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I think this is modern I'm not sure


Scottnokes2015

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Hey all

I was out collecting in Vienna, Illinois yesterday and amongst what I found was this which looks like vertebrae. The thing is it looks to me to be a fossil but I'm not sure. It's about 3/8 th inch diameter. The area is Mississippian in age.

Please can someone help, is this a modern critter vertebrae or indeed fossil. It was laying with a bunch of crinoid stems

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Based on age of the deposits (Mississipian) I would say if it is a fossil it did not originate there but most likely yes this is modern.

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Looks modern, if it's indeed Mississippian it would not look anything like that. 

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Performing the burn test might confirm if this is modern, but it does appear so from these images.

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I think this is modern 

 

It is.  :dinothumb:

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