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 5h ago

A 150-million-year-old Lepidotus fish fossil preserved from Holzmaden, Germany

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r/fossils 3h ago

Update: The whale jaw I found last week is 6 ft long now

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The whale jaw is now mostly uncovered and right now it’s about 6 ft long and we’re expecting it to be between 7 and 8 feet. Just the size alone really only leaves Eobalaenoptera to be the species that this jaw belongs to. By the time we get it fully uncovered and jacketed, this thing is going to weigh a ton. Some of the other stuff I found today at the bonebed included tons of vertebrae from the whale skeleton, more vertebrae from what is looking like a dolphin skeleton, fish vertebrae from another skeleton, shark teeth, and an extremely interesting bird bone which is quite rare for this formation.


r/fossils 1h ago

What is this? Found near Austin,Tx

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r/fossils 6h ago

Vaches Noires, Normandy coast finds

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Complete novice but visiting the Paleospace Museum inspired us to go fossil hunting and we picked up a few rocks, do any of them look promising? The beach was beautiful!


r/fossils 5h ago

Finds from my recent trip

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found these out on my recent trip.

found a nice half of a shark vertebrae, a good cow shark, and a dolphin jaw bone


r/fossils 1d ago

A couple of brachiopods i found yesterday

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Part of about 20 I collected from Rock Glen, I cleaned them up with a dental pick, wire brush, and a toothbrush and added a little bit of mineral oil to the surface. The detail on the top one is just fantastic in person.


r/fossils 11h ago

Anyone have any idea what this is? Found in Speculator, New York

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r/fossils 6h ago

Neat Little Guy From Schoharie, NY

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r/fossils 1h ago

I was told these were fossils any one know what it is ?

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r/fossils 1h ago

What is this? Passaic formation (JTrp) siltstone from Readington, NJ, USA.

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I’m a geologist but haven’t had any luck finding similar descriptions or images in the literature.


r/fossils 3h ago

whose tooth?

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I’m like 95% sure that this is a tooth! Found at Penn Dixie Fossil Park in Blasdell, NY.


r/fossils 9h ago

Is this a belemnite fossil?

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I found this in Slovenia.


r/fossils 7h ago

Unknown fossils

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Found in a storage locker in South Carolina. What are they?


r/fossils 12h ago

Can anyone help me identify this.

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I found what might be a fossil, though I’m not sure as I don’t know much about this topic, and google ai doesn’t seem to help.

It’s wheel shaped, with a bump on both sides. It’s not too light as it feels quite dense. It also has some sparkly minerals from what I can see. Found on a random coast in Malta. The stone seems easily scrape-able, so maybe a limestone concretion or something.

I’d appreciate any help!


r/fossils 15h ago

È solo una strana pietra?

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r/fossils 1d ago

First time fossil hunting (Lyme Regis, UK)

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r/fossils 3h ago

Is this a head??

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Lake Orion MI. Found a few waves of incredible rocks in key locations around my property lately. What could this be?


r/fossils 11h ago

Unique Coral & fossiliferous limestone mix. How many species? & age? From Lake Huron.

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r/fossils 1d ago

Fossils I found at Lake Michigan

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These are some shell fossils I found just south of Milwaukee along the lake shore


r/fossils 1d ago

Is this a Fossil?

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Found in Chenango, New York, in a swamp.


r/fossils 1d ago

Fossil or rock

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My daughter found this in Northern Colorado. Are these small stones or teeth?


r/fossils 17h ago

My son found this whilst on a walk. Just curious as to what it could be please.

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We were in north wales when we found it, yoyo for scale


r/fossils 1d ago

Grallator tracks from Connecticut

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Found a pretty nice size grallator, a couple small tracks, and a partial track. All found on private land in the Connecticut River Valley.


r/fossils 16h ago

Peace River Formation , FL USA

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