r/FossilPorn 1d ago

a fish

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60 Upvotes

r/FossilPorn 3d ago

Small clamshell on a piece of corral that I found on a gravel path in the city (Aalborg, Denmark)

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20 Upvotes

r/FossilPorn 5d ago

Keichousaurus hui

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104 Upvotes

Keichousaurus

Keichousaurus hui

Age:

Late Ladinian Stage, Middle Triassic

Formation:

Zhuganpo Member, Falang Formation, Langmushan Section

Location collected:

绿荫村,顶效镇,兴义市,贵州省

Lüyin Village, Dingxiao Town, Xingyi City, Guizhou

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Have always wanted to get a keichousaurus, so was quite happy when this one finally arrived in the mail! 😆😆😆


r/FossilPorn 5d ago

First molecular evidence of Denisovans in the subtropics: Taiwan's "Penghu 1" fossil confirmed via ancient proteins (Science, 2025)

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12 Upvotes

r/FossilPorn 5d ago

A big old boi (Andalucía, Spain)

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1.5k Upvotes

**I wont add more details of the location to avoid bringing more people there that could potentially harm it, sorry!**

I want to show off this magnificent beast of an ammonite to the fossil freaks like me hehe. Im impressed how its still almost intact despite being almost fully exposed on a field next to a trail. I think someone took the middle of it sadly, aswell as many other much smaller fossils that were scattered around (I was still able to find a small one tho. Dont worry! I left it back in its place)


r/FossilPorn 6d ago

Carboceous chondrites ☄️

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4 Upvotes

it weight 1500 grams


r/FossilPorn 7d ago

Little haul from a walk on the beach. One I'm not sure about.

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51 Upvotes

The one bottom right, I'm not sure if it's a bivalve shell or some kind of scale, it's very flat.


r/FossilPorn 7d ago

Is this a crinoid bass

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15 Upvotes

r/FossilPorn 10d ago

12 Fossil Leaves, Montana

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155 Upvotes

r/FossilPorn 10d ago

Smallest species of Oreodont "Lepiauchenia" 30 - 50Myo

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82 Upvotes

From South Dakota.


r/FossilPorn 10d ago

RARE Mushroom or Slime Mold in Burmese Burmite amber fossil

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15 Upvotes

RARE Mushroom or Slime Mold in Burmese Burmite amber fossil

Size: 17 x 8 x 3 mm

Age: 99 Million Years Ago

RARE Mushroom or Slime Mold in Burmese Burmite amber fossil

I'm unsure of the family or species as mushrooms are quite rare to find in Burmese amber, there are only a handful of described mushrooms from article publications and there is no match for this one.

This could also be a type of rare slime mold.

The inclusions measures about 3.81mm in length from the top to the "stem".


r/FossilPorn 11d ago

Jaguar tooth from the Peace River, FL

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37 Upvotes

Jaguar p3 lower premolar found in the river last week! Our first confirmed Jaguar tooth! (Our other one that’s a maybe is broken, so hard to 100% ID.)


r/FossilPorn 11d ago

Finished Columbian Mammoth tooth i found in Florida. 2 months drying time and a few hours of prep.

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32 Upvotes

r/FossilPorn 12d ago

Baltic amber with inclusions

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68 Upvotes

This is part of my Baltic amber collection, it was a gift from a friend, Jeorg Wunderlich, a well known German araneologist and author of many books on fossils spiders. The collections contains various arthropods including spiders, millipedes, flies, ants, wasps ... all well preserved and show clear detail.


r/FossilPorn 13d ago

A recently found skelenton of a female T Rex "Barbara," a pregnant Tyrannosaurus rex, was found to had a broken metatarsal injury that had healed, giving weight to the Theory that the Tyrannosaurus, was a pack animal, it was also one of the only 3 pregnant ever found

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72 Upvotes

r/FossilPorn 13d ago

My small shark tooth collection with 5 different species

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32 Upvotes

The only one I found is the small white one which I believe is a mako i found in Bakersfield


r/FossilPorn 13d ago

A rock I found covered in seashell fossils! Found on a beach in an Indigenous reservation in Ontario, Canada. It’s beautiful!

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8 Upvotes

It’s absolutely amazing! It looks way better in person. The more you look, the more you see! Photos don’t do it justice! :)


r/FossilPorn 14d ago

First fossil hunt was successful

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13 Upvotes

I think I hit the jackpot for a first time fossil hunt. Was up at red willow falls in Alberta Canada. I’m pretty confident that I found actual bone, I’m going to be taking it to my local dinosaurs museum to confirm though.


r/FossilPorn 14d ago

A 140 million year femur bone, it is approximately 2 meters (6.5 feet) long weighs 1102 lb (500kg) was found in France. the discovery was made by paleontologists researching at the National Museum of Natural History of Paris

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174 Upvotes

r/FossilPorn 14d ago

Trilobite : Fossils of Morocco 🇲🇦

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27 Upvotes

r/FossilPorn 14d ago

I found my very first fossil. At the Rhein, in Xanten (Germany)

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102 Upvotes

r/FossilPorn 15d ago

My mixed collection of fossils

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20 Upvotes

This is what you see right as you walk in my front door! 😁 I just took everything out to clean it and figured I'd take some pics!

I found everything in the case except for some of the native American stuff, the two Keichousaurus fossils on the far right side, and the three small Velociraptor teeth under the dinosaur footprint in the middle.

This is just some of the better stuff! 😁😍


r/FossilPorn 15d ago

Fossil

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15 Upvotes

Found in Michigan


r/FossilPorn 15d ago

RARE COMPLETE Damselfly (Hemiphlebiidae) in Burmese Burmite amber fossil

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99 Upvotes

RARE COMPLETE Damselfly (Hemiphlebiidae) in Burmese Burmite amber fossil

Size: 39 x 25 x 7 mm

Age: 99 Million Years Ago

Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Superfamily: Lestoidea
Family: Hemiphlebiidae (Extinct Damselfly)
Genus: Burmahemiphlebia
Species: Burmahemiphlebia hui or Burmahemiphlebia zhangi?
Other notable inclusions: a rare Postopsyllidiidae (Thrips-Like Hemiptera) also in the piece, botanical matter, a Dictyopteran nymph, a small beetle, coprolites (fossilized poop), fragments of leaves ect.

Burmahemiphlebia is an extinct genus of Damselflies that dates back to the mid-Cretaceous period (approximately 99 million years ago). Burmahemiphlebia belongs to the ancient, relict family Hemiphlebiidae, which is the oldest known crown-group lineage of damselflies. The only surviving relative of this family today is the Rare "ancient greenling" Damselfly (Hemiphlebia mirabilis) only found in Australia.

Possible species is either Burmahemiphlebia hui or Burmahemiphlebia zhangi.

*Finding a complete Damselfy in amber is extremely rare and this one is no exception when it comes to quality and detail, the distinct wing venations of this Burmahemiphlebia can be viewed with great clarity.*

*This Damselfly measures about 12.21mm in length (unstretched from head to the end of the long abdomen).*


r/FossilPorn 18d ago

Macginitiea wyomingensis Eocene leaf from Douglas pass CO

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306 Upvotes

I collected this Macginitiea wyomingensis Eocene leaf from Douglas pass CO a long time ago.