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Coprolite or fossil unbaked crescent roll?


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I found this 3 cm long x 2 cm wide x 1-1/2 cm thick curved rock just last week on a southeast Florida beach near the town of Jupiter. 

Our beaches have a lot of fossil shells, bones and teeth. This nugget was different from my usuals finds- larger and softer looking than a shell fossil.

It has a smooth fine grained texture and the end looks “pulled”, not broken. 

Thoughts?

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Looks to be a steinkern of a gastropod. 

 

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+1 gastropod steinkern.

 

 

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+2 for gastropod steinkern  :)

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