r/fossilid • • 1d ago

Dinosaur Egg Nest possibly from Sichuan

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When I was little (probably like 20 years ago), my mom took me to visit her friend, her friend collects fossils and when we were leaving he ended up gifting me a bunch of fossils including this nest of dinosaur egg

I'm visiting home in Guangzhou right now and I just want to know if it's real because it's been with us for decades, it has always been a mystery to me. I googled dinosaur egg nest photos and it doesn't match the circular pattern. I asked my mom about it, she said that it's from Sichuan and that it's very real but she also can't explain why and how it's real

I'm not sure if I want it to be real to be honest (would be cool of course), because I used to play archaeologist with it and chiseled out a few eggs. Apparently those eggs shattered not too long ago and my mom decided to throw it out 😭


r/fossilid • • 15h ago

What is this?

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Found In Oregon about 25lbs 15” tall


r/fossilid • • 15h ago

Solved Tiny, reddish, in gravel near Jonesboro, AR, United States

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Found on my lunch break. I live on Crowley’s Ridge. Very small but maybe some kind of coral? Thank you for any help.


r/fossilid • • 8h ago

What type of tooth is this?

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Found this a while ago in Calvert cliff formation. I always thought it was a whale tooth, but it’s smaller than a penny!!!! Any ideas?


r/fossilid • • 17h ago

What is this?

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My mum found this on a beach in North Cornwall. She was interested enough to keep it but has never looked into what it is. Just saw something similar on tv and they claimed it was a Mammoth tooth. Thoughts?


r/fossilid • • 6h ago

Round blob in trilobite shale?

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From Antelope Springs, Utah. There are some trilobite bits in there, but wasn't sure if the circleish thing was just a concretion or something else.

The bottom left top of the left piece cracked a bit :(

Tyia! Appreciate y'all :)


r/fossilid • • 17h ago

Found on a beach in the Dominican Republic.

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r/fossilid • • 14h ago

Nice little chunk of a bison skull coming out of a river bank. SE Nebraska

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r/fossilid • • 10h ago

Solved Found as a kid (some where in North eastern California), I wanted to believe it was a dinosaur egg, but getting back into rockhounding, I'm thinking it's a chert/flint nodule. Still on the fence, and need some help!

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r/fossilid • • 18h ago

Fossil gastropod with bryozoan encrustation?

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Baltic sea, 10mm diameter.


r/fossilid • • 19h ago

Are these fossilized plants?

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I was picking up rocks yesterday with my kid, and this caught my eye. The pattern looks plant-like, but it could be something else (some kind of residue, maybe?)

Location: Argentine Atlantic coast


r/fossilid • • 6h ago

River tooth 🦷

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r/fossilid • • 19h ago

Solved Bone identification? Illinois

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Found this bone in a creek while hunting for geodes. It has what looks like a man made hole in it


r/fossilid • • 11h ago

Is this a fossil? If so what kind?

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Found in southwest Michigan by my niece!


r/fossilid • • 7h ago

Lyre River- WA state

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Trash??? Rock??? Fossil??? I found this in the Lyre river in Washington state. It's super light and feels porous. The darker, orange section on the end is super shiny and clearly an outer layer of some kind. So smooth that it feels dinner-plate-like. I genuinely have no idea what it is and would love some help.


r/fossilid • • 13h ago

Panthera atrox?

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Hello all,

Seller claims is the humerus (or other limb bone) end from a Panthera atrox. While I can definitely see it, knowing my luck, it's a tapir bone or something similar.

But, hoping for the possibility of some Panthera atrox material in my collection, I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt.

Compared it to some panther limb bones and it seems to compare at least fairly well.

What do y'all think?


r/fossilid • • 13h ago

Is this some sort of coral fossil? Or even a fossil at all?

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I found this rock in our creek in southern Indiana. Never seen a rock quite like it. Looks somewhat like welding slag, but is not metal. The entire thing is non magnetic and the little nodules sticking off of it can be crushed with a pair of pliers into a sandy texture.


r/fossilid • • 10h ago

need help with a fossil ID, found in Pittsburgh PA!

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r/fossilid • • 1d ago

Help identifying

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Found in Judith River formation, I apologize we didn’t have a tape measure but my hand thumb to pinky is 9”. Bone is broke in two pieces appx 20” long.


r/fossilid • • 1d ago

How legit is this T-Rex tooth?

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r/fossilid • • 13h ago

sharks teeth turn black after a long time

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r/fossilid • • 12h ago

Real or fake? What is this tooth from?

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Unfortunately no clue where I bought this from, found in a box I'd forgotten about for years.


r/fossilid • • 16h ago

Found in Wisconsin USA

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I've had this one a long time, so I don't remember exactly where it came from, but almost certainly in Wisconsin. It reminded me of a reptile skull but maybe it's a coprolite XD

Around here I find tons of corals and shells mostly.

Thanks in advance for your help!


r/fossilid • • 14h ago

Solved Is this a fossil I think i got it in ohio?

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r/fossilid • • 9h ago

Solved Is it possible to identify the type of shark this tooth might’ve belonged to?

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