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This is a fossil I found on the bank of a creek in southern Indiana. I’ve long suspected it to be a small turtle shell due to the pattern on the top side. In addition, there are many nicely preserved patterns on the sides of and underneath the outer shell. I think this could be tissue or something that was fossilized with the creature. I’m no expert, so I’d love to know from the community
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I have seen slabs of this kind of stone where I collect my fossils. Yesterday, I found a piece with a leaf impression and was wondering if this is an "old" rock and if the leaf impression is a fossil. (I do ask around and search online, but I get stuck often. Thx)
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I was wondering if the lower left white pieces with the straight row of circles are bryozoa. Secondly, I was wondering if the seemingly silver "rod" is animal or mineral. These samples are quite small and this is the best I can do as far as focus goes.
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Found this interesting object in the Waldron Shale (Silurian) at a site in Vernon, Indiana. The object is just over three quarters of an inch long. I'm not familiar with the Waldron Shale. The site also produced a wide variety of organisms- brachiopods, gastropods, trilobites, crinoid stems, and a bryozoan. Any help you could provide with the ID would be greatly appreciated. I apologize for the quality of the photographs.
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Can you tell from this shot if it's a brachiopod or a piece of coral sporting that gpod design? Thx!
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Is this sample a crinoid?
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This sample is 2 cm. I was wondering what I'm looking at. Thx.
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I found this inside a soft clayey stone. Washed if off and wondered about the symmetry. Is it fossil? Thx!
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Hi, I am new to the forum and was wondering if someone could help me identify this bone I found and if it is, in fact, a fossil. I found this in South Bend Indiana in an area where drainage water runs through to a pond. I usually hunt this area for "fossilized coral", but today I found this bone literally just lying on the ground. I have found bones in this area before, but this one is different. It is rock hard and heavy. I was thinking at first it might be waterlogged but the bone isn't brittle at all and looking at the top of the bone, it appears to be rock (as evidenced by the picture). The bone is 9 1/2 inches (24 cm), very smooth, and non-porous except for the first 2 inches (5cm) of the bone which feels rougher but doesn't appear to be porous. I hope I have given enough information and the picts are acceptable. If not, I will give more info and take more picts as needed. Thank you.
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Is this a lumen cast of a crinoid column? Secondly, is it geodized?
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Hello everyone. I’m from Northwestern Indiana and have always found fossil hunting fascinating. As a kid, I would read books and watch documentaries on fossils non-stop but never really searched for any myself. Thats all changed finally. Today I was walking along the shore of Lake Michigan in search for some. I ended up finding a couple but had no clue what they were. Thanks to the internet I came across this site and all of you fantastic people. I automatically registered an account and posted a picture or two of what I had found, hoping for an answer. With-in no time, someone had replied identifying them for me. Though I’m still somewhat of a beginner, I’m excited to learn more and see what the future beholds.
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Do I see beekites on my coral sample?
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I’m gonna need some help on this one... I’m not even sure whether it’s a fossil or just geological. Found at Sugar Creek in Crawfordsville, Indiana
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This sample is little more than a couple of centimeters. I was wondering if it's a brachiopod and if so, is it a pentamerida?
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Is this a gastropod? The sample is 1.5 cm long.
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I just recently started collecting Ordovician fossils; I always intended to stay with Mazon Creek and Oligocene Mammals, but after seeing Indiana Ordovician hash plates on a couple trips to St. Leon and Lawrenceburg, I have fallen in love with these snapshots in time. When I am out collecting, it gets really hard for me to determine which ones I want to bring home, since they all have a different story. Below are a few of my favorites:
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I was wondering if this is a trace fossil.
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I was wondering if this is a crinoid holdfast. Area is 2 cm x 2 cm Found in the Devonian of Indiana, Kosciusko County.
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Today I spent a little time in Lawrenceburg, Indiana Collecting some Ordovician fossils. Today I collected some brachiopods, bryozoan and trilo-bits. I usually do not collect much bryozoan, but I did like this piece. There is always a lot of bryozoan to be had— Here are some brachiopods that I collected- Here is a bunch of Trilo-bits, mostly Isotelus.
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I presumed this to be just coral until I saw some pics of bryozoans that looked liked faces. Is this coral?
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I was wondering if this is a brachiopod interior, and if so, could it be rafinesquina?
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While digging a sewer on an Indiana farm, workers find mastodon bones. Seems like these stories come up all the time, but I still like reading them. https://abc7chicago.com/science/mastodon-bones-unearthed-on-southern-indiana-farm/5263190/
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I dug up an old post about what the user suspected to be a fossilized walnut. It looks a little too similar to my suspected nut to be coincidence. Both were found in Indiana. Original thread
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I don't recognize what's in the first pic, but after it fell out, I thought the impression in the rock looked like the end of a trilobite.
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