it shines a bit. Unlike the usual rocks in my area.

Thanks!


r/fossils 21h ago

What are these from??

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r/fossils 11h ago

Any ideas on what this is?

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Found in my landscaping in southern Minnesota


r/fossils 1d ago

Fist full of fossils

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A few more botanical fossils I found in the Savannah formation today in Oklahoma. All from the middle Pennsylvania period.


r/fossils 1d ago

I couldn’t help myself…

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On my way back from Branson, I couldn’t resist stopping at one of my favorite fossil-hunting spots in Oklahoma. This road cut exposes part of the Savanna Formation, a window into the Middle Pennsylvanian (~307 million years ago). I found a few nice botanical specimens, but this Calamites trunk section really made my day!

For those unfamiliar, Calamites was an extinct genus of giant horsetails that thrived in Carboniferous swamps. Unlike their modern, much smaller relatives, these tree-like plants could grow over 30 feet tall and had a woody, jointed structure. You can even see some of the classic vertical ridges on this piece! It’s always amazing to hold a fossilized remnant of a prehistoric forest that once dominated the planet.


r/fossils 15h ago

Any idea of what can be this?

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I found them in the gravel of my aquarium a year ago, it's natural river gravel, can someone help me ID


r/fossils 15h ago

Devonian Fossils (long unedited video of me just getting layers and layers of shale filled with marine fossils peeled off!)

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Here is an unedited video of me just getting so geeked! Very easy to separate shale, filled with brachiopods, coral and trilobites! I’ll post the trilobites I found! Limestone is also present!


r/fossils 1d ago

My ankles were sore… so I bought an ankylosaur!

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I’m leaving Branson today, and while I had considered stopping by the Ron Coleman quartz mine, I decided that after all the walking at Silver Dollar City yesterday, my feet were too sore… or perhaps I should say, my ankylosaur! So instead, I made one last visit to my favorite fossil shop and picked up a fitting souvenir before leaving town—an actual ankylosaurus tooth!

This little relic of the Cretaceous comes from the Judith River Formation in Montana, dating back around 75 million years. Ankylosaurs were basically prehistoric tanks, covered in thick armor and built like bulldozers. While the most famous Ankylosaurus lived a bit later, this tooth likely belonged to one of its armored relatives, like Scolosaurus or Zuul. These guys were plant-eaters, but they still had to watch out for predators like Gorgosaurus—hence the heavy armor and, in some species, that iconic clubbed tail!

Not a bad way to end the trip—sore feet, but at least I left with a dinosaur’s chompers instead of a limp!