ober Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Hello all Here is a companion query for help. This item is flat, tapered to the top and slightly concave from the underside. The two pictures are a top view and a bottom view. It is about 2” thick. The scaliness, if there is such a word, looks like Exogyra, but does not have the curved narrow end described for Exogyra. I assumed this was a flat mollusk shell when I picked it up (E of Capital Reef, south of Rt 24, about 4 miles outside the park) but can’t find a match with the limited references I have. Help appreciated. Thanks. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 As in your other post, i think this item is also geologic, but i agree it does look like an Oyster. "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ober Posted March 19, 2019 Author Share Posted March 19, 2019 yes, I think you might be right here. Handling it, it comes apart in small slivers and might not have the cohesiveness of a solid structure. I will pick at it to see if it is just a residual piece of sedimentary rock. And I was so hopeful when I found it. Sigh. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Looks like a siltstone to Me. Agin not a fossil. 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...
ober Posted March 19, 2019 Author Share Posted March 19, 2019 Thank you. I’ve been handling it gently thinking it was a fossil but today started peeling it apart layer by layer. Just a sedimentary fragment. Oh well. Out to the garden with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 Keep peeling those layers. In between those sedimentary layers is where fossils are preserved. Watch a video of Green River Wyoming fish fossil quarrying. Always worth checking sedimentary layers for possible fossil preservation. Barren most of the time, but occasionally, yeehaw! Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ober Posted April 10, 2019 Author Share Posted April 10, 2019 thanks, good advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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