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I found these in the South Dakota Grasslands. Are they fossil corral or a type of rock formation? I have heard that sponge corral has been found in the vicinity.
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New here, love fossils. My collection in attached images. Coral and others I can not identify. Beautiful pieces.
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I went on a hunting trip this August in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge of northern Alaska. This was in the Brooks Range which was mainly composed of limestone in the 2 areas we hiked. Our base camps were setup with aircraft tied down, bear fence around camp and all food in bear proof containers when we left on the hikes. Fossil corral was present in all the river bars we traversed. Hash block with shell material. Stromatoporid fossils were abundant. Dall sheep ram tracks. Crinoid Cotton grass and cloud berries at 4,500 elevation meadow. Ewe sheep crossing the meadow after we did. The first 4 days of the trip was hampered by smoke from fires burning in the Yukon Territory, Canada. We camped in the same meadow and awoke to no smoke and fog the rolled in from the coastal plane over night. I was constantly examining the abundant fossils on this trip which was a big part of my enjoyment. It would be interesting to know time it took for the limestone to be etched from this corral. There is liquid water maybe 4 month of the year at this latitude and elevation. The limestone cap rocks erode vertically leaving these dramatic land forms. These stromatoporid fossils were present in all areas we traversed. Most common were the black forms of various ovoid and loculated shape. Dall sheep rams below where we camped one evening. Sheep in camp the following morning. More amazing land forms from the on end limestone. Fossil corral eroding slower than the limestone. The whole scree slope had pieces of corral in the limestone. A massive landslide with some blocks of limestone being bigger than most homes. This area is part of the Porcupine caribou herd and had trails used for 100's of years cut into the mountains. Parka squirrel as the natives call them, used to make winter parkas in the past. Last one, shell fossils were uncommon and when I saw them heavily metamorphized. For the hunters we saw 27 rams and elected to harvest none as no older ones located in 10 days of hiking.
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found this looks like corral or a plant? or perhaps something else? also included magnified photos of item.
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Hi there I'm just new to the Fossil Forum. I found this large fossil near the Abitibi River in Ontario. Thinking a sea sponge or Coral. It's large - 1.5 ft x 1 ft w x 8 inches in depth. Wondering if anyone could help with the ID or age. Thanks DB
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I found my dog chewing on this in our backyard after he had been digging. I'm curious as to what it may be, and whether or not I should let him keep it! It is roughly 7 centimeters wide at the base and 13 centimeters long. Found in Fort Worth, Texas. Any information is appreciated! Thanks!
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Came across this some time back out in the washes of Imperial Valley. Lots of small shells , oysters of various sizes out there's and an occasional coral piece, found by others. How old is this? Is it really a fossil? Seems like a strange kind of thing to just discard out there. I have found fossilized tube worm holes, even parts of calcified shells still inside. So, opinions? Thank you.
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Hi, I found some interesting rocks in some gravel near downtown Indianapolis. Photo with the ruler is in inches, sorry to the rest of the world. Thanks in advance!
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I have found a few examples like this. Mostly in road cuts located near the military range. Different kinds of minerals have formed the same designs. This cobble is the largest. I am relatively sure that it came to Yuma from elsewhere in the ancient Colorado Rivers wanderings. Ideas??
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Went out after the snow here, not expecting much. Found a dozen or so small teeth (one small mako?), a flat (porpoise?) partially hollow tooth, some coral on a scallop, skate teeth and a nice piece of stinger, and-- finally-- a bunch of shrimp coprolite burrows (had not seen any in a longtime, but the storm deposited several; posted photo on that thread). Bunch of "whale' bone" chunks. A fun day.
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Hi everyone. I'm new to the forum. I am originally from South Texas, but currently live in Central Texas. I discovered the "rock" in this post, while dove hunting on my uncle's ranch in Southwestern Bexar County (south of San Antonio), almost twenty years ago. The area where my uncle's ranch is located, consists primarily of red clay, sand stone and some stones that look iron. When I first picked this up, I thought it was a fossilized turtle shell, as did my family. Over the years, I noticed it was oxidizing and I wondered if it was some sort of iron meteorite. After some correspondence online with NASA, I almost sent it to them so they could sample it for identification, but after some thought I decided not to. They could break it or conveniently "lose it". It wasn't until recently that I learned that fossils can oxidize too. Once again, after doing some research online and purchasing the National Audubon Society's "Field Guide To Fossils", I saw that there were photos of fossilized corrals that looked somewhat similar to the rock I discovered. The handbook is great, I have some common fossils that I was able to put a name too, but I have many more that remain a mystery... maybe the majority of my collection is not so common. Needless to say, this thing has been a nagging mystery and I am eager to learn what it is. Thanks for your help!