possibly a worn claw are you in mesezoic era rocks

Thanks so much for your comment. We are not sure what era we are in. We are just getting started with finding out about fossils. I am actually 5 years old and my dad is helping me (he is typing) I included the photo of all the other fossils we found that day to try help but we are really unsure. Any information you might have would be super…[Read more]

I’m very new too but I’ve never found anything like that it may be just a strange rock but it looks more promising than that. are there any near by muesuem.

what beach did you find it on

those shells are lovely too happy hunting!

Thanks for your reply. All fossils were found about 7km from current day beach named 90mile beach in Victoria, Australia. Great idea, I will contact Melbourne museum

that’s ok zac sorry I might take a little longer to reply next I’ll do some research on Australia

oops sent before finished. I’m on the Isle of wight. uk. or you into finding an particular fossil like dinosaur fossils fossil shells etc.?

if your doing research I definetly recommend books over the Internet. I know there are some books on Australia fossil hunting or books like dinosaur atlas which contain all the continents, what dinosaurs lived there, what they looked like and what sites there are. I’m sorry I didn’t make myself clear last post I meant what fossil do you like…[Read more]

Thanks for clarifying. I would love to find a dinosaur fossil. So far I have been finding clams, scallops and shells.

been doing a bit of research and talbragar NSW. it is jarasic rock and one of the. richest deposits there. only fossils fish site In New South wales

are you near talbragar?

We are very excited to have heard back from Melbourne museum. Wanted to share with you all. Thanks for your help too. This is a small part of their email to us. We can’t wait till covid is done so that they can come visit.

Melbourne museum response “And now for the exciting bit – the fossil bone. This strange hook-shaped bit of bone isn’t a claw, but I can understand that interpretation. It’s actually a fragment from a skull of a small baleen whale, or Mysticetid. It’s from a part of the skull called the zygoma, from near where the jaw hinges with the skull, a bit l…[Read more]

Well done! I would much rather this than a claw. Skulls are extremely rare – even fragments. Amazing joob

job!

Thanks smudge-smith 😁

that’s ok

Hi there, @zac-geddes, these pictures of you finding a fossil are super awesome! In order to properly identify your fossil, we need pictures of it from different angles. You have already included a scale here, which is awesome. Just upload different angles of the fossil with that scale, and we can start the identification process.

Hi mackenzie, thanks so much for replying to my post. I am so excited to know that somebody looked at my fossil and can help me learn more about it. At the moment I am at my grandparents farm for the the weekend again, looking for more fossils. When I get home I will take more photos of my fossil and upload them. Thanks for helping me. Zac (and his dad)

maybe galba truncatula although I’m not sure.