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What is it?

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What is it?

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  • Profile picture of Peter Young

    Peter Young posted a new specimen in the group Group logo of What is it?What is it? from the myFOSSIL app 20 hours, 35 minutes ago

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    Peter Young has contributed specimen mFeM 96466 to myFOSSIL!

    • Profile picture of A Trilobite
      A Trilobite replied 19 hours, 30 minutes ago

      I see a possible fossil in the middle but without closer photos it will be hard to tell what it is

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    Peter Young joined the group Group logo of What is it?What is it? 20 hours, 37 minutes ago

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  • Profile picture of Jessica Cravens

    Jessica Cravens posted a new specimen in the group Group logo of What is it?What is it? from the myFOSSIL app 1 day, 3 hours ago

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    Jessica Cravens has contributed specimen mFeM 96454 to myFOSSIL!

    • Profile picture of Mazie Ancic
      Mazie Ancic replied 4 hours, 44 minutes ago

      Sea shell

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    Kelly Hung joined the group Group logo of What is it?What is it? 1 day, 5 hours ago

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  • Profile picture of Angel Mantos

    Angel Mantos posted a new specimen in the group Group logo of What is it?What is it? from the myFOSSIL app 1 day, 5 hours ago

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    Angel Mantos has contributed specimen mFeM 96444 to myFOSSIL!

    • Profile picture of Aiden Gore
      Aiden Gore replied 1 day, 1 hour ago

      Snails

    • Profile picture of Angel Mantos
      Angel Mantos replied 19 hours, 25 minutes ago

      Sea snails

  • Profile picture of Angel Mantos

    Angel Mantos posted a new specimen in the group Group logo of What is it?What is it? from the myFOSSIL app 1 day, 5 hours ago

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    Angel Mantos has contributed specimen mFeM 96439 to myFOSSIL!

    • Profile picture of A Trilobite
      A Trilobite replied 1 day, 4 hours ago

      These actually look like snail shells, still nice finds

    • Profile picture of Angel Mantos
      Angel Mantos replied 1 day, 4 hours ago

      They are very thin, because of this they are ammonites

    • Profile picture of Leonardo Miranda
      Leonardo Miranda replied 1 day, 2 hours ago

      they’re snails, not ammonites. they have a different coiling pattern and lack inner chamber divisions.

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      Leonardo Miranda replied 1 day, 2 hours ago

      still quite cool finds

    • Profile picture of Angel Mantos
      Angel Mantos replied 19 hours, 24 minutes ago

      Bruh

    • Profile picture of Angel Mantos
      Angel Mantos replied 19 hours, 24 minutes ago

      I know what I mean

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      Angel Mantos replied 19 hours, 23 minutes ago

      I give them to a specialist to test

    • Profile picture of Angel Mantos
      Angel Mantos replied 19 hours, 23 minutes ago

      and snails have a more fat shwll

    • Profile picture of Angel Mantos
      Angel Mantos replied 19 hours, 23 minutes ago

      shell

    • Profile picture of Daniel Park
      Daniel Park replied 18 hours, 22 minutes ago

      I’m going to have to agree with the snail ID on this one. These remind me of Southern Flatcoil snail shells, which iNaturalist tells me can be found in Greece. Not sure if they specifically are that species, but they do seem to be snails.

    • Profile picture of Angel Mantos
      Angel Mantos replied 18 hours, 16 minutes ago

      Yes! I found them in Greece, because Im greek

    • Profile picture of Angel Mantos
      Angel Mantos replied 18 hours, 15 minutes ago

      they are baby ammonites

    • Profile picture of Angel Mantos
      Angel Mantos replied 18 hours, 15 minutes ago

      because of this they don’t look like so much with another

    • Profile picture of Daniel Cat
      Daniel Cat replied 10 hours, 35 minutes ago

      I think they are snails

    • Profile picture of A Trilobite
      A Trilobite replied 8 hours, 19 minutes ago

      Snail shells spiral outwards, ammonites are flat

    • Profile picture of A Trilobite
      A Trilobite replied 8 hours, 18 minutes ago

      Also if the inside is hollow (not filled with solid Rock) it’s modern and not a fossil

    • Profile picture of Angel Mantos
      Angel Mantos replied 8 hours, 18 minutes ago

      no

    • Profile picture of Angel Mantos
      Angel Mantos replied 8 hours, 17 minutes ago

      I find them near to dirt

    • Profile picture of Angel Mantos
      Angel Mantos replied 8 hours, 17 minutes ago

      and this one is full

    • Profile picture of Angel Mantos
      Angel Mantos replied 8 hours, 16 minutes ago

      @a-trilobite, see one more pic

    • Profile picture of Angel Mantos
      Angel Mantos replied 8 hours, 14 minutes ago

      it is 0,2 flat

    • Profile picture of Angel Mantos
      Angel Mantos replied 8 hours, 13 minutes ago

      and if they are snails, they are fossils, because I found them near to jurassic rocks

  • Profile picture of Dusty Kimbrow

    Dusty Kimbrow posted an image in the group Group logo of What is it?What is it? from the myFOSSIL app 1 day, 7 hours ago

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    Found in Cretaceous age sediments in central Alabama. Blufftown or Demopolis chalk formations. Any idea who was the original owner???

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      Jack Parker-Tyreman replied 1 day, 4 hours ago

      I think some kind of ancient mammal tooth

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      Jack Parker-Tyreman replied 1 day, 4 hours ago

      It doesn’t look as much like a herbivore dinosaur tooth and more of a small mammal molar

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  • Profile picture of Charles Du

    Charles Du posted a new specimen in the group Group logo of What is it?What is it? from the myFOSSIL app 1 day, 16 hours ago

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    Charles Du has contributed specimen mFeM 96429 to myFOSSIL!

