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Fossil Identification And Nomenclature

Fossil identification can be a challenging proposition. Often a pocket-sized item is all that seperates one species from some other. Still overall classification arrangement is not so difficult to understand.

Fossils of animals are classified, as are living specimens, by observing the body structures and functions. While there are a few unique challenges in classifying fossils, the basic scheme of organization is the same. Going 1 step at a fourth dimension can make fossil identification possible for anyone.

Biological classification systems have a long history. Aristotle, working in ancient Greece, sought to classify animals by comparing the essence of the species. His arrangement was a detailed system that included descriptions of the body. He believed that all species related to earth, air , fire, and water and classified accordingly..

More than than a few centuries later, Carolus Linnaeus created another organizational organization. His system was hierarchical, with increasingly detailed separations among members of the groups. Today, scientists use more than or less the same organization.

Living organisms are grouped according to their similar characteristics. Therefore, animals are in a group separate from plants, separate from bacteria, etc.

Breaking down the beast kingdom, the phylum level attempts to put animals into broad categories of similar body types. Phylum Porifera contains animals whose bodies are a collection of cells that loosely come together and are filled with many openings or pores. An example of this is the sponge. Phylum Mollusca all have soft bodies, no internal skeleton, and, often, are able to brand shells. Phylum Echinodermata all have shells with a bumpy surface, or "spiny skin" as their name implies.

Subsequent groupings are formed on the same basis: similarity of features, even when the features are minute or on a chemic level.

The nomenclature divisions are equally follows:
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species

Getting back to fossil identification…fossils vest to the same groups equally mod-day animals. A Trilobite had an exoskeleton, jointed appendages (legs primarily) and a torso that had singled-out sections. All these features make it a fellow member of the Phylum Arthropoda. The crinoid looked like a delicate found with a "flower" at the end of a long stalk. But the stalk and the flower, were actually an animal that had bumpy peel—so information technology fits into the Phylum Echinodermata.

Paleontologists expect at minute details to determine further fossil identification and nomenclature. With the trilobites, they consider the construction of their eyes, the variation in the segments of the body, the quality of the exoskeleton-whether information technology has a polish surface or crude-the presence of antennae, and fifty-fifty the internal organs! Definitely a task for experts, but with a little practice, you lot will begin to call them by smaller grouping names such every bit Phacops or Agnosta!

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Tooth
I establish a tooth I'd like aid with identifying please.

Found in Michigan,at sand gravel pit.
Fossil is around 9 inches tall 5 wide,has alot going on, whatsoever info on this beautiful fossil would exist greatly appreciated. Thank you

Possible Dino tooth?
Establish it by the stream in the back garden. We frequently observe minor fossils, ammonites and sea fauna. Please help us to place this fossil. Many thank you …

North American inland sea aquatic wormfish ?
Kansas specimen found among other water life fossils, such as shells and plants. I take not constitute annihilation exactly similar this as I browsed the Internet. …

Beach Notice UK East Yorkshire Coastline
Plant in the cliff on the UK East Yorkshire Coastline. I'grand a fisherman and am e'er finding common fossils merely this has me stumped and I'chiliad interested …

I don't know
Information technology's about 3 inches around an inch and a one-half thick like a flat circle it's reddish brown similar the soil it was found in it was establish in Oklahoma at …

Possible dinosaur
This is an aerial view of a identify known equally "the fossil pits" in saint Clair , Pa. Schuylkill county. Its approximately 134 ft in length. From Google globe. …

Possible dinosaur
This is an aerial view of a place known equally "the fossil pits" in saint Clair , Pa. Schuylkill canton. Its approximately 134 ft in length.

Peculiar Rock
Hi, There! I am not an expert simply from the moment i saw this very peculiar piece of rock... My listen became very obsessed over the fact that this particular …

Deer caput
My daughter establish what she thought was a slice of forest that resembles a deer head,this even has 4 inch antlers,centre indentation and nose indentation very …

FossilFern?
Found this at Goodwill store. The rock had been divide open to reveal this apparent leaf within. I guess peradventure information technology is some species of fern but don't know …

I don't know the proper noun
Hullo, my proper name is josh and I alive in San Jose California. I went to Carmel recently and found this on the beach. Can y'all tell me what it is? I accidentally …

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I found this on the beach at Due north Myrtle Beach SC. I dont know anything near it--guessing it is some sort of shell only bottom confuses me. Its almost …

Mystery fossil
Found in mud from state slip on the beach in cayton bay Due north Yorkshire united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland.

