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discovered this in SW MO in a heavily timbered area buried roughly 10” deep. It measures 9 1/2” in length. If someone has some thoughts of what it could be I would love to hear your ideas.
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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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HI all, I have been collecting fossils on and off for 40 years.
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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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Hello from Missouri! I am thrilled to have found this forum and I have been exploring the site every day since. My dad was a ‘rock hound’. He would take my brother and I out fossil and arrowhead hunting when we were kids. I inherited his curiosity and fascination, but my knowledge is rudimentary. As most newbies probably do, I’ll be submitting a flurry of posts requesting help with identifying fossils I have had for years and some that I have found recently. And yes, I’m bracing myself for the probability that some of my ‘amazing finds’ will turn out to just be ‘cool rocks’. I have already learned so much by reading the posts of others, and I look forward to learning more. Marcia
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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 started hunting fossils as a kid. As well as rocks, minerals, crystals, etc. I’ve come to your forum because here lately I’ve been hunting where thermal events, floods, meteor’s, ocean floor, you name it this area has been hit by it. Since all these events has happened in a fairly close area the rocks and fossils have been mixed , melted, bastardized into something else which I could use some help identifying some that I have found. Thanks for letting me join .
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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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I found this earlier at the creek by my place here in SE Missouri while looking for flint to do some knapping. I've never seen a rock like this. What causes the the outer section to look like it was once fluid & i guess oozing around the other rock?
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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
Found in the Iola formation, not sure which member as it's from a large rockpile (maybe Raytown limestone member?)-
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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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