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Please help identify a bone fragment that was found at the W.M. Browning Cretaceous Fossil Park in Baldwyn, MS. The item is interesting in that it has flat surfaces on what appears to be the top and bottom. Neither surface is porous. The bottom has more area above it that is solid. Dimensions are approx 1” L x 1/2” W x 1/2” T. Thanks for the feedback.
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After a 3 month dedicated search (coughSisyphean) to figure this out on my own, I still can’t find anything that remotely looks like this. I’m a longtime SE LA/SW MS creek gravel rockhounder and I’ve never come across this before. I’ve shown it to some other area collectors-no luck. This was found in a creek running through the upper terraces of the (pre-loess) La Citronelle formation not far from the Amite County, MS border. *I should also mention that Louisiana gravels within the (Plio) Citronelle contain much older rocks/fossils that are believed to have been transported by glaciers, as well as ancient interbraided streams. Frequent flooding subsequently washes these out of the upper terraces. To my eye, though, this piece doesn’t appear to be rounded or very worn. If I had to call it, I’d say table coral/freed piece of reef, but that one side having the appearance of muscle attachment grooves has me wondering about that. I greatly appreciate your time and opinions; thanks for giving this an eyeballing for me.
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Found in a NE Mississippi creek. I’m usually in Montana, so have no clue what this could be. Seems a bit older than modern, but obviously not crazy old. Thoughts?
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Found in a gravel pile in Covington county Mississippi. Not sure what it is, help?
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Is this a part of a bone or what? Found in Seminary Mississippi in a gravel pit.
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Not too sure It kinda looks like It could be bone but I’m new at this. Is this a tooth or bone or even a fossil? It was found in a gravel pit in Collins Mississippi.
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Found in seminary Mississippi in the side of a red dirt cluff. What could it be?
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Found in seminary Mississippi in a gravel pile, is this a ammonite?
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Found in south Mississippi? What could it be?
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Is this a fossil or something else?
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What is it?
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Is this a fossil and if so what is it?
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Is this coral or something else?
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Found in Seminary Mississippi (south) in a gravel pile. What kind is it?
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Found in Covington county Mississippi (south) in a gravel pile. Please help I.d
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Found in south Mississippi in a new driveway of gravel. Please help identify
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More Fossils I found on my way to and from class during college in Starkville, Mississippi. This one is a material of which I found a LOT. This is maybe 50-60 mm in length? It piqued my interest there were so many sleek, shiny brown stones. There was also marcasite in this chalk bed. The Marcasite was a similar color when oxidized. Not sure if that helps with anything... This piece is actually filled with a softer material which breaks down like dried clay. I tried cleaning it out, but it was stubborn. Any ideas?
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I was recently reorganizing my fossil collection and thought I would share some pieces I collected during Paleontology field trips in undergrad at Alabama. I'm glad I took thorough notes at the time! The demopolis chalk is a popular formation for finding Exogyra/ostrea/pycnodonte shells and shark teeth. We visited a site in Tupelo, MS many times for surface collecting. Some of the cool pieces I found were many fragments of a mosasaur jaw (top pic, top 2 slots), a Squalicorax kaupi tooth, a scyliorhinus(?) tooth, bony fish vertebrae, and bony fish teeth. I was told the dark fossils at the right of the third picture might be ray plates, but I'm not sure. Turritella in pic 1 are from a different formation.
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Re: "The Thing." The subject item was found in an old flower bed in our backyard a few years ago. Provenance is unknown. It is likely part of a collection of someone in Pass Christian, MS, at the time of Hurricane Katrina. Enormous damage from 23'+ storm surge. Entire structures including a large were obliterated. That said, can anyone identify the object in the attached images? Measurements are 6" x 8" x 3.5." I've consulted with two potters who have said that this is not man-made. I appreciate any help you can offer.
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Hi I was hoping for a little help with a fossil ID. I’m not even sure this thing is a fossil. I did my first fossil search yesterday at the W.M. Browning Cretaceous Fossil Park in Frankstown, Mississippi. I found lots of oyster species and a few gastropods, but this oddly shaped rock caught my eye. It’s a flat equilateral triangle about 1cm deep and maybe 5cm long on all sides. If anybody has any guesses I’d love to hear your thoughts.
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I found this and was wondering if anyone thought it was a fossilized because of the blue I found it with fossilized bison teeth teeth had the same color blue
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Wallace fossil hunting at Frankstown, MS video link
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Found this in a creek behind my house in Northeast Mississippi. Have always found shark teeth and buckets of exogyra but have never seen anything like this one. It’s about 5/8” long. Any help would be appreciated.
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Cretaceous (Campanian) Bivalves of The Coffee Sand In Mississippi - open access PDF
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Fossil News
A new report about the Cretaceous (Campanian) bivalves of the Coffee Sand In Mississippi is now available for downloading. It is: Dockery, D.T., 2020, Cretaceous (Campanian) Bivalves of The Coffee Sand In Mississippi. Open-File Report OFR-319. Department of Environmental Quality - Office of Geology, Jackson, Mississippi. https://www.mdeq.ms.gov/geology/work-areas/publications-and-map-sales/categories/open-file-reports/ofr-319-cretaceous-campanian-bivalves-of-the-coffee-sand-in-mississippi-60272/ https://www.mdeq.ms.gov/geology/work-areas/publications-and-map-sales/categories/ In addition, two older 7.5 minute geologic quadrangles for Tishomingo County, Mississippi, are now online at: https://www.mdeq.ms.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/OFR5_BelmontDigitized.pdf https://www.mdeq.ms.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/OFR6_Tishomingo_BishopDigitized.pdf https://www.mdeq.ms.gov/geology/work-areas/publications-and-map-sales/categories/ Yours, Paul H.