What is it?
I found it snorkeling in Aruba and would similar to know what it is.

crinoid or coral?
Plant this in a dry river bed in southern Alberta well-nigh Bragg Creek. Unsure what this might be and demand assist to identify it.

Unidentified
I institute this on a riverbank here in newfoundland. Information technology is discolored from the rest of the stone and has a different texture from the rest of the rock. I'm …

Bones
My father plant basic you lot can see the inside of some of the inside basic don't know what it's chosen deplorable but it's more rock than bone fossilized we plant …

What is this?!?!
Isn't this amazing? I've searched then long for an answer just I can't seem to figure out what it is!! HELP!

Michigan finds
I am an amateur rock collector and I found these, please aid!

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Fish jaw?
About v inches wide. Information technology looks like it has a second, asymmetrical set of teeth in front of the throat. Couldn't find anything remotely like online.

demand aid identifing
these all came out of a vi ton load of river stone I had delivered terminal summertime in iowa.

No thought
My children institute this while we were visiting hopton on sea a few years back and my son brought it down from his toy box as we had forgotten well-nigh it .. …

Brainy!
This was found in our garden virtually Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, UK, in 1969 and has travelled with u.s.a. to every abode since. There were other fosilized stones …

Pantano wash tucson az. Fossils
I found these while hiking two of them in pantano launder and two in rob wash. Both located on outside of Tucson.i take removed i of the fossils from the …

Corals
Found locally , in prime number locations of cerise dirt beds perfectly preserving the ancient corals. Wish I had closer related dates of their living time line …

rock or fossil??
A surface stone I constitute and dissever open up in Westfield, NY almost ane mile from Lake Erie. I tin can't tell if it'south just an interesting looking rock, simply I see patterns. …

Backyard rock
Establish this in dorsum one thousand in s, central michigan. Not sure if fossil or non. Heavy at almost 33.5 lbs and near a pes beyond. Not magnetic.

tooth?
hymettus mountain fossil. Athens, Greece.

Sponge ???
My daughter found this at a man made lake in Oklahoma lake Stanley draper looked like a cool rock so I didn't allow her skip it after looking more at it …

Piedra river
Establish thisin the river. Here in colorado. Dont know if its rare or not.any information yous tin can give me would be prissy.i know its a crinoid columnal.

Bounding main bone
I was hunting shark teeth at Caspersen Beach, FL when I found this specimen in virtually iii feet of water. Looks like some marrow and a fractional joint …

Cave Fossil
Hi, I was recently exploring a wild cave in Northwest Arkansas and I constitute this fossil stuck on the side of 1 of the canyon walls inside. It is a limestone …

whatcoulditbe
All we know is it came from the Yukon virtually a goldmine abaft pond.

Coprolite or what?
Found in a agglomeration of road shell out front of my house in Alberta. Looks like a coprolite but the folds wait to0 regular and look like gills.

I take no idea!
It's difficult to actually capture what it looks like in a picture, but if you wait closely there are crystals inside of the fossil. The white parts are raised. …

fish
I plant it on the edge of a river, in the water

Fish
It was my granddaddy's I was just trying to find out what kind it is

LECTOEFOR
SPOTTED A VIVID OUT LINE OF SOMTHING Like A FISH UNDER A MAGNIFIER THERE IS SOMETHING Like SCALES UNUSUAL SHAPES LIKE COPIES OF A ORGANISM WHERE Tin can I …

Is information technology a fossil?
I think I found a bone it was covered in shale which had lots of fossilized leaves which I've found loads. I found information technology on Loughor foreshore Swansea.

??????????
constitute at seaside when going to beach. …

Fish Death Aggregation
I establish this in Brookpark, Ohio, USA. Just sitting on the surface in a thousand. They all seem to be the same kind of fish.

