Louella D Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 Newbie here. I found these two fossils in my backyard in Pahrump, Nevada. One appears to be a crinoid, but I don't know what the other one is. Is it even a fossil? This is the high desert area 65 miles west of Las Vegas. Can anyone help me please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 The left one is, I think, a concretion. What size are they? "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 Welcome to the Forum ! I think, both have a geological origin. The right one looks close to Gogotte . " 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...
GeschWhat Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 I defer to the expertise of the gentlemen above. Welcome to the forum! Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 1 hour ago, abyssunder said: Welcome to the Forum ! I think, both have a geological origin. The right one looks close to Gogotte . I never would have gogotten that! Well Done! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louella D Posted April 25, 2018 Author Share Posted April 25, 2018 Thank-you for the welcome. Here's some more information and the terrain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnbuckeye Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 3 hours ago, abyssunder said: The right one looks close to Gogotte Those are definitely strange looking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 2 hours ago, Louella D said: Here's some more information Welcome to TFF! Can You post pictures of the other sides of the items and a close up of the round thing on the reddish piece? Thanks. 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...
Carl Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 This purported gogotte looks suspiciously carved to me. I think someone had a hand in that shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louella D Posted April 26, 2018 Author Share Posted April 26, 2018 The fossils were found on virgin land. I can assure you they are not carved. I will post some more photo's later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranzBernhard Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 2 hours ago, Louella D said: The fossils were found on virgin land. I can assure you they are not carved. I will post some more photo's later. I would not totally exclude some carving, even if the land is virgin. Are there more of this kind in your backyard or is it the only one? Franz Bernhard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louella D Posted April 26, 2018 Author Share Posted April 26, 2018 Here's some more pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louella D Posted April 26, 2018 Author Share Posted April 26, 2018 There's weird rocks all over out here. Here's one I seen the top part out of the ground. So I dug it up. Its 8 1/2 pounds! What is it? I sure appreciate your answers. Thank-you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 I think all 3 are non biologic rock. The patterns are caused by differential weathering. (where softer layers have eroded faster than other layers that are slightly more resistant. 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...
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