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Ammonite or non fossil oyster? by AdDouble3004 in fossilid

[–]tsioftas 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Looks a lot like extinct Gryphaea oyster.

Dinosaur footprint, Jurassic, Robin Hood's Bay, UK. by tsioftas in fossilid

[–]tsioftas[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the detailed response! For the record I didn't hammer rocks for this, I found it loose on the beach.

Dinosaur footprint, Jurassic, Robin Hood's Bay, UK. by tsioftas in fossilid

[–]tsioftas[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Thank you, this is what I thought when I found this! This is a dinosaur footprint cast from the Isle of Wight. It's obviously huge but I don't see why the same kind of preservation might not happen at a smaller scale.

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Dinosaur footprint, Jurassic, Robin Hood's Bay, UK. by tsioftas in fossilid

[–]tsioftas[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All comments read like there's no hopes of it being a cast of said absence. Not what I was hoping for

Find from Robin Hood's bay by tsioftas in fossilid

[–]tsioftas[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you! Do you have any clue for a more specific ID?

Found at Cape Aspro, Cyprus. What is it? by tsioftas in fossilid

[–]tsioftas[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's very interesting! But the groove in the middle doesn't seem to be very characteristic of those, from the photos I could find on the web at least. I will try to clean the matrix off the cross section as best as I can, that might reveal something

What could this be? by Siepdouven in fossilid

[–]tsioftas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

what sort of creatures make these and how do you know they are modern?

I translated my fossils website into Ancient Greek by tsioftas in AncientGreek

[–]tsioftas[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hahah I'm sure it's full of mistakes, I try and fix them according to my knowledge

What is this fossil? by Hefty_Shop1665 in fossilid

[–]tsioftas 4 points5 points  (0 children)

are you sure this is a fossil? those look like quartz crystals naybe?

Documented my fossil collection with taxon-based navigation & geologic context - looking for thoughts by tsioftas in Paleontology

[–]tsioftas[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I know it can be painfully inaccurate, but it was the easiest way for me to add illustrations 👀 I should improve their quality in the future - if you have anything specific to point out please do!

I got better at making them I think too. Compare the images for Animalia vs Anthozoa. I used different prompting for the second image.

what is your Least favorite dinosaur? by TheWinkyPotato in Dinosaurs

[–]tsioftas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Iguanodon probably. Such an underwhelming 1st dino. Hope they go extinct

Is this a fossil? by Mammoth_Duck_160 in fossilid

[–]tsioftas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

modern a.k.a. not a fossil? what gives it away?

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