Brad1978 Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Found these by Dilley, Tx in a corn field. It's certainly corn but I have never seen fossils petrify this color. I've found the same mineral as concretions in limestone. I was curious to what everybody else thinks about them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Not confident this is corn. You may need to post a picture of the ends to make sure. The piece on the left does not seem to have any regularity of the seed pattern. There is a possibility that this could also be a piece of iron siderite concretion. ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Kinda reminds me of shrimp burrows? RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 1 minute ago, RJB said: Kinda reminds me of shrimp burrows? RB I think that may also be a good possibility. I've seen similar pieces like this that were marine burrows. ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Of similar interest, a "fossil cob of corn" that turned out to be an elaborate hoax: http://hoaxes.org/weblog/comments/oldest_ear_of_corn 2 ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad1978 Posted September 20, 2017 Author Share Posted September 20, 2017 Hope these help.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Siderite concretion or marine burrow is seeming more likely given the additional images. ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connah Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 +1 for marine burrows. They are quite common in my neck of the woods (Mornington Peninsula), & can range from petit to forearm size. Many of the larger varieties display this bumpy textured outer surface . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 +1 for Ophiomorpha. The little bumps would be fecal pellets (aka coprolites). Beautiful specimens! 1 Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Could not be corn. Corn was developed by the Mayan civilization around 5 hundred years ago from a grass. 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...
Rockwood Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 5 hours ago, ynot said: Could not be corn. Corn was developed by the Mayan civilization around 5 hundred years ago from a grass. A fact which doesn't necessarily preclude this being corn, just a fossil. I'm in total agreement that it doesn't need to though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 Ok, my wife has been busy cleaning up and ran into these. I found these outside of glendive in a very yellowish matix above the Pierre Shale 11 years ago. These are shrimp burrows. RB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 9 hours ago, RJB said: These are shrimp burrows. Check Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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