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Fossils? Found in Pennsylvania


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2 minutes ago, Kingofthekats said:

Could the other be polished dinosaur bone?

 

Not likely.  

Where in PA was it found?

There are some Triassic exposures in Bucks County, but not much in the way of dinosaur bones has been  found in PA. 

 

 

Looks more geologic to me. :unsure: 

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Raubsville I found indian artifacts like arrowheads and pottery Maybe a trade item

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Does anyone know what the tooth is and maybe how old? Ynot thank you for your answer and everyone else that answered too

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1 hour ago, ynot said:

not sure if deer or horse.

 

59 minutes ago, Kingofthekats said:

Does anyone know what the tooth is and maybe how old? Ynot thank you for your answer and everyone else that answered too

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I agree with incisor, and geologic, maybe a large grained Quartzite. Dinosaur bone unfortunately doesn't polish itself (although in the Isle of Wight has water polished iguanodontid bones). As stated the Newark supergroups (including the Gettysburg formation and new oxford formation) contains  dinosaur remains, but more commonly dinosaur footprints. These formations are well south of you however.

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Your darker rock is a fine-grained quartz conglomerate which is a sedimentary rock. Since most of the quartz clasts are larger than 2mm it is a conglomerate. If the grain size were below 2mm then it would be a sandstone.

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2 hours ago, DPS Ammonite said:

Your darker rock is a fine-grained quartz conglomerate which is a sedimentary rock. Since most of the quartz clasts are larger than 2mm it is a conglomerate. If the grain size were below 2mm then it would be a sandstone.

Great observation.

2mm is the cutoff between sand and pebbles. Everything smaller than 2mm is clay/silt/sand and above pebbles cobbles boulders etc.

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