Steve D. Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 Morning! I was fossil hunting along Colvert Cliff, NC this week and saw a weird formation in the cliff wall line. I found a plate with unusual organisms on it. They are fossilized and really bizarre. I found it close in proximity to a previous post on a plate found with pasterns on it. These items were found in the wall of the cliff that is eroding away and I'm sure became visible after that location had a violent storm pass through. Any thoughts or identification would be appreciated! Gray coloration on the specimen is clay... which I am removing as best as I can. The coloration around it is the actual fossil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 Looks like an oddly weathered concretion to Me. Not a fossil. 1 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...
Herb Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 looks like weathered limonite to me 1 "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 July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 I believe bog iron would be an addition to the equally correct answers given. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve D. Posted July 27, 2018 Author Share Posted July 27, 2018 Thank you all. I can't wait to dig in and learn more about all of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 I would say, it's botryoidal. 1 " 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...
daves64 Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 I didn't know Taco Bell had been around that long.. 1 Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will add it to your regular duties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 8 hours ago, daves64 said: I didn't know Taco Bell had been around that long.. Makings of another coprolite specialist there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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