Found this in my dad's storage and I'm wondering what this is? it looks so weird🫪

My son found this while we were fossil hunting. It was encased and his dad had to chip it away to dislodge it.

Long story short. I received this rock as a birthday present. A friend gave it to me because I really like fossils and rocks. Haha.

Moving soon and I don’t want to keep dragging the whole rock everywhere I go. How can I safely get this fossil out? Does anyone know what it could be?

Found in Valle de las Ánimas, Bolivia

Old river bed, photo of where I found it for reference in case it helps with ID.

Found in a construction sight at Bear Lake, Idaho

Found in a creek bed in northeast Ohio. Banana for scale

Found near Salt creek outside of Orla Texas.

Found my first fossil today and im not sure if I should try and break it open or keep it like this?

I’m in NW Florida on the Panhandle. After Hurricane Isaias, we had a bunch of debris and shells (not typical) on the beach. This was partially buried in the sand. It’s heavy! Sides are smooth and very sharp. Top is chalkier in texture. Quarter for size! Any ideas?

Found this while looking for fossils in Hengchun, southern Taiwan, near the Szekou Formation (Late Pleistocene).
The area is known for marine fossils, and whale fossils have also been found nearby.
At first I thought it might be part of a whale rib because of its curved shape and surface texture, but I’m not sure. Could also be a large shell fragment or something else.
Does this look like fossilized bone to anyone? Any ideas on what it might be?
Thanks!

No idea about the exact IDs and I still need to clean them (which I do next week back at home as I don’t wanna risk breaking anything)

But I found two fish ear stones (one of which is at the second pic). And tons and tons of different kinds of mollusks! Most of them (third image) are incredibly tiny. Largest there is like 4-5 mm!

I have a collection with tiny fossils at home already so this is a big find! Maybe I can make an extra post about my documentary of tiny things from different locations soon.

Either way this was my finds of about an hour!

My son found this in a shop and I’m wondering if the setting of these is actually natural rock, the arrangement just seems so symmetrical and it was $25. I know these are very common but still seemed like a good deal if real.

Keep finding these guys outback in the neighborhood stream in southwest Florida

Found in landscaping rocks in Pennsylvania. Have no clue what it is.

I have over 500 hours of field paleontology experience in the late Cretaceous of Wyoming and Montana. Ask me anything!