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Might be a case of pareidolia but these oddly shaped rocks resemble something...

First to me looks like tree bark. (is it real?)

Second i have no idea what it looks like (most likely just a weird way the rock broke)

[Found in Kanawha County WV, Dunkard Group]

 

 

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Cambrian and Quaternary

 

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E.T. Hall - opabinia

 

"If It Can be Written or Thought, It can be Filmed." - Stanley Kubrick

 

Cambrian and Quaternary

 

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The top five photos look like poorly preserved wood. The Dunkard Group does contain ferns and conifers. Wood could be expected to occur.

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I am in the dunkard group in PA near WV.  I agree that the first is an eroded and poorly preserved wood of some sorts.  Here we are a mix of Permian and Pennsylvanian, but most fossils I have found are carboniferous.  Calamites, lepidendron, stigmaria and some fern fossils.  The last 2 pictures look like limestone which doesn't contain fossils as often.  I have found some calamite impressions in limestone but only a few.  They are nice to find because the matrix is hard and they don't crumble like shale does!!!  I am not seeing a fossil in yours.  On the other hand, if you look for the dark shale exposures that is where you will likely find fossils. Have foil with you to wrap them in as some can crumble fairly easily. Looking forward to seeing more Dunkard finds on here! :)

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17 hours ago, opabinia said:

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Congrats man! :yay-smiley-1:

That is certainly fossilized wood. Most likely Permian, and probably some type of weathered Lepidondedron. 

 

Sometimes it just takes time :P. 

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