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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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Hello! My name is Tiny and I am a rockaholic.. Man is this community is a sight for sore eyes! I have so many things I have been holding aside until I found a place I could feel comfortable! Thanks for making some room for me!
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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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My friend found these about 15ft underground in Polaski County Missouri. He said there were quite a few like 68 I think. Each one has something on the inside that rattles when you shake it. He busted the one in top left of main photo open and it looks to be a yolk but not sure. All his eggs are roughly the same size beside the small one on right and I would say they are a little larger than baseball size but can't say for sure what measurements are. Any ideas?
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Looking for some info on this specimen from Eastern MO. Is this perhaps some sort of cephalopod impression partially replaced by calcite crystals? Thanks!
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Hello, been a while since I've been online, but getting back into the fossil world! Here is a specimen that is about 4 inches on a large rock that I would like to try an extract. Does this look like a trilobite to you all? Eastern MO.
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Found: Northwest Missouri (Nodaway County)
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Hardly anybody ever talks about the Cambrian fossils of the southern midcontinent (USA). They're super-underappreciated. Show us what you've got! Here's one to start us off: Thorax and pygidium of a trilobite, possibly Orygmaspis, typically referred to as "Orygmaspis cf. Orygmaspis llanoensis" but probably a different species altogether. Note the two pairs of macropleural spines marking the final thoracic segments. Davis Formation (late Cambrian: Furongian), south side of Highway 8, St. François County, Missouri.
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Petrified/Fossilized Strawberry?? Cannot find any info on this
FossilFiene posted a topic in Fossil ID
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I am brand new to the site, though I've been using information from it for awhile to help me prepare a Petoskey Stone presentation for my rock and mineral club. I am a novice and have just joined and started collecting. I graduated high school from Petoskey, so I thought I would start with Petoskey Stones. I no longer live in Michigan, so have been collecting specimens online for my presentation. I have a ton of Petoskey Stones. I am now collecting Hexagonaria from other locations and other corals, especially Rugose corals, that may be confused (either intentionally or not) with Petoskey Stones. Here are two I purchased from a woman in Missouri. She said her dad collected them in the 1960s, but she had no other information. (I switched rocks after the inverted picture.) Does anyone have an idea what these are?
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From the album: Chondrichthyan Teeth From The Pennsylvanian Period
hello! I come across these missing teeth every so often, likewise to some of the teeth I have in this album. Hopefully I will be able to find more specimens near in the future! -
Is there enough left of this fish tooth to identify it? ( Missouri )
Samurai posted a topic in Fossil ID
Location: Missouri Period: Pennsylvanian Formation: Iola Limestone (Muncie Creek Shale Member or Raytown limestone member) Hello! I happened to take a trip to my usual fossil hunting spots in search of another tooth that was stuck in a rock I planned to dig out but found this delicate one before it and took it home. Sadly this was missing most of its pieces but I thought it could be identified. I couldn't really think of anything it most resembles as it does not look like my Campodus teeth or Petalodus teeth. That's mostly why I posted it here but it very well could have been from them as they are the most common of the teeth I find there. Sorry in advance I got a new phone recently and it does not take as high quality pictures as my old one. Rotated: rotated again Measurements: -
Hi everybody, I'm a neophyte to the geological realm (especially regarding paleontology), but I thought I'd share some finds on the forum. In Layman's terms, I found some clams, possibly some coral, and (...wait I know this one) Crinoids! Any possible fossil ID would be great, happy to be here, and glad to join a community with similar interests! All items below were found within 100-200 yards of each-other on the Meramec river just outside of St. Louis, Missouri. 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) 10) 11) Artifacts:
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Is this crustacean exoskeleton? If so is there anything to identify it beyond that?
Samurai posted a topic in Fossil ID
Location: Missouri Period: Pennsylvanian Formation: Iola Limestone (Muncie Creek Shale Member) Hello! I have found similar pieces to this nodule below and I was wondering if this was a piece of exoskeleton from some assorted shrimp or some other crustacean/animal. Most of these pieces I find I assumed to be chert or very coprolitic in nature but the more visible "structure" in this specimen leads me to believe otherwise. My best guess is that this is a piece of crustacean and I hope that this piece will be recognizable by someone. I will say shrimp has been found in Muncie creek phosphatic nodules and I have only found assorted pieces such as tails. A post by Missourian from a couple years ago did mention that phyllocarid shrimp can exist within these nodules. This does happen to also have some iridescence but I could not get it to be picked up that well with my camera I can provide more images upon request
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Location: Missouri Period: Pennsylvanian Formation: Iola Limestone (Muncie Creek Shale Member) Hello! I have happened to come across a strange structure while attempting to retrieve a fossil from a limestone rock. While breaking the stone around this nodule the force was enough to separate 2/3rds of the fossil leaving the other section still in a massive slab of limestone that will need more time to dig out Nevertheless here is the structure in question Rotated: 1 of the 2 pieces I was able to retrieve and contains the round "ball structures": I will note I have seen the odd "ball" pattern once before from a post I made over a year ago and I was unable to get it properly identified beyond it possibly being fish ribs/support structures or something else, but I'm hoping this new perspective will help nail down this mystery. I decided to retake some of my original photos since my old device was restricted in file/image size
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New Species of Dinosaur Uncovered in Missouri May Lead to More Fossils Being Found in Area by Ayumi Davis, Newsweek, November 29, 2021 Bryan, J.R., Frederick, D.L., Schwimmer, D.R. and Siesser, W.G., 1991. First dinosaur record from Tennessee: A Campanian hadrosaur. Journal of Paleontology, 65(4), pp.696-697. More papers from David R Schwimmer, Columbus State University Yours, Paul H.
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Just a note that James Cullison's 1944 monograph on the rocks and fauna of the upper Lower Ordovician of Missouri and Arkansas is now freely available for download or perusal at https://archive.org/details/paper-cullison-1944-the-stratigraphy-of-some-lower-ordovician-formations-of-the This publication has always been devilishly tough to get a hold of. A nice systematic paleontology section deals with the many gastropods and other mollusks as well as the less diverse brachiopods, trilobites, and sponges. The monograph covers the following formations as currently accepted in Missouri: • Smithville Formation • Powell Formation • Cotter Formation • Jefferson City Formation Enjoy and share as you like. Full citation: J. S. Cullison, 1944: "The Stratigraphy Of Some Lower Ordovician Formations Of The Ozark Uplift." The University of Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy Bulletin Technical Series, Vol. 15, No. 2, 112 pp + 35 pl.
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From the album: Missouri Ammonoids, Nautiloids and Gastropods
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Location: Missouri Period: Pennsylvanian Formation: Iola Limestone (Muncie Creek Shale Member) (MO) hello! this is my first nautiloid in a phosphatic nodule from this locality and unfortunately the split wasn't desirable, nevertheless you can see the inside beauty of this specimen I know the genus Prouddenites have been found in these phosphatic nodules as the user Missourian happened to have a post from a couple years back showing his specimen the only issue is with mine its harder to see what it is since the outer shell isn't that visible, any tips on identification or can anyone identify it from its internal portions? I can take more pictures if neccesary Most detailed section: in the middle upper section of this piece had a bit of the shell shown from the underside Measurements: when cracked the little middle section popped out, I was fortunate to find it
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