Hopeful
My boys and I went for a nature walk I started looking for arrowheads around the area and came across ths Skull shaped rock.I started non to pick it …

Possible Prehistoric Freshwater Snail
We were fishing in a Creek near Stockdale,TX and came across this on a dry part of the Creek, also came across a mammoth molar in this same surface area effectually …

Early Gambler
Establish this a few years ago, so not exactly sure where, only most all of the fossils I have were found in dry washes in the desert surrounding Las Vegas, …

Not certain what i have
My daughter found this while playing in some rocks that make up a path in our backyard so it could accept come from anywhere

Crystal Jellyfish
Establish in the park on a rocky trail past copse. It was the just fossil in the surface area, and I found a pocket-sized piece like information technology.

Small 1cm ammonite
Please identify this for me. I'm trying to identify all !y fossils and I'g having trouble with this if you lot know the blazon I will exist really happy.

unknown
While earthworks a post hole in the back yard for a deck. Nosotros found this. Don't know what information technology is but looks pretty interesting.

Fossil
On a recent trip to Himalayas I institute a fossil rock which i would be interested in knowing more virtually information technology. I have attached the pics. Please if y'all can …

Feathery institute
On the surface of a limestone patio - picture scale is with the found extending by ~ 40cm.

Unknown fossil
This was found on a beach in Sjælland, Kingdom of denmark in july 2017. The Rock is about fifteen cm long. The white in the middle of the fossil was unlike from other …

Erratic?
Found at Terminal mountain lake, Saskatchewan

fossil head
my buddy has property in california. and the merced river runs forth his holding,and he has nothing only rocks on it. big boulders. well my daughter and …

Crook River WV Rafting find
A few weeks ago, my daughter went rafting on the Crook River in WV and establish this fossil on the banks while eating lunch. She has been reaching out to …

River Discover
I establish this specimen in the Nottely River, most Blairsville, Georgia this weekend. It has been in the water for a long time and the fossil is somewhat …

40 Point beach fossil
We were walking the beach to see a schooner ship wreck near Thunder Bay in MI.

Shell looking thing
I found information technology on a secluded beach, and information technology was too big to dig out. Since I don't know for sure if information technology is even a fossil, I didn't seem information technology wise to tell many almost …

small animal
a small animal. Anybody know what'south the name of this animate being?

Rock or Molar ?
Found this on the banks of the Sag River in Alaska. Looks similar information technology could exist a tooth or is information technology but a rock?

Landscaping find
Equally I was standing outside my role I but happened to exist looking downward and some landscaping stones and glanced a stone that was unusual. It appears to …

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?
I found it on a stone slab banking company of the Thou river in NW Missouri most 20 years ago. I looked information technology upwards years ago and constitute that these are supposed to be …

Gilboa NY Region
Stone is over 500 pounds. Devonian I think. Hoping to I.D. specifics.

Macassar
I have no idea what it is, delight help? It was found on a beach in Cape Town, South Africa.

Unknown
Plant this while earthworks a lake in East Sussex england

Red Fossil
Found this in a pile of dirt left by a contractor, it's near two i/4. By three one/2 rep water ice red color

Babe sea turtle?
I found this on Melbourne Beach and thought it was but a rock. The sea turtles were laying eggs while we were in that location. Subsequently I thought it resembled a …

Whatever idea?
Recently plant this on the beech at brean sands near the hill for. Any info please?

Is this a tooth?
We found this at Brownies Embankment in Maryland while sifting for shark teeth. We thought information technology could be a crocodile molar but nosotros aren't convinced. Any idea what …

non sure
I find these in a dry out creek bed behind my house. I know what the crinoid is equally information technology is our state fossil. The rest I hope to have identified. Cheers

mystery detail
im new to fossil hunting and came across this item and most concur its a fossil but dont know what

100 million years old?
Found these in an arroyo in southeastern Colorado. I am actually interested in what exactly they are.

Willamette River Find
I accept no fossil expertise, but found the shape and texture of this odd. Idea information technology may be a smoothed claw or digit? Would exist great to get a definitive …

Unknown
I found this on the embankment in Jacksonville, N Carolina. I demand assist identifying this!

