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Is this an egg? Found encased in limestone in Midwest, USA


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I found this encased in limestone at a dig site in Wisconsin, USA.

Its composition seems unusual for anything else at that dig site. It was deep inside limestone and most of the limestone easily pulled off with little effort. 

Is this an egg?

It measures approximately 6.35cm x 4.5cm

 

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Not an egg. The center of a limestone concretion with chert replacement.

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+ 1 for Concretion. 

 

Read this topic for furthert education on egg fossils. 

 

 

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