    • Profile picture of A Trilobite
      A Trilobite replied 1 day, 9 hours ago

      Petrified wood probably

    • Profile picture of Kelly Hung
      Kelly Hung replied 1 day, 5 hours ago

      Drifted wood probably

  • Profile picture of Charles Du

    Charles Du posted a new specimen in the group Group logo of What is it?What is it? from the myFOSSIL app 1 day, 16 hours ago

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    Charles Du has contributed specimen mFeM 96418 to myFOSSIL!

    • Profile picture of A Trilobite
      A Trilobite replied 1 day, 9 hours ago

      It’s possible, but less likely then the other one you have

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      Charles Du replied 1 day, 7 hours ago

      It’s hard to tell from the photos but there is a definite curvature. I’m thinking this is a little less than a third of the actual specimen.

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    Charles Du posted a new specimen in the group Group logo of What is it?What is it? from the myFOSSIL app 1 day, 16 hours ago

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    Charles Du has contributed specimen mFeM 96409 to myFOSSIL!

    • Profile picture of A Trilobite
      A Trilobite replied 1 day, 9 hours ago

      I would think it’s a stromatolite

    • Profile picture of Charles Du
      Charles Du replied 1 day, 7 hours ago

      That’s what I was thinking but I wanted to check with the community and see what everyone else thought.

    • Profile picture of Kelly Hung
      Kelly Hung replied 1 day, 5 hours ago

      I agree with a-trilobite.

  • Profile picture of Jessica Cravens

    Jessica Cravens posted an image in the group Group logo of What is it?What is it? from the myFOSSIL app 1 day, 17 hours ago

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    Maybe some coral & a gastropod? #fossil

    • Profile picture of A Trilobite
      A Trilobite replied 1 day, 9 hours ago

      Yes

    • Profile picture of Angel Mantos
      Angel Mantos replied 1 day, 6 hours ago

      sure 👌👌

    • Profile picture of Jessica Cravens
      Jessica Cravens replied 1 day, 4 hours ago

      Thank you for the confirmation!

  • Profile picture of Haley Hudson

    Haley Hudson posted a new specimen in the group Group logo of What is it?What is it? from the myFOSSIL app 1 day, 17 hours ago

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    Haley Hudson has contributed specimen mFeM 96403 to myFOSSIL!

    • Profile picture of Aiden Gore
      Aiden Gore replied 1 day, 6 hours ago

      I think

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      Aiden Gore replied 1 day, 6 hours ago

      Mat

    • Profile picture of Aiden Gore
      Aiden Gore replied 1 day, 6 hours ago

      Maybe

    • Profile picture of Kelly Hung
      Kelly Hung replied 1 day, 5 hours ago

      It is.

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    Hank Vierling joined the group Group logo of What is it?What is it? 1 day, 17 hours ago

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    Jessica Cravens joined the group Group logo of What is it?What is it? 1 day, 17 hours ago

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  • Profile picture of Haley Hudson

    Haley Hudson posted a new specimen in the group Group logo of What is it?What is it? from the myFOSSIL app 1 day, 17 hours ago

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    Haley Hudson has contributed specimen mFeM 96400 to myFOSSIL!

    • Profile picture of Bill Heim
      Bill Heim replied 1 day, 10 hours ago

      need more view angles

  • Profile picture of Haley Hudson

    Haley Hudson posted a new specimen in the group Group logo of What is it?What is it? from the myFOSSIL app 1 day, 17 hours ago

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    Haley Hudson has contributed specimen mFeM 96389 to myFOSSIL!

  • Profile picture of Charles Du

    Charles Du posted a new specimen in the group Group logo of What is it?What is it? from the myFOSSIL app 2 days, 4 hours ago

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    Charles Du has contributed specimen mFeM 96312 to myFOSSIL!

    • Profile picture of Daniel Park
      Daniel Park replied 2 days, 2 hours ago

      Possibly shells embedded in rock? Not sure.

    • Profile picture of Charles Du
      Charles Du replied 2 days, 1 hour ago

      I don’t believe them to be brachiopods.

    • Profile picture of Charles Du
      Charles Du replied 2 days, 1 hour ago

      The anatomy does not resemble brachiopods.

    • Profile picture of A Trilobite
      A Trilobite replied 1 day, 23 hours ago

      It’s definitely something, no pattern like that just appears three times. It resembles an arthropod exoskeleton, but I’m not certain. maybe @matthew-gramling has an idea

    • Profile picture of Matthew Gramling
      Matthew Gramling replied 1 day, 22 hours ago

      Greetings all! This one puzzles me. I’ve seen chert deposits like this in similar looking matrix which was part of the Fort Payne Chert. Perhaps it is from an invertebrate, but I can’t tell. @chloe-geddes might be the better judge for this specimen.

    • Profile picture of Charles Du
      Charles Du replied 1 day, 22 hours ago

      https://ocean.si.edu/sites/default/files/styles/photo_full/public/2019-05/trilobites.jpg?itok=MpHFzKGa

    • Profile picture of Charles Du
      Charles Du replied 1 day, 22 hours ago

      One of the trilobite exoskeletons looks kinda similar in this photo… (bottom left)

    • Profile picture of Leonardo Miranda
      Leonardo Miranda replied 1 day, 2 hours ago

      some kind of strange hemichordate or echinoderm?

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    Ss BA posted an image in the group Group logo of What is it?What is it? from the myFOSSIL app 3 days, 19 hours ago

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    What is this ? Back view!! #fossil

    • Profile picture of Patrick Hsieh
      Patrick Hsieh replied 3 days, 19 hours ago

      Looks like Crepidula sp.

    • Profile picture of Ss BA
      Ss BA replied 3 days, 8 hours ago

      Thank you !!

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