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Triassic fossils I’m not so sure about


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I went on a recent fossil hunt in North Carolina looking for the cow branch formation. I found some fossils. It was a very quick stop, about an hour before I had to leave. I found what I believe is to be a footprint it reminds me of a tremnospondyl but it’s from the cow branch I believe. I also found some shells there, plant material, and pieces of what looked to be good footprint material but I wasn’t there long enough to fully examine. So here’s the finds from yesterday: 


Total haul:

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footprint in question: 
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outline of footprint:

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What species was this footprint from? It’s late Triassic and I’m pretty happy to be finding footprints again these might be my new favorite fossils. 

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Not seeing anything I can definitively say is a footprint, or fossil here.  :unsure:

The imprint could be part of a footprint, but it could just as easily be part of some sedimentary structure.

 

 

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I have some better close up photos I really think this might be a footprint but I’m open to another explanation as well. More data is needed so I’ll post more pictures as well.

 

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This is a close up.

 

here’s a side view as well. Theres a distortion in the rock that reminds me of distortions from footprints. Here it is:

 

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