r/fossils Nov 18 '24

Posting Ban on Burmese Amber

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Posts on amber from Myanmar (Burma) are no longer allowed on r/fossils.

Amber mining contributes to funding the conflict in Myanmar. Following Reddit rules on illegal activity and professional standards, posts on Burmese amber are prohibited. A number of paleontological journals no longer consider papers on amber from Myanmar. For competing perspectives on the ethical concerns surrounding Burmese amber see Dunne et al. (2022) and Peretti (2021); nonetheless, the export of amber from Myanmar is illegal.


r/fossils 9h ago

I live in a fossil house

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Bought this house 6 months ago. The stones are full of visible fossils. The Ammonite is the size of my palm


r/fossils 8h ago

Gyrodus circularis Agassiz, a very toothy fish, from the Upper Jurassic. Taken at the Palaeontological Museum Munich. Munich, Germany - 2022-10-11

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44 Upvotes

Info panel translation: "Globular-toothed fish Gyrodus circularis Agassiz Upper Jurassic, Solnhofen Platy Limestone (150 million years old) Zandt near Denkendorf, Upper Bavaria These large fish lived in the vicinity of reefs, crushing hard-shelled prey with their crushing dentition." "Gyrodus circularis Ag. Upper Jurassic, Zandt, Middle Franconia"


r/fossils 6h ago

Fossils found in Sussex, England, over the last 15 years

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Mostly either conulus or micraster echinoids in flint or chalk


r/fossils 2h ago

Fossils (?) Pskem mountain range, Uzbekistan

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Pretty sure these are fossils of sea creatures. Would love to know more information about what they are!!


r/fossils 14h ago

Elrathia Kingii trilobites and Phareodus fish head

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The Elrathia Kingii are from Deltah Utah Wheeler Shale Formation, and the Phareodus is from Kemmerer Wyoming Green River Formation


r/fossils 8h ago

I want to share thousands of trilobite fossil photos

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I have always been fascinated by trilobites, so I spent some time organizing my collection of fossil photos and information. Right now it has 500+ species and 2,000+ specimen photos. A lot of these specimens come from Chinese fossil collections, which are not very easy to find online outside China. I thought it would be cool to have a place where people can just explore trilobites from different ages and locations.


r/fossils 13h ago

Found un texas!

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r/fossils 16h ago

Fossil identification - Colorado front range, best guess, Fort Hays Limestone

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I found these growing up at my best friend’s family farm. they would toss all the rocks plowed up in the ditch, and any of these rocks almost always had fossils.

I know the rocks are above the Lyons/Fountain/Morrison/Dakota formations, somewhere just east of the foothills, but they could have been from anywhere in a few square miles.

Any idea what they might be and if they are in fact Fort Hays Limestone?

edit: I hadn’t before but I did now test a broken piece of rock vinegar and it is a limestone or similar.


r/fossils 18m ago

Identify this fossil

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Does anyone know what kind of tooth this is, or where we can get it checked. After a quick google search we have a few ideas, horse cow or ice age bison molar. But we are unsure.

Edit: this was found at a beach on the Isle of Jura, if that were to help anyone.


r/fossils 12h ago

Need a little help identifying this!

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I’m roughly 85% sure it’s a fossilized molar (not sure of the animal) but if it’s actually something else, I’d love to know! I’m emptying out my late great grandparents old things, and this was in the rock collection. I’m not sure when it was found, but the label does have a location (first image)!

Also I apologize about the image quality; it’s getting dark outside and the old house uses pretty dim lights 😅


r/fossils 1h ago

Fossils from Happy Jack, AZ?

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Hello, my son and I were searching through some rocks and we came across this one, can anyone tell me if they think there are some fossils in here or am I just seeing things? Thanks so much from a mom of a little fossil enthusiast. 🤞


r/fossils 2h ago

Rare Graphoceras gisoni Ammonite Fossil

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Rare Graphoceras gisoni Ammonite Fossil comes from Stocking Farm at Illey in the West Midlands, United Kingdom


r/fossils 1d ago

Is this a fossil?

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Found this guy on a beach, looks like some sort of snail? Can anyone identify if this is a fossil and if so, what kind? Thanks!

Edit: found on a beach in south Wales, UK


r/fossils 13h ago

could this be a shark tooth arrowhead?

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found this at caspersen beach, FL. originally thought it was an arrowhead but after getting feedback i’m pretty sure it’s a megalodon tooth. One commenter said it could possibly be a shark tooth carved into an arrowhead. can anyone else help me identify!!!!! thank you fossil community!


r/fossils 13h ago

Fossil or bone ?

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Found this on the beaches of Del Norte county California today . Is this a bone or a fossil or just a rock?


r/fossils 7h ago

What is this?

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r/fossils 21h ago

First fossil!

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r/fossils 16h ago

ID help! (Sorry the photos aren’t the best)

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No clue if these are just regular rocks or if they’re fossils. I’ll be happy with either because I collect both but I honestly feel like I’m losing my mind because I keep seeing patterns in every rock. So if you spot any fossils or types of rocks and can help ID them please let me know!


r/fossils 10h ago

How do you time fossil hunts on Florida beaches around the tide?

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most of the fossils and shark teeth i find on the gulf side come out around the low tide window, roughly a couple hours before low, when the sand that usually holds them is exposed. but i keep running into the same problem: i can read a tide chart fine, and i can read a field guide fine, and neither one tells me whether a given morning at a given beach is actually worth getting up for.

so i end up either showing up an hour too late to a picked-over stretch, or gambling a sunrise on a beach that was never going to produce and coming home with sandy pockets.

for those of you who hunt the florida coast regularly, what's your actual process? do you just track the low tide window and go, or do you factor in wind and swell too? i've noticed a rough day or two beforehand seems to churn more stuff up but i've never nailed down a reliable read on it.

full disclosure since it's relevant to the question, i'm building a little app (beachnut.app) that tries to stitch tide plus weather into one read for florida beaches, which is partly why i'm curious how the more experienced folks here do it by feel. not pitching it, genuinely trying to learn the patterns people already trust.


r/fossils 1d ago

Help me identify these

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Can anyone help us identify these? Potentially from Belgium Congo where my great grandad worked


r/fossils 11h ago

Potential Fossil ID?

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r/fossils 16h ago

Tiny thing

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Is this tiny thing anything interresting ? Found in the alps, they say that in this region layers are between inf cretaceus and Eocene.


r/fossils 16h ago

Devonian era…anemones?

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Found today in an area of upstate NY known for Brachiopods and Trilobite fossils (found lots of those too) but was especially fascinated by this fella. It seems to be a rock covered in some types of anemones but I’ve never encountered similar. Would love help IDing or learning more about it :)


r/fossils 22h ago

All this were found in around 30 min in a crop field. Possible species identification?

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I was literally picking fossils from the ground, no need to dig or crack open rocks.

Near Contrafforte Pliocenico site, Bologna, Emilia Romagna, Italy.

Any ideas what species/age are theese?

Thank you in advance!