coled18 Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 Hi all, I'm fairly new to this forum and fossil hunting in general. I need help identifying these, idk if they are coral, sponges, posibally bone or what. These were found in NE Kansas, in a rock deposit full of bryzoans, bivalves and other oceanic fossils. I do know the majority of these fossils here come from around the Cambrian through the Permian periods, however there have also been a few ice age fossils in the area, so that may help. Thanks a lot! CD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coled18 Posted March 5, 2017 Author Share Posted March 5, 2017 I tried to upload these as well, but it wouldn't allow me to CD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 Welcome to TFF! The first picture looks like calcite. The second looks like an iron concretion. Neither is a fossil. Tony Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coled18 Posted March 6, 2017 Author Share Posted March 6, 2017 @ynot, I had a feeling the first one was calcite, I have a few crystals in my mineral collection and I noticed some similarities. Thanks a ton! CD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 Some of the pictures are a bit blurry so we can't see the details/textures, also, it is a limit of little under 4 MB for upload per post. You could use consecutive posts or reduce the size of the photos. As far as I can see, there are Ca-carbonate based geological specimens, the first one might be a multi-layered calcite structure. I don't see any recognizable fossils remains there. Maybe the second one could give some hopes. " 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...
coled18 Posted March 6, 2017 Author Share Posted March 6, 2017 @abyssunder Thanks for the input! I am pretty convinced the second one is not a fossil, but I was thrown off by the porous shape and structure of the specimen. CD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howard_l Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 The rock it self looks like a dolomitic limestone where most fossils and traces have been destroyed. Howard_L http://triloman.wix.com/kentucky-fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coled18 Posted March 6, 2017 Author Share Posted March 6, 2017 @howard_l Thanks! CD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peace river rat Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 Don't give up, keep digging! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coled18 Posted March 6, 2017 Author Share Posted March 6, 2017 @Peace river rat Yup! CD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innocentx Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 Hi, coled18. I live and hunt south of you on eastern edge Flint Hills. Here is a map of our area that may help you understand the geologic time period we are in. "Journey through a universe ablaze with changes" Phil Ochs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coled18 Posted March 6, 2017 Author Share Posted March 6, 2017 Thanks! CD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coled18 Posted March 6, 2017 Author Share Posted March 6, 2017 @Innocentx Have you ever found complete fish fossils splitting rocks in the Hills before? I need to go out one of these weekends, and I always see a lot of loose fish bones in limestone, just never a complete skeleton. CD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innocentx Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 I look through the splittable shale but don't find much. I have found small sharks teeth, probably Cladodus. They are fragile and embedded in the cement-like giant limestones, so I've only taken pictures. "Journey through a universe ablaze with changes" Phil Ochs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coled18 Posted March 7, 2017 Author Share Posted March 7, 2017 Wow, thanks for showing those. I guess I should look for shark teeth one of these days. CD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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