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Weird Scale Covered Coprolite Looking Concretion - Likely Miocene Of South Carolina


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Hey Guys, I recently found this weird scale covered coprolite looking concretion in a South Carolina river in a Miocene formation where I find megalodon and other shark teeth. Any idea on the identification and am I far off on my guess?

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I think someone at a gar and pooped him out after digestion. :)

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I don't think it's a coprolite. It looks more like a strange set of vertebrae. Quite weird.

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The photos are small, but I don't think it's a coprolite. I think it's a phosphatic nodule formed within a burrow that preserved a shrimp (the burrow maker) tail inside.

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The photos are small, but I don't think it's a coprolite. I think it's a phosphatic nodule formed within a burrow that preserved a shrimp (the burrow maker) tail inside.

I agree "shrimp".

Not a coprolite.

Something is missing though......AH cocktail sauce!!

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I know this is old, but I found something similar that is very defined in Corolla NC.  It is getting cleaned up at Kent State now.  As per the experts, it may be a stomatopod, possibly related to Squilla. I am VERY excited about it.  (Like a mantis shrimp). The attached picture is before prep. I cant wait to see it after!

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