Dec 7, 2025 · The worldwide community of fossil collectors, enthusiasts and paleontologists sharing their knowledge about fossils. Meet new friends with old interests.

May 26, 2024 · Introduction The Hell Creek Formation (HCF) is a geologic unit deposited during the Maastrichtian of the Late Cretaceous (ca. 66 million years ago) in North America, recording the last …

Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications This forum is devoted to illuminating the pitfalls to be avoided when considering the purchase of fossils. From fabrications to restorations, this is the …

Feb 9, 2019 · Parataxonomy is the same system used for trace fossils, such as footprints which are normally not linked to the dinosaur who made them. What is inside a fossilized egg? Is there a yolk? …

Sep 7, 2021 · Greetings, I’ve recently gotten back into prospecting fossils and I’m looking for some suggestions on sites to visit in western Pennsylvania. I frequently visit Ambridge PA to find fern and …

Jun 20, 2024 · These fossils are from Southern Indiana, Charlestown, IN, 14-Mile Creek area. The Cones fossils below have a cone shape from the side, the top of the cone is round, the cone itself is …

Feb 6, 2024 · Sorry. Although some fossils have been found in New Hampshire, the state lacks any "good" fossil sites as far as I know. All of the bedrock is metamorphic which tends to distort or …

Feb 12, 2018 · I look at many a shell that I walk upon on a beach or creek, even at established fossil sites, and I wonder if some of these shells are fossil or not. This is particularly an issue at a place like …

Mar 6, 2022 · All fossils found in Wharton County southeast Texas from the Late Pleistocene Beaumont and Lissie Formations, with the occasional Pliocene/Miocene find.

Jul 23, 2023 · Most people are familiar with the Conasauga Formation when they think of Georgia's Cambrian record, but the Peach State has a paleontological history dating back several million years …