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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.
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    • 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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    12

    Etyus martini

    Late Albian - Cretaceous Gault clay fossil from Folkestone UK

    0 Comments
    2024/11/11
    21:18 UTC

    2

    Possible Palm Wood, Central Texas

    1 Comment
    2024/11/11
    20:39 UTC

    27

    My first trilobite (Reedops sp.)

    0 Comments
    2024/11/11
    19:32 UTC

    110

    A Beauty from Bakersfield

    Not my find but a stunner.

    8 Comments
    2024/11/11
    18:04 UTC

    4

    Super risky fossil, Dundalk Ontario Canada.

    0 Comments
    2024/11/11
    17:21 UTC

    8

    belemnite selection

    some belemnites from my box, large to small. hoping to find larger and smaller ones and sizes in between. i like belemnites.

    0 Comments
    2024/11/11
    16:46 UTC

    51

    A galaxy of worm fossils

    6 Comments
    2024/11/11
    10:20 UTC

    21

    A little heart shaped brachiopod fossil I found

    0 Comments
    2024/11/11
    02:08 UTC

    9

    Trex fossil

    7 Comments
    2024/11/11
    01:56 UTC

    95

    Agate/Opal replaced petrified wood.

    5 Comments
    2024/11/10
    16:55 UTC

    10

    my friend Peter's fossil shell

    0 Comments
    2024/11/10
    15:17 UTC

    19

    Someone has asked for my finds all together. Didn't bother adding in all the small miscellaneous stuff.

    2 Comments
    2024/11/10
    00:51 UTC

    161

    My biggest meg tooth ever (so far ;) ) surface find, just sitting on the creek

    3 Comments
    2024/11/09
    22:57 UTC

    107

    Hematized Goniatite, Morocco

    3 Comments
    2024/11/09
    19:19 UTC

    103

    Fossil whale bone, completely agatized

    2 Comments
    2024/11/07
    16:40 UTC

    55

    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

    10 Comments
    2024/11/06
    21:24 UTC

    3

    Mystery fossil on a limestone headstone in Ireland. Looks kinda cylindrical

    3 Comments
    2024/11/05
    14:06 UTC

    13

    Beautiful heartbreaker. Love the variety of meg tooth colors around here.

    1 Comment
    2024/11/05
    02:22 UTC

    667

    Spent an hour at a creek here in Virginia and got lucky 😎

    18 Comments
    2024/11/05
    02:18 UTC

    25

    Some nice Maclurites I collected in Northern Ontario this year. Ordovician era fossils.

    5 Comments
    2024/11/04
    23:42 UTC

    14

    Found along the Little Miami River in Morrow, OH. About 9 inches long.

    4 Comments
    2024/11/04
    21:23 UTC

    39

    Found in garden

    Anyone know what this is? It looks like an earthworm but it is quite big.

    2 Comments
    2024/11/02
    14:03 UTC

    50

    Wee Nautilus

    Found in October in Burton Bradstock, UK

    2 Comments
    2024/11/01
    06:20 UTC

    31

    Edestus with pyrite

    5 Comments
    2024/10/31
    12:07 UTC

    113

    Edestus

    Scissor tooth shark Pennsylvanian period Illinois, USA

    6 Comments
    2024/10/31
    11:37 UTC

    9

    Fossil Sails Fail Amargasaurus Clone(Aurorus Pokemon)

    0 Comments
    2024/10/29
    21:38 UTC

    55

    Looks like an embryo. Found in Pennsylvania, USA

    Anyone ever see something like this?

    17 Comments
    2024/10/29
    20:56 UTC

    22

    Tyrannosaurus rex

    Just wanted to show you guys a couple of new additions to my hell creek section.

    5 Comments
    2024/10/28
    18:09 UTC

    83

    Pennsylvanian period fossil. Calamite trunk.

    2 Comments
    2024/10/28
    13:40 UTC

    8

    Olives Question

    Waccamaw formation, eastern NC. Same species with variation or different species?

    0 Comments
    2024/10/28
    01:47 UTC

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