Mickelsen Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 This was found in stream bed near Mississippi in southern Iowa. Uncertain if this is a fossil bone fragment. It is very dense and about 5 cm in length. Any thought on how to ID this specimen/material? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 IWelcome to TFF! It does have a resemblence to bone, but it could also be a concretion. Need pictures that are in sharper focus to be sure either way, also one of the ends. 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...
Fossildude19 Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 Cropped and brightened. I don't see any bone texture. This looks more like a carbonized/3-D plant fossil to me, in the first picture. 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...
Miocene_Mason Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 I agree with carbonized plant. “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 I think it is a concretion that may have plant impressions on one side, but the marking could be geological as well. 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...
Mickelsen Posted August 23, 2017 Author Share Posted August 23, 2017 Thank you for response. I will get some better images. Stay tuned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Russell Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 It has a striking resemblance to the carbonized plant/wood material found at mazon. Finding my way through life; one fossil at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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