Some kind of shellfish???
Found this after a big pelting had eroded a pathway in the Manzano Mts of NM. It appears to have formed inside a beat out and so I guess information technology is not technically a …

Unknown from s.illinois
I found this in my thousand in Southern Illinois almost 5 miles from the Indian mound. Hoping you could give me an thought what it is Is t I currently alive …

I don't know
On my job site they are digging and I found a lot of that specimen. What kind of invertebrates aré those.

Establish by shores of Lake Michigan
I was at the beach in Chicago with my daughter and we like to discover sea glass, fossils and other cool rocks and I found this fractional fossil. Any help would …

Possible fossil tooth?
Found this on our farm in Eureka Springs Arkansas. Idea it might be a tooth of some kind merely no idea. Other than marine fossils all over the rocks, …

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I don't know
I plant it on the embankment in The Hague, Netherlands. I would love to know what it is ?

Unsure
I constitute this fossil in Lake Erie in Ashtabula Ohio. But curious about what information technology is.

unknown
I found this among the curiosities in my grandfather's collection. I believe it to exist a polished fossil, is information technology so? Thank you, Jesse Read Vancouver

A gastropod or perchance an nautilus?
I purchased this from a garage sale almost Honey Lake, Ca. The seller laughed at me when I asked about his "snail" from his fence line. He thought I …

Tail? Leaf?
Next to my business firm is an old riverbed, I love to get looking for special stones/fossils and found this. I tried to find annihilation that is looking a bit like …

Anguilla discover
Found on rocky beach in Anguilla, BVI. Jaw bone? Tentacle?

Cocoon?
Howdy, I found this on leaf river here in Petal Ms. I've had information technology for quite sometime and decided I would get an skilful opinion on it. Thank you for your …

Rock or not?
I was in the creek looking for cool rocks and I found this, I take no clue what it is and was wondering if it might exist a fossil.

No thought
I institute this fossil approximately 15 years while on a trip for school. I believe we were in Kentucky looking for beat fossils and geodes. I take no thought …

lawn mystery
Hullo- I live in Northern California in the Sierra Foothills (Grass Valley CA). About 2.five years ago I was cleaning up my backyard (all forest) when …

Unidentified whale vertebrae.
A few months ago I went with my family unit to see my cousin in Charleston South.C. While in that location her friend took us fossil hunting. I institute a few pocket-size meg teeth …

Megalodon?
Is this a megalodon or some other large shark tooth? Thanks

Dolphin molar perhaps?
Constitute on a beach in Panama, Key America. Pretty certain it is a sea mammal tooth, looks and feels like ivory and there is the spongy fossilised top. I …

Crush fossil imprint plus
Establish this today on a embankment in Panama, Central America. The crush is clear just on the contrary I am not sure if this is another fossil imprint or not. It …

PETRIFIED 🦀
Found in Natchitoches parish Louisiana I'k guessing this is a cra

Plate of Marching/Swimming Fossils
Purchased vii-eight years ago from a shop in Tucson, AZ. Lost scratch paper that we wrote down the proper name of fossil. Fairly sure fossil came from Morocco. Have …

fossil
My father constitute this near 33 years in our pasture in weatherford texas

plant or creature
I purchased a usb microscope. while looking at my agate/jasper pebbles I noticed this ane looks organic. I would either be from central Oregon or in Utah …

Lawn Fossil
This is approx one one/2" ten 3" and has various sizes of round shells? Or some kind of fauna.

unknown
Information technology was from the Colorado area

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Found in northern Ontario Canada
My fellow works in a limestone rock quarry in northern Ontario (Canada)and found this today every bit he was chipping a rock ...any ideas what it is? Some …

500 MYA ? a man need help
found it 12 years ago in north italy near a canyon, i dont know what information technology is, probably shells but hey are wird

Tooth
How-do-you-do i found this tooth. I think it could exist equine just unsure of age and species. Could you lot tell me what its from and a rough age. Its quite heavy & stone …

Egidio 1
This fossil has been constitute at 150 km Northern of Riyadh, Kingdom of saudi arabia. Unfortunately the main torso is actually damaged whereas 4 plaques of the shell …

Robin Hoods Fish
Found on the beach at Robin Hoods Bay North Yorkshire.. There is some other fish tail stop underneath the head of the fish which confirmed to me that this …

Don't know
Found on river bank, non certain what it is.

