RickNC Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Found this in gmr which has Cretaceous through Pleistocene fossils. As you can see there are several partials of the same pattern on this rock. Definitely some symmetry going on here. I've never seen anything like it from this location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foshunter Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Rick---Is that rock or tumbled bone material, looks like bone when enlarged?----Tom Grow Old Kicking And Screaming !!"Don't Tread On Me" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Very interesting Rick, I have never seen anything like it from GMR. Is it bone like, as Tom suggested? Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Your fossil is a large dermal denticle from the stingray Dasyatis centroura. This species is still in North Carolina waters today. Yours is probably from the Yorktown Formation. Here are a couple from the Lee Creek Mine Yorktown Formation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickNC Posted August 11, 2013 Author Share Posted August 11, 2013 (edited) I've been looking at it to see if it was bone but the structure is different than the typical bone I find there. Thanks Al Dente, that looks like a good match though your picture seems to indicate an elevated center while mine here has a pit in the center with a small raised bit right in the middle of the pit. I am sure you're correct but I noticed that difference. This one looks a bit worn as well though. Edited August 11, 2013 by RickNC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Hamilton Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Rick, Nice find. Could it be an impression of the denticles since it has a rock like appearance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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