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Sep 3, 2015 · Updated Nov 25, 2022 Collectors, online sellers and some dealers periodically ask me to help them in the identification of tyrannosaur type teeth. So I thought I would put …

Feb 1, 2023 · Since last year I’ve been to a commercial Bone Valley fossil operation in Wauchula for the best fossil hunting in Florida. They bring rich dirt from Bone Valley to Wauchula for …

May 3, 2018 · ANSWERING FOSSIL ID REQUESTS: Identification Posting For The Uninitiated 2.0 (NEW MEMBERS PLEASE READ) 1 2 3 By paleoflor, November 26, 2013 answering

Oct 6, 2024 · I'm interested in purchasing air abrasive tools for preparing small fossils, such as brachiopods, crinoid ossicles, and bivalves found in shale and sandstone. Most of these fossils …

Mar 7, 2025 · I collected these unusual fossils from a stream in Lee County, GA. The substrate there is Ocala Group Limestone, Late Eocene (~39 Ma). These two fossils were recovered …

Mar 13, 2025 · Hi All, I thought I would start a thread to highlight my fossils hunts throughout 2025. With three in the bag, I have some catching up to do! Weather has been less than …

May 20, 2025 · I found this on our property. Located in a stream bed. We are located in Scotch Settlement, NB. Canada. Cool rock ?

May 1, 2025 · Water can also be used to dissolve the matrix into a paste as well - which is what I normally do if I don't immediately see a fossil in any of the pieces, with me breaking only the …

Jan 9, 2025 · The thread above identifies both Llama and Horse earbone = periotic= petrosal. Both of those earbones are larger than yours, so my 1st insight is that you have a mammal …