grierhiggins Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Hello Fossil nerds. Hope all is well. I have been following all of the cool Instagram fossil accounts and it reminded me of something my son and I found this summer. USA California Santa Barbara County Jalama Beach 34°29'44.0"N 120°29'46.8"W measurements are in cm. Any ideas? Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Looks like strangely weathered rock. Not seeing anything toothy here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Welcome to TFF! Agree with odd shaped non fossil rock. 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...
digit Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Yup. Looks like a wannabe rock posing as something it's not. Appears to be a seam of more silicified material infused into a crack in some sort of sedimentary rock. The weathering shows that the surrounding rock is softer than the seam. A tooth would be showing a crown of more shiny fossilized enamel which this one is not. I can see what caused to you to pick up this odd rock. Cool--but not a fossil tooth. Welcome to the forum. Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grierhiggins Posted February 13, 2019 Author Share Posted February 13, 2019 Thank you to everyone for your input and quick responses. What a great community I look forward to learning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-fossils Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 Hi there, and welcome to TFF! I'm sorry to agree with the rest, but there's no fossil there. Southern California does have a couple fossil sites though, do a search on this forum and you should come up with some results where you could take your son to 22 hours ago, grierhiggins said: all of the cool Instagram fossil accounts One of them better be mine! Lol just kidding Best regards, Max Max Derème "I feel an echo of the lightning each time I find a fossil. [...] That is why I am a hunter: to feel that bolt of lightning every day." - Mary Anning >< Remarkable Creatures, Tracy Chevalier Instagram: @world_of_fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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