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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.

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    Albertosaurus tooth - Horse Shoe Canyon Formation

    Found last year. 2.95 inches. Here’s a video compilation I put together which includes this tooth and some others. https://youtu.be/w8ldDFD6-vA

    0 Comments
    2023/05/28
    20:23 UTC
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    A Rhagionidae and a scorpion's tail on the background, Burmese amber.

    0 Comments
    2023/05/28
    20:14 UTC
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    The fossil of a 20cm baby crocodile from Germany

    3 Comments
    2023/05/28
    12:30 UTC
    112

    Found in Buffalo NY

    11 Comments
    2023/05/27
    20:44 UTC
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    A few Eurypterids

    A few Eurypterids, all self collected.

    5 Comments
    2023/05/27
    15:15 UTC
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    Awesome Dinosaur Tooth From Lance Creek

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    2023/05/27
    15:01 UTC
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    Mammut Americanum molar. 8 3/4in from top of crown to bottom of root.

    6 Comments
    2023/05/25
    22:11 UTC
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    Found this on the beach, believe it's a pleurotomaria

    0 Comments
    2023/05/25
    16:50 UTC
    117

    Decadocrinus multinosodus from the Hamilton Group of NY. This is the second known complete crinoid pulled from this specific site.

    3 Comments
    2023/05/25
    11:24 UTC
    109

    Proscorpius osborni

    Here’s the oldest described scorpion in the fossil record. This specimen is the largest in the world and was collected a few years ago and is now in my collection. Phelps waterlime NY.

    6 Comments
    2023/05/24
    23:06 UTC
    85

    Isotelus gigas

    Collected this bad boy in February, it measures nearly 7 and a half inches! Collected in New York.

    1 Comment
    2023/05/23
    23:50 UTC
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    Lovely stromatoporoid. Silicified. You can see the wavy ripples from the mamalons!

    2 Comments
    2023/05/23
    14:06 UTC
    52

    Agatized gastropod (snail) fossil found in Paleozoic gravel

    0 Comments
    2023/05/23
    14:05 UTC
    23

    Smashed a random rock in the Ozarks

    5 Comments
    2023/05/22
    23:01 UTC
    5

    Biggest horn coral so far. Really shallow and rusty

    0 Comments
    2023/05/22
    21:00 UTC
    92

    Acutiramus macrophthalmus

    A rare Eurypterid I collected a few weeks ago.

    4 Comments
    2023/05/22
    17:02 UTC
    3

    Megalograptus sp.

    Ohio, Ordovician.

    0 Comments
    2023/05/22
    16:45 UTC
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    Juvenile Eurypterid, Parahughmilleria Maria, from the lower lizard creek shale beds in pa.

    0 Comments
    2023/05/22
    16:41 UTC
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    Found inside a sandstone rock

    Does anybody know what it could be?

    2 Comments
    2023/05/22
    09:00 UTC
    13

    Found a perfect cool shell while hiking. Mty NL Mex

    1 Comment
    2023/05/22
    01:18 UTC
    11

    I was pretty happy to find this nice grouping of Claudopora.

    There are more on the other sides of the rock, but I thought this was the best view.

    0 Comments
    2023/05/21
    17:50 UTC
    196

    I found a little insectivore skull in the White River Formation in Wyoming.

    11 Comments
    2023/05/21
    16:54 UTC
    7

    Afrovenator Dinosaur Tooth From Niger

    0 Comments
    2023/05/21
    15:08 UTC
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    Id

    I found this in Wisconsin and I’m not 100% sure what this is

    0 Comments
    2023/05/21
    01:00 UTC
    9

    Posted a pic a couple days ago of a plant fossil. Here’s a few more I’ve found in the same spot.

    0 Comments
    2023/05/21
    00:30 UTC
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    My dad found this in a creek about 45 years ago.

    My dad found this in the late 70s buried under the bank in the creek behind his house.

    2 Comments
    2023/05/20
    22:16 UTC
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    Can anyone identify, there must be a birdhead inside. Also check out the what I think is the cervical vertebra at the backside, picture in the comments.

    Found it in Denmark today. I'm very excited about my first find. Or at least I hope I found my first fossil.

    2 Comments
    2023/05/20
    18:17 UTC
    17

    My first attempt of a polished ammonite!

    0 Comments
    2023/05/20
    16:00 UTC
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    Lake Ontario finds hand polished

    15 Comments
    2023/05/20
    15:32 UTC
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