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Fossilized egg??


screel0118

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the hatchling has to be able to hatch.  your item has a very thick external "shell";  therefore a hatchling could not hatch, and therefore it is not an egg.  it is a concretion which often form layer upon layer.

 

there is a very good discussion of fossil eggs in one of the pinned discussion at the start of the id section.  It is well worth reading and looking at the picture.

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Concretion for sure. Here's one from Illinois, found in the Mazon Creek area. We split them open and there's fossils inside of some. More than 25% percent of them are egg-shaped. This one has a Neuropteris leaf inside.

 

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Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them!

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