CharlieDeR Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 We are not sure what this is. My daughter is very excited. She thinks she's found her first fossil. Does anyone know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 Welcome to TFF! It does look like a fossil. It will help to give an id if We can know where it was found. Also can You post pictures of other sides? 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 September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 They look like concretions, or nodules, in a sandstone rock. I don't think these are fossils, but rather, geological in nature. 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 September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 At first I thought gastropod, but on second thought, probably iron concretions. More info could change that though... “...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...
CharlieDeR Posted September 13, 2017 Author Share Posted September 13, 2017 It was found in a pile of river rocks. What other information can I give you that would help? We are very new to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 Welcome to the forum! I'm 51% on the fossil side. More pictures from several angles and as accurate location as possible will help. John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 Welcome to the forum! I agree with concretions. Tell your daughter not to be disappointed. Concretions are really fun too! Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieDeR Posted September 13, 2017 Author Share Posted September 13, 2017 Here's a close-up of one of the detailed spots. Here are a few more pictures.Here are a few more pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 Do you know where the pile of rocks originated from> This could help us in geological context in possibly getting an age of the sediments. Then by knowing the age, we can narrow down the possible species from that time frame and area. Saying it is a fossil of course. For me, I am on the side of concretion / rock. 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...
ynot Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 3 minutes ago, CharlieDeR said: It was found in a pile of river rocks. What other information can I give you that would help? We are very new to this. There are areas where certain fossils are found. If We know where it was found it helps Us to make a more educated guess as to what You have. If You are in an area where no fossils are found then it is easier to say it is not a fossil. If You are in an area where only sea shell fossils are found then We can exclude other types of fossils. When I asked for a "location" I meant what city, county, state or formation was this found in. There are rivers and piles of rock all over the place, so that is not much use in trying to identify a fossil. I am not sure of this piece as I have not seen that type of segmenting in a concretion, but I can not place it in any fossil either. 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...
CharlieDeR Posted September 13, 2017 Author Share Posted September 13, 2017 I don't know the exact location of where it came from because we found it in a pile of rocks that had been moved into the area. They look like the river rocks that I grew up with in north Georgia USA, and I'm sure they weren't from too far away, but I don't know exactly where. We live just below Atlanta Georgia. Does that help? I am sorry we don't know more. She was just looking through them all because she likes rocks and found this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 I would say with 99% certainty that those are ironstone concretions. I have seen them segmented before. However, I don't think I've seen them in a conglomerate before. Here is one that I picked up at my last dino dig. I have seen concretions like this in various fossiliferous formations including the Ordovician here in Minnesota and the Hell Creek Formation (where this one was found). 1 Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 I agree. They look like concretions. Iron-oxide concretions would be my guess, maybe similar to the rinded iron-oxide concretions described in this paper. 2 " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieDeR Posted September 13, 2017 Author Share Posted September 13, 2017 Thank you! Anyone else has another opinion and you can point me in other directions, let me know. I'm willing to read everything. It does look like concretions is an excellent identification. As we are just learning, I am willing to read everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 I can offer a tiny morsel. There really isn't any reason to absolutely exclude the possibility that they could be fossils. I have seen layers of concretion blend into poorly preserved shell fossils. I've also found many that look quite like this with no other indication that they were associated with fossils at all. Unfortunately the general rule is that it is not a fossil until evidence proves it to be one. It is an excellent starter at any rate. Enjoy your new hobby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieDeR Posted September 13, 2017 Author Share Posted September 13, 2017 Thank you all so much! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arizona Chris Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 Reminds me of ironstone xenoliths in rhyolite. Just a thought.... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arizona Chris Paleo Web Site: http://schursastrophotography.com/fossiladventures.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 looks like sandstone with limonite concretions in it to me also. "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 9 hours ago, Arizona Chris said: Reminds me of ironstone xenoliths in rhyolite. Just a thought.... I think it has been metamorphosed. It looks very much like what I find in Maine, and here it's a given. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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