Hudrock801 Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Hello to all and nice to have discovered this website by accident. I am a green rockhound and fossil enthusiast from along the Wasatch Front in Northern Utah. I was hoping some of you kind folks with more knowledge and experience than I can tell me if my 8 year old and I found a really weird rock or some sort of plant life fossil. This piece was found on a work trip I brought my son along with, to an area North East of Flaming Gorge Reservoir near the Utah/Wyoming border. Hopefully the pics I am attempting to post are clear enough to see the detail took a bit of work figuring out how to resize and attach, etc. Thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cole Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Rugose coral and a bivalve? Cole~ Knowledge has three degrees-opinion, science, illumination. The means or instrument of the first is sense; of the second, dialectic; of the third, intuition. Plotinus 204 or 205 C.E., Egyptian Philosopher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megaholic Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Welcome to the forum Hud. You will find this a great source of info and excitement in this field. Sorry I can't help with your specimen, but I am sure others will. MH "A man who asks is a fool for five minutes. A man who never asks is a fool for life". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 I think Cole have right. Nice find. " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 How far northeast of Flaming Gorge? There are no rocks old enough to have rugosa corals in that area. The oldest rocks are Cretaceous. I am thinking this might be a weird piece of petrified wood. I am at the salt lake airport for the next five hours if you wanna bring it by.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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