kolleamm Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Here are two fossils I found today , they are from Southern California marine Miocene rocks. The one with the spike looking thing is around an inch (you can see my leg for scale reference). Absolutely no idea what the first is, the second looks like some sort of plant or arthropod. Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 I am not seeing anything that is identifiable as a fossil in these pictures. It looks like mineral stain and fracture marks. 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...
kolleamm Posted July 28, 2017 Author Share Posted July 28, 2017 1 minute ago, ynot said: I am not seeing anything that is identifiable as a fossil in these pictures. It looks like mineral stain and fracture marks. Even the second one ? Could have sworn it looks like some sort of plant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Mud Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 The top image could show plant material. I'm not 100% sure that this isn't bone from this image. The orange but to the right looks like a fish scale. I would prep these more with a needle. Looks like soft mudstone? The bottom image may also be plant material. First I though bone but we would need it cleaned up a bit and a clearer close up. It is most likely carbonised plant material with some sort of mineral coating (calcite?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 I would suggest prepping and clean these, especially the first one. It looks like it has a nice defined fossil plane that should be easy to prep away. I see fossils in both. ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 I agree there is something in the first picture. Prepping is a must to determine what it may be. The second piece, I am not so sure. Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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