corporateidentity Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 Hello! I'm relatively new to this forum (joined 12 minutes ago (haha)) and was following this thread. I attached three images of a rock I found in a creek in Western Pennsylvania. Any chance that it could be a coprolite? I thought it looked similar to the images I saw on this thread. If it's not, does anyone have any guesses?? Thanks! “Too much change is as destructive as too little. Only at the edge of chaos can complex systems flourish.” ― Michael Crichton, The Lost World Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 11 minutes ago, corporateidentity said: I'm relatively new to this forum Welcome to TFF! Lets see what the experts think... @GeschWhat, @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...
Fossildude19 Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 Welcome to the Forum. Where was the item found? 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...
corporateidentity Posted November 12, 2018 Author Share Posted November 12, 2018 Thanks! I'm happy to be here! This was found in a creek in Beaver Pennsylvania (little north of Pittsburgh). Was also thinking it could just be some random magma thing but I figured I'd take a shot and hope that it's some kind of animal remains haha. “Too much change is as destructive as too little. Only at the edge of chaos can complex systems flourish.” ― Michael Crichton, The Lost World Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Ammonite Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 Welome to the Forum. Let's have our Duchess of Dukie look at it: @GeschWhat My goal is to leave no stone or fossil unturned. See my Arizona Paleontology Guide link The best single resource for Arizona paleontology anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 Hmmm...Without knowing the geological period it is hard to say. What other fossils are found in the area? I have seen concretions and coprolites that look similar. Without further information, I'm going to lean toward ironstone concretion. There is a shape that looks somewhat like a vertebra here, but I don't see any color change - so it could just be an optical illusion. @Carl may be more familiar with this area. 1 Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 It looks like a "crocodile skin", iron concretion, to me. 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...
corporateidentity Posted November 12, 2018 Author Share Posted November 12, 2018 Well I've heard that it is a carboniferous area although I'm new to this and so far haven't found all that much. I was going by the same area today and did manage to find something I thought looked a little similar. But now that iron concretion is being thrown out there, I'm thinking that may very well be what these are! Are there any defining characteristics of coprolite so I can keep an eye out in the future? “Too much change is as destructive as too little. Only at the edge of chaos can complex systems flourish.” ― Michael Crichton, The Lost World Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 The second specimen confirms the hypothesis of ironstone. Take a look at this topic: " 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...
corporateidentity Posted November 13, 2018 Author Share Posted November 13, 2018 Awesome! That was a very helpful article. Thank you for sharing! Hoping this will aid in identifying future specimens! “Too much change is as destructive as too little. Only at the edge of chaos can complex systems flourish.” ― Michael Crichton, The Lost World Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 I'm just getting an ironstone concretion vibe from this thing. Sorry, not coprolite vote here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 Sometimes, ironstone could have these features, although the scale might be different. " 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...
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