The Fossil Forum - Fossils, Paleontology Science In this area, we celebrate our amateur contributions to the paleontological sciences Whether by volunteering their time (lab work, collections maintenance, organized field work), or through the donation of significant specimens to scientific institutions, amateurs have always played an important but unheralded part!
Fossil ID - The Fossil Forum ANSWERING FOSSIL ID REQUESTS: Identification Posting For The Uninitiated 2 0 (NEW MEMBERS PLEASE READ) 1 2 3 By paleoflor, November 26, 2013 answering
April 2025 - Fossil Find of the Month Contest Now, go find your fossil, do your research, and make an entry! Best of success to all, and good hunting! ***** Rules for The Fossil of the Month Contests Find a great Vertebrate Fossil or Invertebrate Plant Fossil! Only fossils found personally by you are allowed NO PURCHASED FOSSILS Post your entry in the Fossil Find of the Month topic
What air abrasive tools do i need - The Fossil Forum 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 are already partially prepared, but I would like to give them a finishing touch What specific tools and accessories
2025 Fossil Hunts - Fossil Hunting Trips - The Fossil Forum 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 cooperative My first hunt of the year was in February 23rd Visited a few sites in the Kinzers Fm of Lancaster Co, PA Found m
Fossil Sites in Western PA? - Fossil Hunting Trips - The Fossil Forum Greetings, I’ve recently gotten back into prospecting fossils and I’m looking for some suggestions on sites to visit in western Pennsylvania I frequently visit Ambridge PA to find fern and Calamite fossils from the Mahoning fm and would like to find more I also would like to find fossils of ear
How can I soften up Dutch Belgian cretaceous matrix ? - Fossil . . . 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 remaining, unbreakable chunks by hand Never use vinegar, since the high chalk content of the fossils that make up the matrix mean the whole block will be eaten away
Collections - The Fossil Forum Welcome to The Fossil Forum Collections! This section is intended to be a database for our members to archive and document distinctive fossil specimens in their collections It will help our community turn their personal collections into a useful database for fossil identification A virtual museum, of sorts In addition, the CRM will also
Identification Tyrannosaurid Teeth From Canada . . . - The Fossil Forum 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 together a guide from Western North America (US Canada) to help in identification The following is the current understanding
Need help: big brook Fossil ID - Fossil ID - The Fossil Forum I am in need of help to ID some of my finds from Big Brook I am thinking a lot of these are concretions, but just want to be sure I am pretty sure of a few of these, but would really like some more experienced opinions Let me know what you think I can add more detailed pictures—tried to organ