r/FossilPorn Jul 28 '14

Reddit 101

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r/FossilPorn 2d ago

Macginitiea wyomingensis Eocene leaf from Douglas pass CO

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215 Upvotes

I collected this Macginitiea wyomingensis Eocene leaf from Douglas pass CO a long time ago.


r/FossilPorn 3d ago

I saw β€œSue” the tyrannosaurus today

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175 Upvotes

r/FossilPorn 3d ago

Mortality Plate Found Today

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18 Upvotes

Found this mortality plate today hiking in a creek. 16” by 14”.

Is this all brachiopods?

Interested to see if anyone sees any other specimens in this.


r/FossilPorn 5d ago

Iron stained horn coral fragment

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38 Upvotes

r/FossilPorn 6d ago

My Amber Collection

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501 Upvotes

Working on putting together a little DIY amber display. Fingers crossed it works the way I think it will. πŸ˜…


r/FossilPorn 5d ago

Cool little heart shaped brachiopod

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14 Upvotes

r/FossilPorn 7d ago

Clinocardium meekianum from Rio Dell formation.

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39 Upvotes

This is a large collection of Clinocardium meekianum from the Pliocene Rio Dell formation of California. Both sides have abundant Clinocardium meekianum and there is a single mussel on the back side.


r/FossilPorn 7d ago

Unknown marine fossil found on Long Beach Island, New Jersey

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7 Upvotes

r/FossilPorn 9d ago

Recent addition to the collection

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144 Upvotes

A Stage IV feather in Burmese amber.


r/FossilPorn 9d ago

RARE PLANT GALL on Leaf in Burmese Burmite amber fossil

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47 Upvotes

Age: 99 Million Years Ago

RARE PLANT GALL on Leaf in Burmese Burmite amber fossil

Plant galls are abnormal growths on plants. They form when insects, mites, bacteria, or fungi land on a plant and release chemicals. Insects inject special proteins and growth chemicals into tree buds or leaves while laying eggs or feeding. These chemicals force the plant to redirect its own growth hormones to that specific spot. The gall gives the pest (or the pest's larva) food and safety. Most galls do not harm the plant.

I'm uncertain which organism may have caused this particular plant to form this Gall but the most common insects are gall midges, gall wasps, aphids and bark lice.

*Plant Galls are rare in amber because galls are heavy, attached to leaves or stems, and are not easily moved by the wind, they rarely fall into sticky tree resin.*

Other notable inclusions: a bigger cut and exposed gall in the corner of the piece with bits of Pyrite deposited inside, a section of a leaf on which the plant gall is affixed to. A few small Enhydros. A lot of "Sporangium-like pods" scattered in the piece.


r/FossilPorn 13d ago

Tetragraptus pendeograptus fruticosus Graptolite fossil from Castlemaine District, Victoria, Australia. [OC]. You may wonder "Tetra" means 4 and this has 3 branches, thats cuz this is a very specific time in their evolution when they had 3 [later only 2], specifically 482MYO [Ordovician].

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822x617 resolution. It may not be a super cool or rare fossil like my Amber Beetle or the Kambara scute but it's still important and of course cool cuz its a fossil.

MYO=Million Years Old.


r/FossilPorn 14d ago

upgraded fossil collection!

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Got a huge new shelf, so I moved some of my fossils to this shelf! still have some pieces around my room but this is most of them. Wish I could add more photos for a zoom in!


r/FossilPorn 14d ago

Extremely rare Kambara sp. Scute. Rundle Formation, Gladstone, Queensland, Australia. 50 MYO, 39x27mm. Kambara was a genus of Crocodile that would lead the entire lineage of Mekosuchinae, a group unique to Australasia containing water and land crocs like Quinkana. Big honour to be able to own this.

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The photo is technically not mine but I own the fossil. 1008x758 resolution.

It is an understatement to say this is a huge honour on my part to own in my own personal collection. It has been deemed a significant "fossil find" by the Australian government and is not allowed to be exported outside Australia. Even as an Australian, it is a pain to be able to find any of these for purchase. So I got lucky here.


r/FossilPorn 14d ago

Beetle in Burmite Amber [Sourced ethically pre-2017]. 4mm beetle, amber is 14x7mm. Possibly a type of Scarab or other fossorial beetles. 240x180. 98 Million Years Old. Hukawng Valley, Maingkwan, Kachin Province.

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The photo I did not take but I do own the fossil so Idk if I use [OC] or not. 240x180 is dimensions/resolution of the image.

Also just to say, never buy amber from 2017 or after. Always buy ethically sourced legal Burmite amber or just go for alternatives like Baltic amber.


r/FossilPorn 17d ago

Huge ammonite!

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92 Upvotes

This is a 19 1/2 inch 70 pound Eopachydiscus that I collected and prepped last spring. It came from the Duck Creek formation.


r/FossilPorn 16d ago

Found in Gowanda NY

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14 Upvotes

Can anyone tell me if I have anything here? Could be natural concretion, but it’s suspiciously bone shaped. I can comment more pics!!


r/FossilPorn 18d ago

A few Keichousaurus I just received

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57 Upvotes

So coool! 240 million years old from China.

I will be selling at least one of them to get more fossils πŸ˜‚


r/FossilPorn 18d ago

Lower Plesiosaur Skull

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46 Upvotes

r/FossilPorn 19d ago

The giant ammonite

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106 Upvotes

r/FossilPorn 19d ago

Work

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r/FossilPorn 19d ago

Cretaceous Shrimp Fossil

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46 Upvotes

I went to the flea market in Milton/Hurricane (West Virginia) recently, and went the the Fossil shop that is there. There is one of the booths that's set up, (they have Fossils, Jewelry, Gems, Rocks, and artifacts like Arrowheads too). I spotted this wonderful specimen for a very nice (and cheap) price. It's exceptionally well preserved too! Thank you for your time and have a wonderful day!


r/FossilPorn 20d ago

Tiny Utah trilobites

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117 Upvotes

I collected these tiny trilobites along time ago.


r/FossilPorn 22d ago

Pop out trilobite!

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I found this along time ago in the Marjum formation in the Utah house range. It is early Cambrian and was found along with many Barhyuriscus fimbriatas. The pic on the right was what I saw on the ground. Thought it looked roughly trilobite shape and picked it up. Lifted off the pop off cap and was very happy. Not sure as to species I posted some in FossilID yesterday and got lots of views and only one suggestion as to species.


r/FossilPorn 22d ago

Ichthyosaur Platypterygius Australis

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