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I recently found what appears to me as a fossil of some sort along the Sag River in Missouri. Was needing help identifying, thanks in advance!
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Actinoceras impression? Found it amongst landscape stones so I don’t know the origin.
MWilder posted a topic in Fossil ID
What do you think? I was digging in a pile of stones that were dumped in a low drainage area behind a business. Consequently I don’t know the origin, but I presume they are from the Missouri region. There were a lot of coral and clam fossils in the pile. The rock pictured has an imprint that looks like some sort of annelid. At first I thought crinoid, but I’ve never seen a crinoid impression like this.
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I was recently given the opportunity to hunt at a place in Central Missouri where the owner said they have been finding Petrified Wood for generations. Once I came across it and begin to study it further, I became curious. I have been told by several geologists and a few seasoned rock hounds, that it is petrified Palm, but I have also been told it was absolutely not and was coral. Would love some advice and explanation if possible. I love to learn and want to be better educated on this material. I have attached some rough and some from the same location that has been tumbled. Thank you all in advance!
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Pretty sure I have an egg. Found in Milstadt, IL. (Right across the Miss. River from St. Louis)
JLN1129 posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hey y'all. I dont have the faintest idea what I have here. Im fairly certain its an egg. And Im fairly certain it's a fossil. Im also fairly certain my friend shouldnt have cut it in half. But if he didn't, I wouldn't be fairly certain its an egg, so..c'est al vie. Any insight, thoughts, questions, or direction would be greatly appreciated, as my recent googling of the phrase 'red fossil egg in missouri' turned up nothing related.
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Found this in a river bed in Branson Missouri. It weighs 1lb 2.3 oz and is about 4”x4”. It caught my eye because it looked like quartz at first. Looks a little different than most pictures of fossilized turtle shells I found on the web. Any thoughts appreciated.
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I have been hunting fossils in Missouri where several events have occurred such as thermal events, ocean floor, flood, meteor’s, earthquake, etc:. Because of this it’s left rocks and fossils kind of mixed bastardized specimens. This fossil here seams to be in quartz and retained it’s color that I was wondering if there was a chance that the dna inside was still viable ?
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I found this fossil in a creek bed in central Missouri and thought it looked a lot like coral. Just wanted a more experienced fossil hunters expertise on Id. It’s a 14 centimeters long, 5 inches.
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Images have the sharpness and definition turned up to hopefully see more detail. I wish I could say the formation but the map I was looking at was particularly large and I just couldn't really tell. All I can say is that all of the possible formations were from the ordovician period. The first rock is 2.54 centimeters wide, and the second is 19.05 centimeters wide. I was thinking that it was a coral maybe? The shape reminds me of brain coral, but I also haven't seen any coral fossils like this one so I don't know. Sorry if the photos are bad, I took them on my phone and that was the closest I could get without the images turning too blurry. The fossils only show up on one side but if you still want angles I can post some.
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Help us please my son found this in a creek in Missouri and it has porous holes and sticks to tongue like bone but not sure if it’s a fossil or bone. Any help is greatly appreciated!
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I found this yesterday in northwestern part of Missouri near the Grand River. It looks like possibly the bottom part of a reptiles head? I think this is limestone but I'm not positive. Any suggestions would be appreciated!!
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Anyone help id what this is? A young boy found it at Sunrise Beach, Missouri in the Ozarks.
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Echinoderm identification help please! Polished cross-section in the Kimmswick Limestone (Late Ordovician: Katian; Missouri, USA) used as facing stone at Missouri Botanical Garden. Possibly the paracrinoid Implicaticystis (once known as Comarocystites)? Specimen is ~25 mm across.
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What is this? Found in Raytown, MO.
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I recently ordered some decorative stones for my garden when one of them happen to catch my eye. Is this a petrified mushroom it is hard like a rock but has very defined gills.
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I found this while visiting Missouri over Easter. I’m hopping someone could lead me in the right direction to finding out what this could be.
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Would this be a snake or lizard fossil? Its a creek rock from a creek bed in Weldon Springs Missouri.
TinySpiderMonkeyNinja posted a topic in Fossil ID
It wraps all the way around or quite possibly just goes all of the way through? I am not sure but it is pretty! Any help you all have is amazing!
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From the album: Missouri Ammonoids, Nautiloids and Gastropods
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This one is just a cool find to me even though I don't have a clue what is is.
TinySpiderMonkeyNinja posted a topic in Fossil ID
These pictures are all the same rock just different angles for texture and visual show, I haven't found anything else in the rest of the item, just the lump ( which my husband has dubbed.. the klingon mini crater)
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Ok Super sleuth's, what do you think about this one? Bone?
TinySpiderMonkeyNinja posted a topic in Fossil ID
This is yet another strange looking rock/bone, from the decorative river rock around my pool. I tried to catch the best parts of the detailed areas, which to me resemble the porous look of a bone. What do ya'll think?
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Is this a bone by chance? This one I am positive came from theMissouri side of the Mississippi river bank!
TinySpiderMonkeyNinja posted a topic in Fossil ID
I did find this item on the river bank of the Mississippi river, in a tiny cove right smack between Alton, IL and St. Louis county, MO. No digging required, I was just trolling the embankment. Do you think it is bone? All the photos are the same item, just different angles and close ups.
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I found this on top of the ground while mushroom hunting. I have collected arrowheads, fossils, and other odd/cool looking rocks for a number of years but have never seen anything like it before. I found it a few miles south east of Calhoun,Missouri close to Henry county road NE 300, and a few yards from Tebo creek. I appreciate any help identifying what it is and approximately how old.
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I have Recently moved to a new property with Goodies, Help identify
OlEzra posted a topic in Fossil ID
After finding more time to survey my property. I have noticed many rocks with fossils, trying to be careful with the terminology that I am not aware. I have 35 years of finding Indian artifacts; arrowheads, grinding stones, bird points from the area of my hometown. But no experience with fossils at the location that I have recently moved in. Current Location: Eureka, Missouri. Jefferson County. Shelf Rock, halfway up a steep hill in a narrow valley. Rocky Terrain mixed with Clay below the topsoil. I have found layers of shelf rock, with multiple layers of hardened fossils compacted together similar to the image uploaded. In between these layers a "sand like" material. In One image, the small "Y" shape fossil was found in the "sand" layer. At first thinking it was fish bone, but upon closer look it shows a pattern similar to coral like. Cannot zoom close enough, will try again at a future date if needed. Would appreciate any knowledge with identification and how old they may be. Thank You for the response. -
I found this in a creek bed in the Ozarks. I have found multiple Ordovician fossils. I was just wondering if anyone has seen something like this or if it is just a weird rock formation.
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So there is this nifty oddity, I found it in my backyard pool decor rock bed. The first photo is the entire thing. Then i show them separately. I am sorry that I used the penny this time for size, I found my square for the next time.. I saw someone else post a fossil like this one; however, I am a newbie and I have not figured out how to look for other photos yet.
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Found these in a road cut of old 66 today, my wife and I are regular rock hounds and just getting to know the area
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