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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.
  • Make sure your image is hosted by an approved host
    • 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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    Starfish fossils

    From the Ordovician period starfish are such stunning fossil Self preparing and digging. Location: Morocco

    0 Comments
    2024/12/02
    20:46 UTC

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    Near perfect Pleistocene wolf/dog (canis lupus) vertebra

    This beach find is a nearly undamaged Pleistocene wolf (/early Holocene wolf/dog) vertebra. It was found at a North Sea beach known for ice age mammal fossils.

    2 Comments
    2024/12/02
    15:00 UTC

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    Found in Mugla, Turkey

    What is this and how many years do you think?

    2 Comments
    2024/12/01
    10:21 UTC

    115

    Teen Rex!!!

    Today at Denver Museum of Nature and Science.

    13 Comments
    2024/12/01
    03:53 UTC

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    Just finished up this one. Agate replaced petrified wood.

    0 Comments
    2024/11/30
    22:24 UTC

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    Ichthyosaur bone block

    Consisting of 10 complete vertebrae, 3 partials and 3 partial neural arches. I found this in South Gloucestershire, UK, in early Spring this year and have just finished preparing it.

    5 Comments
    2024/11/30
    12:30 UTC

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    I think this is a fossil

    I will pretend it is a claw until proven otherwise.

    8 Comments
    2024/11/30
    04:22 UTC

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    Gar

    What do y’all think of my gar?

    9 Comments
    2024/11/29
    23:42 UTC

    62

    Found this hoss recently- middle TN

    6 Comments
    2024/11/29
    23:39 UTC

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    More spoils from the cliff scramble

    0 Comments
    2024/11/29
    15:57 UTC

    47

    KY never disappoints

    Not bad for two hours. Honestly this area out near LaGrange is packed with goodies falling off the roadside cliffs. (One photo upload limit is a bummer)

    8 Comments
    2024/11/29
    15:31 UTC

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    Eutrochocrinus christyi

    A nice, recently found Eutrochocrinus crinoid calyx that was mostly weathered free from the encrinite. This specimen will be a quick and easy clean up project, and should look nice when finished.

    3 Comments
    2024/11/28
    12:27 UTC

    57

    Uperocrinus longirostris

    A nice Uperocrinus calyx I recently finished cleaning up. The calyx is great shape, and has a bit of the anal tube present.

    0 Comments
    2024/11/28
    12:23 UTC

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    Vertebraria- fossil Glossopteris root from the Illawarra Coal Measures, New South Wales, Australia!

    0 Comments
    2024/11/28
    04:28 UTC

    4

    Floor fossil pt2

    Since the first post seemed to be enjoyed figured I'd share more. If y'all want to see more I can post more just didn't want to spam the sub since I can't post an album of them all. most of the pics are just the shell guys but there's a few probably tube worms, a leaf maybe, and a coral skeleton I think.

    0 Comments
    2024/11/27
    17:40 UTC

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    Harvey Cedars, New Jersey

    Found this early this morning on the beach, any ideas on what it could of come from?

    0 Comments
    2024/11/27
    14:02 UTC

    192

    I made a trilobite mug!

    4 Comments
    2024/11/27
    13:15 UTC

    28

    Agate Rainbow Petrified Wood, finished up today!

    0 Comments
    2024/11/27
    05:38 UTC

    35

    Fossil whale bone

    9 Comments
    2024/11/27
    01:06 UTC

    198

    Found a nifty fossil in the floor at work today.

    There were a bunch of them scattered around in the various colors of marbel tile

    12 Comments
    2024/11/26
    20:36 UTC

    19

    Trocholite ammonius (I believe) Upper ordivician, Lorraine group, Frankfurt shale. Might be the only know pyritized example from this location or maybe even the world.

    5 Comments
    2024/11/24
    20:30 UTC

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    Found this Tylostoma a couple years ago with a bonus inside!

    3 Comments
    2024/11/24
    18:25 UTC

    10

    Petrified Wood trapped in Volcanic Ash

    0 Comments
    2024/11/24
    03:56 UTC

    39

    Stenopora fossil!

    0 Comments
    2024/11/24
    03:23 UTC

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    Self found and prepped (it was my first prep ever so I know it's horrible please forgive me) regionally endemic Keeneia ocula gastropod from the Shoalhaven Group: Broughton Formation which dates to the later Guadalupian Series (~266 - 259 million years old).

    Took me 25 minutes and a really sore arm to use my geological hammer and extract it from the cliff matrix, and then it went flying into a puddle (all I could see at the start was a tiny protrusion). Then I hammered (yes, hammered) the matrix on it away, as it is very robust. Then I also used my fingernails to scratch off loose matrix under running water and then used my scool teacher's Dremel to chip off ugly matrix. The outer rim turned out much better than I had expected. The back is wonderful too.

    0 Comments
    2024/11/23
    12:16 UTC

    15

    Internal Gastropod Cast (Devonian)

    I found this internal gastropod cast on a fossil hunt in upstate New York. I was extremely pleased with its quality and the little cleaning required to achieve its current state. This is, and will continue to be, one of my most prized fossils in my collection.

    Identified via http://Digitalatlasofancientlife.org

    (Naticonema lineata from the Devonian Hamilton Group near Geneseo, New York. Maximum dimension of specimen is approximately 2cm in diameter and 1cm in height. No bananas were available…)

    1 Comment
    2024/11/23
    00:48 UTC

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    Prep work today, first time I've seen this!

    0 Comments
    2024/11/22
    23:33 UTC

    111

    Green River Cockerellite

    Here is a Cockerellite from the 18” Layer of Green River that I own! Enjoy!

    3 Comments
    2024/11/22
    00:55 UTC

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    Caelestiventus at the BYU paleontology museum in Provo.

    3 Comments
    2024/11/21
    22:33 UTC

    52

    Unknown fossil

    Found in Minnesota

    0 Comments
    2024/11/21
    22:00 UTC

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