LeapingLaelaps Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 Hello! I got a few bags of rocks from Home Depot the other week to use for a project, and when I was washing them off I found a couple neat things. Unfortunately the bags were thrown away and the garbage was picked up yesterday so I can't check the bags for the quarry locations, but the bags were purchased in Wisconsin so I would reckon the rocks are from either Wisconsin, Minnesota or Illinois. Here are both next to a tape measure. I'm pretty sure the left one is some kind of brachiopod but I have no idea what the striped one is or if it's even a fossil: And a few different angles of the striped one: Sorry for the obnoxious shadow in front, I was using my flash because it was too dark in the house and since I was so close to the fossil my camera left a shadow. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 Welcome to the Forum. The first looks like an imprint from a brachiopod, maybe a spiriferid. The second looks like an immature rugose coral. Neat finds, well spotted. 1 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...
LeapingLaelaps Posted May 28, 2022 Author Share Posted May 28, 2022 1 minute ago, Fossildude19 said: Welcome to the Forum. The first looks like an imprint from a brachiopod, maybe a spiriferid. The second looks like an immature rugose coral. Neat finds, well spotted. Thank you so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 (edited) To me, they look like the imprint left by an ammonite whorl and a solitary scleractinian coral. Though I do understand that Wisconsin is primarily Palaeozoic, so I'm miles off here. Edited May 28, 2022 by Tidgy's Dad Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 10 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said: To me, they look like the imprint left by an ammonite whorl and a solitary scleractinian coral. No ammonites in the states mentioned, that I know of. 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...
Tidgy's Dad Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 1 hour ago, Fossildude19 said: No ammonites in the states mentioned, that I know of. I agree. I did edit my post just before you posted your reply, but just saying it doesn't look quite right for a spiriferid to me and that the coral looks more like a scleractinian than a rugose solitary form. Just my opinion, but I get that I'm probably wrong here. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeapingLaelaps Posted May 29, 2022 Author Share Posted May 29, 2022 Thank you guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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