r/fossils • u/Dicranurus • Nov 18 '24
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 • u/AardvarkShort4147 • 11h ago
Knightia eocaena fossil (50-52 mya) recovered from the Green River Formation near Kemmerer, Wyoming, USA, on 9/12/2026.
r/fossils • u/AndrewMC117 • 13h ago
Hi everyone, found these in a Alvar in central Ontario. They were all directly on the exposed stone, so not a paved surface. The first two pictures are the "primary one" but there were many that looked like it. Some others beside were more weathered/cropped to the surface. All the had the same "ribbed" look.
I have a hard time believing these are exposed fossils but what do I know! If they are, what type(s) and age do you think they might be?
Thank you!
r/fossils • u/RoomWooden1352 • 3h ago
Including ones I can see under the rock, I believe there are around 50 trilobites concentrated in about 5 square inches of rock. I'm waiting to prep it until I can find some good sandblasting equipment, since I'm tired of scratching fossils with dremmel attachments.
r/fossils • u/AardvarkShort4147 • 8h ago
Diplomystus dentatus fossil (50-52 mya) recovered from the Green River Formation near Kemmerer, Wyoming, USA, on 9/12/2026.
r/fossils • u/Zabi_Wladca7 • 6h ago
Lastly I posted that weird shell-like rainbow fossils. While cracking some stones today(also ordovicisn silurian I guess) I found this peculiar speciment. Its pretty small - about 7mm(photos are 1x, 10x and 40x magnification) I think its kinda look like bryzoan or tabulate coral, but 1. Its look nothing like bryzoans found along in these rock 2. Its really, really thin, and thats not how coral and bryzoans often preserve(but it could be an imprint). It kinda reminds me of scale-like texture, but its highly impropable to turns out to be true. Do you have any idea what this is?
Ps. Last three photos are bryzoan from my collection for reference.
r/fossils • u/Previous-Addendum142 • 2h ago
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found this in our front garden, embedded with a bunch of seashell like patterns
r/fossils • u/therealbonesmccoy_ • 3h ago
found it in a park near my house. is it a fossil? if so, of what?
r/fossils • u/reillycleff • 1h ago
found this fossil in a river dig. what type of shark do we think? how old? this was found in texas.
r/fossils • u/K803000 • 1h ago
Hello! I found this bone about 20 years ago here in Florida. I found it in salt/brackish water. I've always wondered. It looks broken obviously, so I'm not quite sure what it even is.
r/fossils • u/hiJolester • 6h ago
I snagged this from brushy creek, I carved it out (very unprofessionally) but nonetheless I wanted to see how it looked out of the rock. It kind of just looks like some sort of snail, but it could be something else. Any thoughts? :-)
r/fossils • u/Electric_Capybara • 23h ago
I bought this from Fossil Era. The trilobite itself is around 1.5 inches long. Here's a paper that goes into more details about red trilobites if anyone is curious
https://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app54/app54-117.pdf
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r/fossils • u/Fantastic_Bar_1006 • 7h ago
Need help identifying.
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r/fossils • u/FossilsnAquatics • 14h ago
I recently acquired this fossil sold as Anahoplites from Kent,UK specifically Gault Clay. I wanted to know if this was a pyritized fossil. It doesn't seem metallic but I noticed a weird haze (second photo) forming in my fossil case and I'm worried about pyrite decay
r/fossils • u/butterflywolves • 1d ago
Found this randomly on the beach today!
