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Is this an egg fossil?


Melisa

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No, I don't think so. There's nothing diagnostic in these images to suggest it is. North Carolina is not known for egg fossils, methinks.

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Possibly an echinoid?

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Definitely an echinoid cross section.

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Yup. You can really see the bumpy texture of the echinoid test in this blown-up crop of the first image.

 

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