CBOB Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 Last fall I was out near Keokuk Iowa collecting geodes during Geodefest 2016. On a day hunt I was collecting really close to Keokuk, Iowa and Hamilton, IL and we were at a site in the Fox River. While collecting geodes I usually will find pieces of fossil corals and throw them in the bucket. I recently had a geode cracking party with a buddy last weekend finally cracking the geodes I collected and found this in a bucket from the trip. I know it was collected in the Fox River and I think the river is actually right over the Missouri border. Looks like a coral to me but wanted to see if I can get a confirmation on that or any more info. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 Looks like a bivalve to me. Regards, Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 I agree with Tim, not a coral. Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Russell Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 I'm confused. I'm familiar with the Fox River in northeastern Illinois. Is there a Fox River in southern Illinois? Finding my way through life; one fossil at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 8 minutes ago, Rob Russell said: I'm confused. I'm familiar with the Fox River in northeastern Illinois. Is there a Fox River in southern Illinois? Rob, Looks like maybe the Fox River he mentions is in Missouri: Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBOB Posted May 28, 2017 Author Share Posted May 28, 2017 Thanks. I wasn't confident with the "coral" id. I didn't see any coral structure. 23 minutes ago, Rob Russell said: I'm confused. I'm familiar with the Fox River in northeastern Illinois. Is there a Fox River in southern Illinois? The map is correct. I was so confused when people were calling this waterway the "Fox River". I was trying to figure out how our Fox River was all the way over there too?? But it is just the same name but different waterway all together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 Does anyone else see possible ammonite in this? Except for the third picture I would go with that as a possibility as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 You're not the only one Is Ephippioceras a possibility? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 9 minutes ago, Scylla said: Does anyone else see possible ammonite in this? Except for the third picture I would go with that as a possibility as well. That was my first thought, but I just couldn't reconcile that ID with the 3rd picture. Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 I agree, the third picture makes it hard to interpret. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 the type of preservation looks a bit like that in goniatites from the Namurian of the Pyrenees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBOB Posted May 28, 2017 Author Share Posted May 28, 2017 I had a cephalopod vibe with it but the "bottom" of it (pic 3) throws me off as to what it is too. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 Could it be a clam/bivalve? On the edge there is a seam and the ridges from the opposite sides are offset. (pic 2 & 4.) 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...
Packy Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 could you clean it and take photos from each end? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-fossils Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 Just throwing in another possibility. I don't think it's this, but it's quite possibly related to it. A kind of oyster, Rastellum gregareum , found on the Vaches Noires, France, from the late Jurassic. (Those are two different specimens btw) Max Derème "I feel an echo of the lightning each time I find a fossil. [...] That is why I am a hunter: to feel that bolt of lightning every day." - Mary Anning >< Remarkable Creatures, Tracy Chevalier Instagram: @world_of_fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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