JSMOSBY Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Found this piece while walking on a newly excavated (6-8 inches deep) plains path about 30 miles southeast of Boulder, Colorado. I'm new to the area and trying to ramp-up on the geology and fossils with limited background knowledge but much time being retired. Overwhelming and fascinating! Several hikes to Dinosaur Ridge and Dr. Bakker's museum in Morrison. To my untrained eye it looks like a rib or similar flat bone piece. The dark interior color and texture seem somewhat "different" (?). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Sorry, but I don't see any fossils here. Keep looking, though. 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSMOSBY Posted January 19, 2020 Author Share Posted January 19, 2020 Hi, Tim, thanks for the insight, and yes, I will keep looking. Take care, John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howard_l Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 looks like quartzite Howard_L http://triloman.wix.com/kentucky-fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 2 minutes ago, howard_l said: looks like quartzite I think it is a limey concretion form the Pierre Shale. There is a bunch of Pierre Shale around Boulder and some of these might have fossils in them. But they would be more like shells in this type of rock, rather than a big solo fossils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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