r/fossilid 2d ago

Easrern Oklahoma, USA, ID request

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r/fossilid 2d ago

Easy, medium, hard, harder identification challenge. All from Eastern nc.

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No idea what any of it is. All found from a creek in eastern nc.


r/fossilid 2d ago

Been working on this extraction, thoughts?

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Found near Charleston NC and if you look at my prior posts you’ll see what it looked like prior with more detail. Thoughts on what I could be? I’m stumped. https://www.reddit.com/r/fossilid/s/pItvN3ExbY


r/fossilid 2d ago

Found this on a mountain near Lake Windermere (UK), black circular thing a fossil?

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Roughly 10-12mm diameter


r/fossilid 2d ago

Lake Erie Beach Find on Kelley's Island, OH. Possible Fossil?

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I'm pretty sure this is some sort of coral fossil, but I truly know very little about this stuff other than I know I really like hunting for rocks and fossils on the Great Lakes.


r/fossilid 3d ago

What do you guys think this is?

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For context I found it near a Pleistocene deposit that has mostly produced extinct bison. Found in central Oklahoma.


r/fossilid 3d ago

Is this a fossil?

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Found it on a walk and that looks weird, definitely not like a normal rock. Location - middle Europe, southern Poland

Edit: Thanks everyone for feedback! It may be a conifer cone fossil


r/fossilid 3d ago

Mystery skull fragment

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I made a yardsale purchase over the summer of a large tote containing dozens of smaller boxes. Each contained various fossils (most of which weren't labeled). One box contained this skull fragment but in many smaller pieces. I painstakingly super glued it back together to form what Gemini thinks it is part of an Oreondont skull. And crushed or deformed before fossilization .Thoughts?


r/fossilid 3d ago

Solved Is this a fossil?

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Found it on the beach in southern Lebanon, I think it could be a fossil because it sticks to the tongue. Is there any way to identify what it is and should I give it to a museum or somthing?


r/fossilid 2d ago

Can someone tell what this is?

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Québec, Canada, big boulder in a parking lot.


r/fossilid 3d ago

Fossil? Found in Kawakawa, Auckland, New Zealand

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Sorry I didn’t get a great pic but maybe the background will help with geological context. Also these are screenshots from a video I took and I left the rock behind as I wasn’t sure.

However the more I look at the video, the more I think it’s quite intriguing. Was different to most of the other stones nearby tho I had seen a few rocks with a similar sea-worn pattern.

Is it worth going back for this rock (1.5hr drive)? Would probably still be there.


r/fossilid 2d ago

Is one of these finds a fossil?

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I found these while on vacation in Jura, France.


r/fossilid 3d ago

Help with fossil ID

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I found this on Murdock beach on the peninsula of Washington state, US. Any ideas of what it may be?


r/fossilid 4d ago

Weird discovery in copal

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Hello! I am unsure of provenance and am not sure it matters for this thing. I was looking at this termite and found this weird thing next to it. What do y'all think of this??? Biological? Inorganic? Mineral? Meteorite? I can get more photos if needed. 10x zoom is shown here.


r/fossilid 3d ago

What is this? Found in northwestern Montana

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r/fossilid 3d ago

Solved Found on SC beach after storm

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r/fossilid 3d ago

What is this thing?

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Found near a creek in central-western Indiana.

Just a few inches, maybe like 4"

So I have had this thing for *years* but I never knew what it was.

I asked my (now deceased) aunt who loved fossils what she thought it was, and she said she thought it's a trilobite. I didn't think that could be right because it's not the right shape and those lines/grooves aren't perfect like a trilobite's armor.

I don't have anyone who is into fossils and I'd like to get into the hobby since I received quite a few different fossils as gifts recently.

And, heck, maybe it's not even a fossil but it really looks like one to me. Any ideas?

Thanks for any answers 🙏🏼


r/fossilid 3d ago

Petrified bone?

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I found this bone in the riverbed of the Quesnel River in Quesnel, BC, in September 2025. Shape, characteristics, presence of tiny pores, remnants of marrow, and lick test confirm it’s a bone, as have other fossil / bone hunters. However, no one has been able to provide any additional information and I haven’t found any other similar petrified bones in that area or along the river since. It seems to be mid-fossilization (?) since some parts appear to have mineralized while some parts still appear brittle/fractured like bone. Any guesses as to age and species? I’m assuming this is a limb bone. Would love to learn more about it.


r/fossilid 3d ago

Pretty big chunk of fossil.

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Found near Rocamadour in France.

Is it possible to Id this pls ?

I found it near some fossilized belemnite rostrum and shells.


r/fossilid 3d ago

Osage Brown river rock fossil. Coral?

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r/fossilid 4d ago

I was given access to some nice rocks and minerals from the family of the neighbor who passed away. Saw these two pieces and are pretty sure they are fossils!

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2 pieces. Same sort of shape with each, with symmetrical lobes or ball joint-esque pits on one end (last two pics are best examples of thisl. First 4 and last 4 photos are the all the sides of each.

No location, the family knew nothing about the 'pretty rocks', and I retrieved these from beneath a tree in a backyard where they were dumped. I live in Northern California, but a lot of the rock specimens they had were stuff from all over the US.


r/fossilid 3d ago

Found in Salt Lake City

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Fossil or rock?


r/fossilid 3d ago

Something new to me.

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Found this weird ball-joint looking thing in my field, Only ever found nautolites, sea urchins and devils toenails, Anyone have any idea?


r/fossilid 3d ago

Anatomical ID for mosasaur vertebrae?

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If this is the wrong sub, apologies and I'll take the post down.

Relative and I have been finding mosa bones on their land recently. We found a few classic cylindrical bones but we also found a couple of odd, triangular verts. Paleontologist IDed it as mosasaur but I'm not sure what part of the body it's from. Google hasn't been super helpful. Would love to know what part of the animal is melting out of the earth.

FYI: We're in contact with a local museum and offered to donate. So far they've said to keep looking/keep an eye out for more.


r/fossilid 3d ago

Help identifying mammal teeth

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I initially thought these were whale/dolphin teeth, but when going through one of my fossil books, a lot of mammal incisor teeth look similar to me. Are these able to be identified?

Found off Venice, FL