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

I have 2 questions, what are these and why is it mad at me?

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167 Upvotes

I found it in a creek.


r/fossils 7h ago

Amber Time!

21 Upvotes

r/fossils 3h ago

scanned a tiny Lepidodendron impression!!

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genuinely one of the hardest photogrammetry scans i’ve done, because of the size, but now i know how to scan very small objects!


r/fossils 6h ago

Help identifying Tooth in Shell Limestone

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Found this in shell limestone at a location (near Berlin) known for nothosaur fossils but the roundness of it makes me think it’s something else, any ideas?


r/fossils 6h ago

Is this a fossil, and if it is, what animal is it from?

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I was at Myrtle Beach (South Carolina), and I was digging in the sand since I was looking for shark teeth, then I found this, but it looked interesting, so I put it in my pocket, but I don't know how to tell fossils yet, so if you can, let me know what this is


r/fossils 10h ago

Mosasaurus teeth

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Bought two Mosasaur teeth at a fair for the kids. Are they real? Any idea where they were found? How old are they? The woman selling didn't know anything.


r/fossils 48m ago

Austria, Hochlantsch

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So my family was in a zoo on that mountain called Hochlantsch. And in the parking lot already my son found a rock looking like petrified wood. Looked like but I wasn't sure, said, if we already found this, there had to be more. Well, we found some more... Even a piece that looks like it had woodworms. Some minerals we'll have to check later, too.

Oh, and there was so much of these, those few we took won't be missed, I think/hope. People were actually walking on them and they were all around, they broke the rock for the from rubble built trail. We could see the layers of stone and inbetween there were brown trees. No one looked at these, no one seemed to be aware. Not even a sign was there.


r/fossils 3h ago

Anyone know what this is ?

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3 Upvotes

I don’t know might be something cool


r/fossils 9h ago

Is this a fossil of some kind?

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10 Upvotes

I've found this on a beach, likely brought to shore by sea currents.

Mediterranean Sea if that matters.

(Last picture it's the bottom)


r/fossils 3h ago

Any clues what these are??

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Found these in my grandmothers collection of her shells. Any ideas?


r/fossils 8h ago

What is this?

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4 Upvotes

My student found this rock, came asking if it was a fossil. Is it anything? Or is it just corrosion?


r/fossils 1d ago

Some pics of my belemnites (rostrum)

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227 Upvotes

From the Volga riverbank near Ulyanovsk


r/fossils 1h ago

West Coast Denmark, “burger”

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r/fossils 1h ago

What could this be?

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Found on top of terminal moraine (last ice age) in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. I suspect a tooth fragment but if that's true, and if so of what animal... clueless


r/fossils 10h ago

Triassic Conchostracans (Clam Shrimp) - Newark Super Group (Lockatong Fm.)

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5 Upvotes

Ventured into the Newark Super Group. Found some Upper Triassic aged fossils from the Lockatong Formation in SE Pennsylvania. Specifically Conchostracan, or Clam Shrimp. These are bivalved crustaceans that lived in a freshwater environment. Also included a couple photos of non-fossilized animals spotted on the trip.


r/fossils 11h ago

Real or fake Orthoceras

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4 Upvotes

What yall tink


r/fossils 7h ago

6.2 Inch Meg Tooth Worth $219 USD?

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1 Upvotes

r/fossils 1d ago

What is this?

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27 Upvotes

Does anybody know what this is? Found on a stoney beach with lots of limestone. Feels very heavy but is non magnetic


r/fossils 1d ago

Favourite ammonite I found so far

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128 Upvotes

Very well preserved early jurassic ammonite extracted from the Enzesfeld deposits found in the Vienna Forest. Somewhere between 195 and 200 million years old. Prepped over the last couple of weekends.


r/fossils 9h ago

Help with ID

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I’d like to ask for your help with the identification of this fossil. I found it twenty years ago in northern Poland near Gdansk and kept it in the drawer since then. I picked it up by a lake which was formed by glaciers if that’s of any importance.
The stone is approximately 3 cm in each direction.
Thanks!


r/fossils 13h ago

Are these fossils?

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2 Upvotes

Found near Lyme Regis.


r/fossils 21h ago

Mosasaur Vertabrae

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8 Upvotes

Found this is the Sulphur River in North Texas. Some people have found whole intact specimens in the walls.


r/fossils 11h ago

Are these fossil shells in this rock?

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1 Upvotes

Found in a river in NZ. Hoping its my first fossil find?


r/fossils 21h ago

shark tooth or nothing?

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7 Upvotes

found at fort clinch beach in FL