Life Finds A Way Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 Hi all! Turning to Fossil Forum's wisdom as always for ID purposes. Found this bit in Ramanessin brook on a short dig. Split between if this is a skull bone fragment or simply a piece of ghost shrimp claw. Seems to fit more consistently with bone, just under the diameter size of a quarter. Any help back is appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Life Finds A Way Posted June 2, 2018 Author Share Posted June 2, 2018 More interestingly, and also for your ID is a few shots of what is believed to be an old croc tooth (and is quite pointy still), though the bottom root has a slight teardrop, and overall it has a slight curve along the side. Is about the diameter of a quarter, found in Big Brook separately. Will accept any opinions on it being another tooth, a concretion or something else entirely! Thanks! Showing curve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 These unfortunately look like the tricky ironstoneconcretions that litter the area. T They really do take on some look-alike shapes. Unfortunately, even long time collectors can be foolded by these at times. 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...
non-remanié Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 The first one is a piece of some steinkern. The second is a concretion. ---Wie Wasser schleift den Stein, wir steigen und fallen--- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jersey Devil Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 The first one looks like a gastropod steinkern; the second one is a concretion. “You must take your opponent into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one.” ― Mikhail Tal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 The images posted for the first specimen make me think that might have the pattern of erosional / diagenetically transformed factors of the original crab claw (or relative), but I could be wrong. Try to compare the patterns of the images below. Mine is not altered by the possible ferruginous content. (Miocene / Romania) " 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...
Scylla Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 IDK about the first one, but I have been fooled by enough Ramenessin concretions to ID the second one as a concretion like the others said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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