Robin Hoods Fish
Found on the beach at Robin Hoods Bay Due north Yorkshire.. There is another fish tail terminate underneath the fish head end which confirmed to me that this was …

Belemnite?
Whilst walking along the beach at South Beach, Studland, Dorset we constitute this odd shaped stone. My girl thought it looked like a rock historic period spear head, …

Unknown
I found this strange object in a crawlspace, I picked it up washed it off and still have no thought ,pls help was conyers ga house nearly a lake.

VOF Leaf Fossil
Hiking in VOF State Park NV March 2017. Constitute lying on summit of slickrock sandstone.

An ancient gastropod?
Hello! This is a curlicue-shaped fossil, nearly 3 - 4 cm in diameter; stone of unknown provenance (non found in situ), probably from a limestone quarry in …

Gigantus Carcharidus
Possible Shark molar establish in recently exposed beach cliff on tiptop of a layer of Eocene Marine Invertebrates.The area has been recently exposed from rainfall …

T shaped bone
I am excavation out an unfinished portion of my basement in central Nebraska I found this bone about iv feet downward in a chalky layer. The bone is nigh …

Dino Vertebrea
Found in Northern Arkansas near the Balderdash Shoals Lake are, private property. The picture sent before is showing the height this flick is of the length and …

horse toe
found a rock in Wyoming with a black line going downwards the middle. I broke the rock and out popped the toe.

Coal Find
Found in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China, in a coal heap. But some fragments preserved of coal, and the fossil is a light yellow-green.

Circular
Plant it with my granddaughter crush hunting in the sound of the gulf of mexico...perfectly round smooth top with design on other side.. I thought information technology was …

What information technology is?
I found it on the hill close to my business firm in cardaklija republic of macedonia I would honey to know what it is ?

Spencer's Fossil
Hello all! Here are a few more than (amend) pictures of Spencer's Fossil. If anyone has any information on this slice, please respond. Found in a river banking company …

Crocodile Egg?
Location: San Jose, CA Establish solo, with no matrix in an area with almost no crocodile fossil sites and so it's a long shot simply information technology is what it looks similar …

Silverish Fossil?
I found this on the shore of Lake Michigan. I'1000 wondering what it is and what the silver inside could be.

Fossil?
Mayhap establish at the embankment...don't remember. Delight help...thanks

"Sandee"
"San" equally i phone call her is 47" long. Weight is approximately 75-100 pounds. I have no idea where it came from or what it is.

Strange rock
I institute a stone while excavation. After cleaning with vinegar a pocket-sized fossil appeared. Do you know what it is?

Tuttle???
Looks like a Tuttle crush, But I exercise not no

Chris'southward finds
Institute these on a river bottom after major flooding eroded away the banks. Could use some assistance identifying. I have several ribs and what appear to be leg …

Patti's prize
Playing in a creek in Northeast Missouri and plant this

Hamada Fossil
i found this fossil on Red Hamada ,actually many people asking me about it and the answer from my side was no idea. so i google some website to help me …

mammoth tooth?
I found this in Lake Michigan. 2 other similar pieces accept been institute. whatsoever information would be appreciated thanks

mammoth tooth?
I found this in Lake Michigan. 2 other similar pieces have been institute. any information would exist appreciated cheers

i do not know
Broke open large peace of clay 200' down at the bottom of a cliff in the cliff.in Utah.thin similar paper it's not as leafage ??????

Beach notice
I found this fossil on the North Norfolk Coast(England) a few years agone. I've been using it as a paper weight and often wondered what it actually was? …

Cinci road cutting
I found a fossil in route cut within the I-275 featherbed in Cincinnati OH (Ordovician period). Looks like chili pepper. Any ideas? if so please email me …

Bone/hook piece
Found this and looks like a bone, claw piece or from a tail. Likely from Jurassic age rocks. Institute in coastal zone on urban beach in Scarborough Uk

Beach bone
Found in 1973 on Wrightsville Beach NC. More rock than bone. 14" long and at the widest part two.5".

