Found while kayaking

[DebbieLynn]

I found this while kayaking in Lancaster County and am not sure what this might be. 

[ynot]

Welcome to TFF!

Can You post additional pictures that show the other sides and ends of this piece?

 

[DebbieLynn]

[DebbieLynn]

this was found along Little Chiques Creek in Lancaster Co PA

[DebbieLynn]

58 minutes ago, ynot said:

Welcome to TFF!

Can You post additional pictures that show the other sides and ends of this piece?

 

 

[ynot]

Thanks for the additional picture.

It would still help if You show the ends and sides.

At this point I think it is a trace fossil - ie a burrow cast.

[DebbieLynn]

[DebbieLynn]

[The Jersey Devil]

Looks like a concretion/rock.

[Rockwood]

Are there coal seams in the area ? 

Structures like this are common a short distance north in coal country. Some of them take on an appearance similar to a vertebral column.

Concretion is what I called them.

[Plax]

bedded rock with less resistant layers eroded more than resistant ones. It's unusual for a piece of bedding to not split at one of the junctures. I would suggest some granitic rock followed by some other sedimentary rocks. Hard to explain why you would have a vertical section preserved like this.

[Rockwood]

7 hours ago, Rockwood said:

Are there coal seams in the area ? 

Structures like this are common a short distance north in coal country. Some of them take on an appearance similar to a vertebral column.

Concretion is what I called them.

Here are a couple shots of them from a bolder near the Walmart in St.Claire .

[DebbieLynn]

Thanks everyone for all your help.  I am now hooked on learning more on concretions and fossils.  I am super excited to keep hunting.