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Unknown Pennsylvanian object


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I found this specimen in Middle Pennsylvanian black shale in Illinois. It measures maybe 8mm in the widest dimension. Honestly not even sure if it's a fossil, never seen anything like it. Any ideas?

 

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Counterpart

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This looks like a bit of fish to me. Scale? Skull plate? Maybe dermal denticle?

 

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The symmetry and shape makes me think fish bone of some sort, but I’m not knowledgeable enough to say what kind.

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