Cool unknown
Constitute in Lake Ozark missouri on a colina top with other big stone formations.

Fossil one - Myrick
This was found in southeastern Georgia, United states. The striations are confusing on the exterior with bands of dark and light. We remember it is a tooth. Modest inset …

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hexagonal
pocket-size fragment on a rock found on Saltdean beach, southeast England.

Unknown
Found this specimen in Cardinal Florida in a phosphate mine amongst many other fossils. By the color as seen in the picture, it is a mustard xanthous/brown …

Sherry'southward fossil
While building a home in Cheboygan, Michigan moving a lot of earth found this rock.

Sneaky serpent
While walking on a dirt path in Crowley's ridge, Arkansas. Nosotros could barely come across the scales, the rest of the rock was under a root and mud. We believe this …

Apple of my Center
I found "Apple of my Center" nether and Apple almost the Rims of Billings, MT and wish to identify the era. All I've heard is that Billings was a lake …

Tiny Eel-Like Fossil?
Hi in that location, This summer I received a free bag of stones while attending an Oregon rock and jewel show. I only got effectually to sorting them out and institute this. …

Nut similar?
I institute this in southeast Utah. It was in a belatedly Cretaceous pebble conglomerate near Hovenweep National Monument. I found it securely fastened to the conglomerate …

toothlike
found in an area were a lower jaw and other various fossilized bones and coral were.there are really iii of these shapes side by side hard to see …

Fauna Tooth
This tooth was institute nigh 25 years ago on a beach in New Jersey. Size is nigh an inch for both length & width. I believe information technology'southward an herbavoire tooth, simply …

woody
another find in the woods information technology resembles fossilized woods with the layers of growth showing on the edge similar to pine.

gathering
some other angling find on a loma side virtually a wash out or inundation are.when i cleaned the caked on grit it revealed .what looks to be a single piece of coral …

vanquish
was in a box of native american artifacts i was given years agone it looks to be some sort of brachiopod.

shell
was in a box of native american artifacts i was given years ago it looks to be some sort of brachiopod.

abstract
SENDING SIDE VIEW MAY Requite MORE Detail RE SUBMITTING.

Unknown?
Plant in a washout in SW Indiana. Approximately 40 min. NE of Evansville.

Unknown?
These were plant in a creek in SW Indiana. It is located about xl min. NE of Evansville.

unknown shell
found this one quite a few years ago figured maybe a blazon of brachiopod?

trounce
had this one for awhile figured it was some kind of body of water brute.

from below
another interesting find looked similar a bowl filled with small-scale honeycombed shapes.with a solid clump on the nether side information technology was interesting looking.i believe …

Trace Fossil?
I take a large collection of these and demand help in identifying. They were plant in south central pennsylvania. I at first thought mayhap worm burrows? …

Cox os observe
The pictures here prove what appears to be a fossilized bone of some size. We take no mode of knowing what it is or if it is in fact a fossil of some sort. …

facelike
institute with various other pocket-sized os like fossils information technology resembles a small face up of some animate being with blueish and green colouration in information technology.

abstract
another odd find in the woods looks similar coral in a fashion but almost has jointed looking sections.

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stumpy
another loma side find it resembles a reptilian similar look with the leg and hook with scale texture.

heavy load
institute this one while looking for fossils in the woods.found information technology at the bottom of a wash out after heavy rain.i believe it to be more than fossilized dino turd …

bonelike
found while fishing with the kids nosotros always await for unusual shapes in the shore lines.this one was lonely no other types of os like shapes around.

encephalon teaser
found this fossil along with the last jaw pictures i sent resembles it quite well with texture and colour possibly somewhat a flattened skull slice.

old turd
found while looking for fossils with the kids information technology had a poo similar germination.apon closer inspection i noticed tiny bone pieces in it so i figured an old dino …

mystery finger
establish while exploring a hill peak and side.it looks like a finger with a bone showing at the end and what looks like a finger blast.information technology lifts out of the …

unknown jaw
found while earthworks a fire pit with various other pieces.

timeless
establish while excavation test holes for soil samples about six-8 anxiety down.

