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I would like some help identifying each of these six features. The first 5 were collected in Cretaceous limestone around Lake Texoma, Oklahoma. Number six was collected near the Lake Fort Gibson Dam, Oklahoma in Mississippian stone.

ONE

This sort of looks like tracks. I would have guessed cruziana, but trilobites didn't live in the Cretaceous... Both full view and macro photos shown.

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TWO

Very small feature. Irregular in shape. They look like tracks of some kind.

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THREE

A spiraling feature. Both full view and macro photos shown.

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FOUR

This one is very small. Maybe it's a gastropod, and not a trace fossil. Macro photo only.

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FIVE

This one is a raised area in the shape of the radioactive hazard symbol. Small feature.

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SIX

This one is Mississippian. These are all closeup photos of the same feature. Looks like tiny spaghetti noodles all lying side by side. The size is about 0.5 cm x 3 cm.

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Thanks all!

Zach

New to fossils, but not to nature

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#s 3 and 4 are sections through gastropods; #3 being a longitudinal view through a high-spired species.

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clam shells for 1 & 2, gastropods, and then oyster shell remains looks to me...

Thanks for your help in advance.

 

 

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  • 4 months later...

I have hunted reconsider a long time and have found very similar pieces so much fun to be had down there I make about five trips a year

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