dodo4 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 I found this walking the beach near South Ponte Vedra. The texture, the little black cylinders, made me pick it up. What is it? Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodo4 Posted August 7, 2018 Author Share Posted August 7, 2018 A side view of the same piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett Breakin' Rocks Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 15 minutes ago, dodo4 said: I found this walking the beach near South Ponte Vedra. The texture, the little black cylinders, made me pick it up. What is it? Thank you! The look so regular ... I wonder if it is a hunk of asphalt or something ? The layering and uniform shape of the little 'pebbles' makes me think it is man-made but maybe someone else who recognizes it as something else will chime in. Cheers, Brett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 Maybe coprolites? @GeschWhat or @Carl 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...
dodo4 Posted August 7, 2018 Author Share Posted August 7, 2018 3 minutes ago, Brett Breakin' Rocks said: The look so regular ... I wonder if it is a hunk of asphalt or something ? The layering and uniform shape of the little 'pebbles' makes me think it is man-made but maybe someone else who recognizes it as something else will chime in. Cheers, Brett I have never seeing asphalt having this kind of granules Brett, but I am no expert, neither in asphalt nor fossils :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 Didn't we just have something like this shown for ID recently? I seem to remember little blunt ended cylinders just like these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 +1 for arthropod coprolites. Modern Ghost shrimp pellets. 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...
dodo4 Posted August 7, 2018 Author Share Posted August 7, 2018 12 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said: +1 for arthropod coprolites. Modern Ghost shrimp pellets. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 I agree with fossildude19 "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...
GeschWhat Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 Yep, arthropod coprolites. If one of the ends are exposed, you may see different shaped canals in them if you look at it under a microscope. That type are classified as Favreinidae and are attributed to crustaceans such as shrimp or crayfish. They really are fascinating. Here are some from a previous thread. Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodo4 Posted August 7, 2018 Author Share Posted August 7, 2018 Thank you @GeschWhat, @Herb, @Fossildude19, @caldigger and @ynot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 On 8/6/2018 at 10:40 PM, ynot said: Maybe coprolites? @GeschWhat or @Carl Late to the game but yep, a bunch of nice, tiny coprolites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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