?????fish??????
Constitute in my back chiliad at 10,000ft elv in the Spanish peaks of sothern Colorado its 15inches long and it still has pare in places i believe

re submitting
Found out that nosotros were pond in lake Wilson, Wilson Kansas when this was found. sandstone.

Don't know?
I was given this by a friend who got information technology from a friend. I actually want to know what it is, can you help me please.

feathers or leafs?
I Showed my friend the fossil I send y'all last night and she got this out of her sewing kit to share, she found it in the wood equally a kid could not think …

flower or bug
found swimming in Kansas, Seems to be an banner of a blossom or smashed bug in sandstone,the rock its in is vary thin.

Shark teeth?
Found it In the Lake Ontario regions. It have white stuff all over

Unkown
I accept iv fossils. Any idea which plants they are? Oakwolves@gmail.com

Unknown
Came across this find and would like to know what it possibly could be

Phylum Arthropoda?
I don't really know what it is. I took Geology, just I got a really bad grade, ha ha! Just because I'm not good at geology,but I really am fascinated past …

Trilobite
I institute it in the clackamas river in Oregon. That'south all I know well-nigh it.

Got no thought.
Bought a box of rocks and institute it in box. It'due south well-nigh the size of the Palm of your mitt. I would honey to notice out what kind of stone it is.

gem fossil
found out of a iron sandstone concerstion out of colorado the soft bodie parts are replace past minaral i belive information technology pirite and siderite my studieds pb …

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Fish ribcage
My begetter constitute this in Warsaw Kentucky, we are struggling to identify this creature.

rock wall finds
the small-scale dark piece is smooth & has a ascertain ridge on it, the longer slice is crumbly & fragile i idea maybe bark just it's probably something

Wellington unknown #one
This fossil was plant in northern Colorado, close to the foothills of the Rockies. It was institute in a field that has been farmed for years, but has seen …

Crinoid?
How-do-you-do I found this big rock in the 1950s equally a child in Staten Island NY. Information technology had a modest imprint of a shell on the outside. I recognized it as a fossil …

non certain
constitute information technology by a river well-nigh where i live

We think its a molar from a fish
We were walking on the shore of a lake, which was very low due to lack of rain, in the sand we found numerous teeth similar this i and many sharp teeth …

egg
i constitute it at a thrift store for fifty cents and i idea it was some kind of fossil material and was hoping someone could tell me what information technology is

Linda's bone
I dug upwardly someone'due south discarded rock collection in an empty field in Fresno, CA. x years ago. There were fossils, crystals and abalone shells. Had to dig …

Scotty
This was located on a shingle beach at Seaford E Sussex today.

Spencer's Fossil
I know nothing much about such things and seek an opinion of the item in hand. Information technology was found in Missouri and know one so far has any existent ideas. Please …

Egg Shape
Found in a modest creek in Caldwell Canton, Missouri. I haven't found anything similar in the creek.

Dads Rock
Hullo, My Dad found this rock/fossil in Arizona and gave it to me. I am and so curious equally to what information technology is. Your try to identify will be greatly appreciated. …

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At that place are some groovy website for viewing photos of the different species. Here are merely a couple that show off many different types from the same order:Per Hansson has a fabled collection of trilobite pictures and try Geoscience Enterprises for fossil identification of crinoids.

Of course, at that place are lots of books that will help you with fossil identification of your favorite fossil. These are some that we use. I recommend them considering they are easy to read, inexpensive, and they are readily available.

i. Simon & Schuster's Guide to Fossils.
ii. Field Guide to Northward American Fossils from the Audubon Society.
3. For children: An Usborne Guide Rocks & Fossils

Armed with some great resource and your growing interest, you lot'll exist impressing your friends as you introduce them to your collection's specimens by proper name. Be careful, though, they merely might think you demand to find some modern animal friends to keep you visitor!

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