Maneralization Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 discovered this in SW MO in a heavily timbered area buried roughly 10” deep. It measures 9 1/2” in length. If someone has some thoughts of what it could be I would love to hear your ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottBlooded Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 Looked at this and was totally prepared to say “you found a rock” and move on but wait, what’s that! Enhance! Shell imprint! My first thought is always brachiopod but nail, hammer, etc. I see a lot of brachiopods, and I don’t know the geologic age of the rocks you would have pulled this from. But shell, for sure, which almost certainly means (at least most) of the rest of the marks and indentations are shells too, just in cross section. Maybe someone more knowledgeable/who knows the area better will weigh in. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 I gather from the tags that this may not have been the expected answer. The external shape of this piece does not suggest that it is fossil as a whole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 Google "bird skull" and look at the images. This is not a bird skull. It appears that many of the pits and pockets on this rock are indeed fossils. However they are molluscs and bits of shell and other marine organisms. Most are difficult to ID as such because of the amount of weathering on the rock's surface. Cracking the rock open may reveal some specimens that are better-preserved. Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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