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I'm currently in a dried out creek in Floyd County Kentucky and have found this--thing. It's about 4.5 cm wide and 5 cm long. It kinda looks like something, part of a fish or leaf maybe. The area is mostly carboniferous. I'm just wondering if this is anything I should bother with as the rock it's on is about 60 pounds.

Found in a creek in Floyd County Kentucky. Area is Pennsylvanian (according to the university of Kentucky website the area may also have a very small mix of Cretaceous, Tertiary and Quaternary). I'm wondering if this is a fossil, like an impression of a seed or something, or if this is just a weird rock. Thanks in advance.

Found this in the creek behind my house in Eastern Kentucky. It's been raining (and flooding) a lot so tons of rocks are being washed out of the hills. I'm uncertain what era this could be from since I'm not exactly sure where it washed out from. The pictures I'm including show it while it was still in the rock and after I removed it. I thought it was made of metal at first, but it isn't magnetic at all, nor is it soft like lead or aluminum. After looking around online the closest thing I could find to it's shape is fish coprolite. Is this coprolite or just some strange thing in a rock?

A.) This first one was found in the creek (Pikeville Formation) in a piece of red slate. It was already cracked, so I pulled it open to reveal these "starbursts." I've never seen leaf fossils that weren't black, but I think these may be Annularia. Each starburst is less than 1cm wide. (Click here for larger pic) B.) Next is something else from the creek. I thought it was another nodule or water-polished slate at first (I picked it up because Mom thinks she can use them for jewelry), but then I noticed a flower shape on the bottom. No idea if this is a fossil or not, but it looks pretty cool. 2cm wide. (Click here for larger pic) C.) Something from the driveway this time. I've found a couple others (posted before) that look like brachiopods, but I was informed that horn corals can also strongly resemble them in some cases. Maybe this one will be easier to tell? Exposed bit is about 1.1cm wide. D.) The next two were found in the creek, but I have a strong feeling that they originated from someone's gravel. I think #1 here is the netting/mesh of a bryozoan, while the orange bit may be squished brachiopods (or whatever the orange thing above is). The rock is 3cm wide. E.) #2 I'm guessing is crinoid pieces. Poor thing has seen better times. The lighter shape (columnal?) on the front is about 0.5cm. Thanks again!