saddleriver Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Hi, I'm a new user so please excuse me if I don't have everything you need. I found this potential fossil in Northern NJ (Bergen County) and I was wondering if anyone knows if it is in fact a fossil. I have found many fossils (mostly of shells) over the years in the same area, but this is different from anything else I've seen. I would love to know if it is a fossil. If it is a fossil, I'd also love to know what it is and how old it may be. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much! Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramon Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Sorry, I see no fossil, it’s a sedimentary rock with a weird shape. Best of luck next time!! 1 "Without fossils, no one would have ever dreamed that there were successive epochs in the formation of the earth" - Georges Cuvier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeepTimeIsotopes Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Bergen County is mostly Triassic aged bedrock according to this map I don't particularly see a fossil, I see flute casts. Compare to this image from google They're cool because they show the predominant direction of an old river or in a lake. Nice find! 3 Each dot is 50,000,000 years: Hadean............Archean..............................Proterozoic.......................................Phanerozoic........... Paleo......Meso....Ceno.. Ꞓ.OSD.C.P.Tr.J.K..Pg.NgQ< You are here Doesn't time just fly by? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Correction: you show an image from a lot of flute casts,which,given assumptions about bedding morphology,sediment cohesiveness,and local hypsometry/topography and hydrology/seasonality/climate and after extensive quantitative treatment of data might show the direction of bottom currents Ut: your link doesn't seem to work,dunno if you've seen that 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saddleriver Posted December 31, 2018 Author Share Posted December 31, 2018 30 minutes ago, UtahFossilHunter said: Bergen County is mostly Triassic aged bedrock according to this map I don't particularly see a fossil, I see flute casts. Compare to this image from google They're cool because they show the predominant direction of an old river or in a lake. Nice find! I'm not sure if it comes through from the photos, but the part I'm interesting in isn't just in 1 direction. Its shaped like the number 7 and raised about 1/2 inch from the rock. On the right side is a smooth nodule that is smooth and round & has pace underneath. The nodule doesnt sit on the stone. I attached another image and outlined the shape. Not sure if it changes anything, but figured it couldnt hurt to give u the most info possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raggedy Man Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Look like burrows to me. 2 ...I'm back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 It's either a fully articulated crocodile limb bone that just needs to be prepped out, or a rock. My money is on rock. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plax Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 +1 for burrow but those Triassic fossils from lake deposits often look like nothing before being prepped. I'd like to see the shells that the OP has found nearby. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plax Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Found any footprints in the area? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saddleriver Posted January 2, 2019 Author Share Posted January 2, 2019 4 hours ago, Plax said: Found any footprints in the area? There have been footprints found in the area over the years, but I havent found any. Do you think it could be a footprint? That was actually my initial thought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Maybe there are bivalve trace fossils, something in the line of Lockeia - Protovirgularia. 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...
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