Ianindiana Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 I dug up an old post about what the user suspected to be a fossilized walnut. It looks a little too similar to my suspected nut to be coincidence. Both were found in Indiana. Original thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 Not a nut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 Welcome to the Forum. If you read the old thread through, you would have seen that it was determined to be a concretion, colloquially called a "knobstone", and not a nut. 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...
Mark Kmiecik Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 Not a coincidence. Nature never makes "just one" of anything. If you find something the odds are quite good that you'll find another. They are nice concretions, and worth having in a collection. However, they are not nuts. I'm a nut and those are nothing like me. All the fossil bearing rock in Indiana is Pennsylvanian or older. Walnuts are much more recent on the evolutionary time scale. 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...
Ianindiana Posted April 22, 2019 Author Share Posted April 22, 2019 21 hours ago, Fossildude19 said: Welcome to the Forum. If you read the old thread through, you would have seen that it was determined to be a concretion, colloquially called a "knobstone", and not a nut. Thank you for the friendly reply, I didn’t read to the conclusion of that thread and should’ve taken the time to do so! 12 hours ago, Mark Kmiecik said: Not a coincidence. Nature never makes "just one" of anything. If you find something the odds are quite good that you'll find another. They are nice concretions, and worth having in a collection. However, they are not nuts. I'm a nut and those are nothing like me. All the fossil bearing rock in Indiana is Pennsylvanian or older. Walnuts are much more recent on the evolutionary time scale. I’m very grateful for the info, it’s actually quite fascinating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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