guerormd Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 Found this in my neighborhood, I live in Dallas Texas USA. As far as geological history when I research the area it mentions most fossils found in Dallas Texas from the cretaceous period. It is small and looks like a piece of something but have no idea so now I’m here... any information would be helpful thanks. Length wise it’s 7.5 cm, width is 5.5 cm, and height is about 3 cm and the other is slanted so thing less than half of one cm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhysicist Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 Welcome to the forum! You're right, most fossil-bearing formations in Dallas are Cretaceous in age. This looks like it could be a conglomeration of some shells. However, it doesn't look like anything identifiable. It also looks different from fossils I usually find, which are from the Austin chalk - so the rocks the fossils are embedded in are white. Did you find it in a creek? It could also be something non-local. 1 "Argumentation cannot suffice for the discovery of new work, since the subtlety of Nature is greater many times than the subtlety of argument." - Carl Sagan "I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there." - Richard Feynman Collections: Hell Creek Microsite | Hell Creek/Lance | Dinosaurs | Sharks | Squamates | Post Oak Creek | North Sulphur River | Lee Creek | Aguja | Permian | Devonian | Triassic | Harding Sandstone Instagram: @thephysicist_tff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClearLake Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Id have to agree, I see a piece of limestone with fossil fragments in it. With closer pictures it may be possible to say some fragments are bivalve or coral or bryozoan or something, but that may be about as good as it gets. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darbi Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 It looks like a chert to me. Better pictures and closer views would help with the identification. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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