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Prehistoric carrot?


jnicholes

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Hi everyone,

 

I decided to visit a spot where I found several wood fossils in Travertine. The spot is in the canyon near Twin Falls, Idaho.
 

While I was going through some rocks, I found a rock that had this sticking out of it. As I grabbed the rock, it accidentally broke off.

 

When I looked at it, I could tell right away that it was definitely a fossil of some kind. On the top, it looks like it had a part where something grew out of it at one point. It’s completely hollow inside, except for something that I can’t get a picture of right now. It also has a part on the side where it looks like a root came out at one point.

 

To me, it almost looks like a carrot root. I actually found a similar living plant near that fossil. I am posting a picture of that as well.

 

Any idea what this is?

 

Jared.

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That’s what I thought at first. However, I have to disagree. There is something cylindrical inside the hole. Kind of like a crinoid casting, but not exactly.

 

I could be wrong, though.

 

Like I said, it’s very difficult to get a picture of what’s inside the hole. I’m still working on it.

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OK, it took some effort, but here’s a picture of the inside. There’s something small and donut shaped.

 

Like I said, it almost looks like a crinoid stem to me.

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It looks like a piece of stalactite which would make sense if you are finding travertine in the area.

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1 minute ago, Al Dente said:

It looks like a piece of stalactite which would make sense if you are finding travertine in the area.

The only problem with that was that it was horizontally attached to the canyon when I found it. Not vertical.

 

I really don’t know what it is.

 

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9 hours ago, jnicholes said:

The only problem with that was that it was horizontally attached to the canyon when I found it. Not vertical.

 

It's possible that it could belong to relocated sediments.

 

Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger

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14 hours ago, Rockwood said:

@Carl has had some experience with Ophimorpha. He may be able to help with the internal texture.

Not seeing Ophiomorpha here. I think that since this is travertine, this is more likely a plant stem mold where only the mineral coating is perserved.

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1 hour ago, Carl said:

Not seeing Ophiomorpha here. I think that since this is travertine, this is more likely a plant stem mold where only the mineral coating is perserved.

Thanks for getting back. I think you’re right. There are a lot of wood fossils, and Wood imprints in that area.

 

Here’s another one I found the same day.

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