Fitch Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 (edited) That's what I think it is anyway, but I'm no expert, can anyone help? As for the location, I found it in a flower bed so no idea where it came from. Edited August 23, 2011 by Fitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Valiant effort with the magnifying glass! Still not enough resolution to tell more than it's "something in a rock", though. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 howdy. help us help you ==> linkipoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitch Posted August 24, 2011 Author Share Posted August 24, 2011 Any better? Probably not. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitch Posted August 24, 2011 Author Share Posted August 24, 2011 Here's the best I can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Here's the best I can do. That's a really good photo! Unfortunately, there aren't any defining features that jump up and say "bone" to me, and nothing I recognize as something else, either. There is nothing about the entombing rock that suggests that it's a coprolite, but they are kind of vague by definition. Best I can sign my name to is that the inclusions do look fossily. Let's see what others come up with "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitch Posted August 26, 2011 Author Share Posted August 26, 2011 Thanks, and I don't think anyone else is going to bother. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas-Tunnel Rat Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Looks like just a trace fossil in a chunk of rock. PUBLICATIONS Dallas Paleontology Society Occasional Papers Vol. 9 2011 "Pennsylvanian Stratigraphy and Paleoecology of Outcrops in Jacksboro, Texas" Author Texas Paleontology Society Feb, 2011 "Index Fossils and You" A primer on how to utilize fossils to assist in relative age dating strata" Author Quotes "Beer, Bacon, and Bivalves!" "Say NO to illegal fossil buying / selling" "They belong in a museum." Education Associates of Science - 2011 Bachelors of Science (Geology & Biology) - 2012 est. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitch Posted August 26, 2011 Author Share Posted August 26, 2011 Not to me, but then again I'm no expert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 There's something there; it could be chomped up bone, but it could be shell material or some such too. The matrix looks something like red sandstone; what is your take on it? "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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