Recker Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 I fish alot on the Whitewater River here in Franklin County Indiana and look for fossils and rocks. I posted this photo under the rocks and minerals section and a member said that it could contain a mash up of small fossils. I just thought it looked like a rock that had odd patterns like little hieroglyphics, could they be tiny fossils? Linda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recker Posted December 10, 2018 Author Share Posted December 10, 2018 Here is another photo with a ruler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Could you take some close ups of the patterens on different sides of the rock. There are a couple items that look like cross sections of something. 1 I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recker Posted December 10, 2018 Author Share Posted December 10, 2018 Thanks Darktooth, it's under artificial light but these are the photos I got showing all sides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Wow, there's a lot of variety in that thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recker Posted December 10, 2018 Author Share Posted December 10, 2018 Yes! At first I thought it was a Dendritic Agate of some sort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recker Posted December 10, 2018 Author Share Posted December 10, 2018 If this helps this the area where I found it, lots of gravel bars and flooding. After the high water I find all kinds of things, when the water drops I can wade out onto the gravel bars in the middle of the river. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 A river can carry rock for a long distance and can also pick up rock from older riverbeds or glacial deposits. So there is little chance of knowing the age of the fossils. There are a lot of cross section views of different types of shell, but I see no coral or byozoan. 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...
doushantuo Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 THAT is a very pretty piece of rock! i DO believe those are sections of fossils we are seeing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Ammonite Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 I wonder if some of the hollow semi-round cross sections with bumps on the outside might be a scaphopod such as Dentalium. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dentalium_(genus) 2 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...
Echinoid Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Some of the thinner cross sections may be foraminifera 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Yeah,I thought so too,perhaps tuberitinids,but the'd have to be pretty big ones. I thought i saw a dasyclad (alga) section as well 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SULLY Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 That’s one of the coolest rocks I’ve seen yet! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 I see snap rings, locking washers, spacers, and gaskets. This thing belongs behind the counter in an auto parts store. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daves64 Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 18 minutes ago, Rockwood said: I see snap rings, locking washers, spacers, and gaskets. This thing belongs behind the counter in an auto parts store. Yeah....... let's see you fix your engine with it. 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...
Al Dente Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 A few of the fossils look like cross sections of Tentaculites. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recker Posted December 10, 2018 Author Share Posted December 10, 2018 5 hours ago, Rockwood said: I see snap rings, locking washers, spacers, and gaskets. This thing belongs behind the counter in an auto parts store. I saw a spoon!! Where's Waldo?? LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paciphacops Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 This object looks nautiloid-like. This a a very cool looking rock! It looks like some sort of fossiliferous "marble". My gut feeling says it's not originally from anywhere near where you found it. 1 "Don't force it, just use a bigger hammer" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronzviking Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 14 hours ago, Recker said: Yes! At first I thought it was a Dendritic Agate of some sort. It looks like polished (river tumbled) agate but not Dendritic to me because I don't see tree- or fern-like markings known as dendrites. I'm sure it has fossils but I can't identify any but it is a very cool rock worth hanging on to! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recker Posted December 10, 2018 Author Share Posted December 10, 2018 2 hours ago, Paciphacops said: This object looks nautiloid-like. This a a very cool looking rock! It looks like some sort of fossiliferous "marble". My gut feeling says it's not originally from anywhere near where you found it. I see it now! So small yet so defined. I very much appreciate all of your help. Wish it could talk and tell it's story...hummm wonder where it originated? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Stunning rock! John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recker Posted December 10, 2018 Author Share Posted December 10, 2018 14 minutes ago, JohnBrewer said: Stunning rock! Thank you John, it was a lucky find that's for sure and the more I look at the more I see LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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