r/fossilid • u/anitadykshyt • 5h ago
Solved Currently in Brazil and these tiles are all over the beach, are they fossils?
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r/fossilid • u/Yarmolinsky • Jun 20 '20
TIPS FOR GETTING YOUR FOSSIL IDENTIFIED — READ BEFORE POSTING
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- Put a location in the title! This is the most important thing by far. If you know the geological formation, that’s awesome, but even just “near Miami” or “label said Morocco” is really helpful.
- Take a bright, clear photo. Good lighting, a plain background, and sharp focus will always increase the certainty of an ID. If it’s weirdly shaped, photos from multiple angles help too.
- Include an object for scale. I usually use a coin, but anything will do (but things that come in different sizes, like hands, are less ideal). If you forget, you can always measure it and add that in a comment. (Don't use keys; they can be duplicated from a photo.)
- Don’t take a video. We can’t zoom in and the quality isn’t great — a gallery of photos on Imgur is way better.
- Many fossils can be dull and hard to make out. Try (gently) getting your fossil wet and see if you can get a clearer photo.
- Don’t be dismayed if your “fossil” turns out to just be a rock! Rocks are cool too, and if we don’t know exactly what kind of rock it is, the good folks at /r/whatsthisrock probably will.
r/fossilid • u/McKlaboi • 10h ago
Might this be a piece of fish or snake skin?
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Found in the south of the island of Brač in Croatia.
The non scaled side has tiny spirals on it.
It’s not really heavy.
r/fossilid • u/junkjournaljunkie97 • 4h ago
Any guesses to what this is? Is it just a big rock or a fossil?
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r/fossilid • u/Kaylixoxo • 6h ago
Found in Southwest Missouri(Compton formation) in a rock with a 1.5 in diameter horn coral sticking out the top.
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Found with a mixture of rocks likely from the Compton formation and possibly Cotter formation. Possible Bivalve or something? Thank you in advance, I would just like to learn as much as possible about the formations, fossils, and minerals involved!
r/fossilid • u/JoJodawg16 • 3h ago
Not sure how to identify fossils
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I found these in the waubonsee creek in Illinois, which I’m pretty sure is clay and limestone.
Pictures 4/5 Im not sure is a fossil, first glance I thought it was wood or bark. It is super light and porous but solid, sounds like rock if you tap it.
Also pretty interested in the last one which I assume is a vertebrae of sorts? It’s cool regardless.
Any help would be much appreciated!
r/fossilid • u/BillyBagman • 1d ago
Mystery bone - Triassic, Chinle group, New Mexico, USA
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Measures 4" x 3.75" x 2.3".
r/fossilid • u/datBuschHeavydoh • 2h ago
Found on the side of a hill in downtown Austin, TX within the Shoal Creek Floodplain.
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I thought this was rebar until I realized that this rock isn’t a piece of concrete.
r/fossilid • u/Commercial_Cow7741 • 6h ago
Bivalve replaced with crystal(likely quartz).
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Not sure why this was removed from r/FossilPorn, but I guess I’ll show off here. Crystalized bivalve, entire rock covered in crystalized fossils. Meet findi though!
r/fossilid • u/Wrong_Fee_7019 • 4h ago
ID? Unsure. Found in SWFL
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Found in manatee county FL, in a spot I find a lot of shark teeth/ occasional mammoth teeth at. Curious what everyone thinks
r/fossilid • u/esto-quees • 4h ago
Another bone fragment from the beach in Uruguay. Any ideas?
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r/fossilid • u/Beneficial_Foot_719 • 15h ago
What is it from?
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Colleague Found this on Lochranza beach on Isle of Arran.
I think its from a Great White but he thinks it might be a Mega tooth?
Its about a 7cm long.
r/fossilid • u/Illustrious_Front365 • 17h ago
Solved Pyritised “hash tag” texture found in Ordovician shale from llanfawr quarry in Wales
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Found alongside many graptolites, trilobites, an rare orthocones. My first thought is sponge? Could also be some weird regular mineral growth?
r/fossilid • u/NachoRaptor3D • 12h ago
Could I get help with an ID? Found in Mooreville Chalk, Montgomery county AL
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I'm suspicious it's a mosasaur tooth tip because 1) we've found some mosa bones in the area and 2) we've found shark teeth with very similar erosion patterns. But I don't know enough about the flora/fauna to be positive. I've heard a lot about horn corals for example.
r/fossilid • u/Valuable-Algae-1793 • 1d ago
What do I have here and how rare?
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Hey guys! My family has had this fossil for a while, but we’ve never been quite sure what it is. I was wondering what it is, how rare it is, and best way to care for it? Thank you so much!
r/fossilid • u/canthinkupauser • 7h ago
Is this from a sheep, or a tyrannosaurid?
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There's a bit of an argument in the comments on this one, I'm interested to see who is right. Personally the bone to me doesn't look fossilised, but I'm happy to be proven wrong. Thoughts?
r/fossilid • u/cjepps88 • 23h ago
Found in Moab, UT near Base Camp Adventure Camp. Can anyone ID this for me?
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Do a yearly disc golf trip with some buddies to Moab and have seen all sorts of clam fossils and other random bits of ocean/sea life over the years . First time anyone of us have seen any fossil like this! Included a quarter for scale if it helps. Can anyone ID and or age this fossil? Thanks in advance!
r/fossilid • u/Repulsive_Theory8890 • 1d ago
Nodulo de trilobite.
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Hola, compre este nodulo de trilobite por internet porque me pareció muy chulo pero la verdad es que no tengo ni idea, alguien me podria decir si es auténtico o fake y a ser posible si es auténtico la procedencia y especie ? Le hice la prueba de la aguja caliente y la de la luz ultravioleta y parece estar todo bien,.
Tampoco encuentro ninguno parecido en la red.
Gracias de antemano.
r/fossilid • u/Itdobeathrowawaytho • 22h ago
2 rocks found in Calgary, AB at the bow river
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r/fossilid • u/ZeBottomlessPit • 23h ago
Lake Michigan Finds
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any ID help after the first slide would be appreciated!
r/fossilid • u/jeepneyboy16 • 2d ago
Anyone know what this could be?
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Not my fossil, but came across it randomly online. The person selling it had no clue or any idea about its origin either.
r/fossilid • u/Dry-Client2096 • 11h ago
What animal's skull is this?
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Okay this isn't a fossil technically, just a Pinterest sketch but still.
I've been wanting to get this as a tattoo and the comments say that it's a smilodon's skull but, from the quick Google research I did, it doesn't look like it? The upper fangs seem too short and I couldn't find a skull on Google that had lower fangs. I have a hard time distinguishing skills but sabre tooth tigers look sick and cool 😭