/r/FossilPorn
This is a subreddit for high quality photos of remarkable fossils of any age.
This is a subreddit for high quality pictures of fossils. Please include some context in the title, such as the scientific name or common name of the fossil, its age, discovery location, etc., and include image resolution in brackets. If possible, please include some form of scale in the picture.
Submission Rules
- Include some context about the image in the title (such as the type of fossil, location found, etc).
- Include the resolution in [brackets] in the title
- Please make the effort to CREDIT THE SOURCE
- Only submit static images
- Videos, collections, interactive images/websites, and articles are not allowed.
- Do not submit a shortened link using a URL shortener like tinyurl.
- Original source is allowed and preferred over the approved hosts. If your submission is not on the list of approved hosts, but it is an original source, please use the tag [OS] so your submission is not removed in error. If your image is rehosted from another approved host it will be removed.
- If you took the photo yourself, you can signify this by using the tag [OC] (original content) and after 24 hours you will be given special flair. If you don't receive flair after a few days feel free to message the mods.
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/r/FossilPorn
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Someone has asked for my finds all together. Didn't bother adding in all the small miscellaneous stuff.
00:51 UTC
My biggest meg tooth ever (so far ;) ) surface find, just sitting on the creek
22:57 UTC
Hematized Goniatite, Morocco
19:19 UTC
Fossil whale bone, completely agatized
16:40 UTC
Glyptodont scute
Hi everyone, I'm excited to show you my first discovery that I actually know what it is. If I'm right, this is the inner face of a glyptodont scute. I'll leave 2 images in the comments to provide more context.
Exact location:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/5VkyouVfqqCcq2WS8?g_st=com.google.maps.preview.copy
21:24 UTC
Mystery fossil on a limestone headstone in Ireland. Looks kinda cylindrical
14:06 UTC
Beautiful heartbreaker. Love the variety of meg tooth colors around here.
02:22 UTC
Spent an hour at a creek here in Virginia and got lucky 😎
02:18 UTC
Some nice Maclurites I collected in Northern Ontario this year. Ordovician era fossils.
23:42 UTC
Found along the Little Miami River in Morrow, OH. About 9 inches long.
21:23 UTC
Found in garden
Anyone know what this is? It looks like an earthworm but it is quite big.
14:03 UTC
Wee Nautilus
Found in October in Burton Bradstock, UK
06:20 UTC
Edestus with pyrite
12:07 UTC
Edestus
Scissor tooth shark Pennsylvanian period Illinois, USA
11:37 UTC
Fossil Sails Fail Amargasaurus Clone(Aurorus Pokemon)
21:38 UTC
Looks like an embryo. Found in Pennsylvania, USA
Anyone ever see something like this?
20:56 UTC
Tyrannosaurus rex
Just wanted to show you guys a couple of new additions to my hell creek section.
18:09 UTC
Pennsylvanian period fossil. Calamite trunk.
13:40 UTC
Olives Question
Waccamaw formation, eastern NC. Same species with variation or different species?
01:47 UTC
Found a tooth out hunting, I was told it was from a tyranosaur gorgosaurus
Bottom left is a turtle shell the brown ones are teeth and pieces, I don't know what the bones are
18:28 UTC
Pooping termite in amber
10:46 UTC
Found in Wyoming!
04:37 UTC
Sone weird starfish and clams
Ive been trying to figure out what those little dark circles are with stars in the middle
03:46 UTC
Champsosaurus fibula found near the K/Pg boundary
13:14 UTC
Thalassotitan atrox tooth
Up close view of a tooth I purchased and have gotten the id for - the species shown is known as thalassotitan atrox one of the three prognathosons that come from the phosphate beds of morroco
23:57 UTC
Flexicalymene ouzregui (left) and an unidentified Moroccan trilobite (the other one)!
Beautiful babies!
07:37 UTC
Partial trilobite fossils found in gravel parking lot
14:17 UTC
My fossil coral under a loupe
11:45 UTC
tiny clam fossil from Pohang, South Korea
08:56 UTC
Thumb-sized fossil scooped up from a Lake Erie beach while collecting rocks and sea glass at Presque Isle State Park in PA. My first ever find!!
18:39 UTC