tracer Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 i am beginning to write a book about fossils, focusing exclusively on ones i know nothing about. the title is going to be "once upon a time in the confusedocene" these two pictures will be on the cover. unless you help id them first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 That's an odd piece, I've never seen anything like it before. Sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roz Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 Strange looking, almost looks like odd teeth... Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seldom Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 Stomach lining of white tail deer They got his heart over at that treasure hunting forum Galveston Island 32 miles long 2 miles wide 134 bars 23 liquor stores any questions? Evolution is Chimp Change. Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass; it's about learning to dance in the rain! "I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen." Ernest Hemingway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyguy784 Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 Jeeez, could ya have found an older penny? I think it's mineral. Reminds me of the forms you see on Devils tower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fig rocks Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 I'm agreeing with tracer.... not a clue! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bone digger Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 maybe some type of coral or sponge!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Eaton Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 looks like a fossil beehive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 I really want to say that this is some sort of plant fossil. You're welcome for the very specific identification. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted October 30, 2009 Author Share Posted October 30, 2009 I really want to say that this is some sort of plant fossil. You're welcome for the very specific identification. well, i thought that too, but in thinking about it, the huge voids and the tiny "walls" of the structure combine with the apparently large cross-section of what the entire size would be to make it pretty weird, like it wouldn't be structurally strong enough as an upright "plant" of some sort. the individual round "rods" look like sedimentary infill. they appear to be the same material as the matrix outside the fossil area. the very thin "walls" or "web" of the thing looks crystalline, like it formed from quartz or calcite replacement. and then the outer "wall" of the thing looks like it would have been almost perfectly circular, but it too is thin. so i don't know. but like any mystery, i want to figure it out. anyway, here's the consolation contest. what are these pennsylvanian (not the state, the timeframe) wigglers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzyrules244 Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 i am beginning to write a book about fossils, focusing exclusively on ones i know nothing about. the title is going to be "once upon a time in the confusedocene" these two pictures will be on the cover. unless you help id them first. lol man that an odd piece kinda reminds me of a starfish arm lol call it tracerasaurus lol or jesterasaurus lol no idea on that one but its neat looking "Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts." Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 Fantastic! A true stumper! I couldn't go past "invertebrate". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texaswoodie Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 The first one, the face, reminds me of WY Stromatolite..........But it's not due to the rod thingies. The second one, I'd love to know because I have some just like that. Hope this has been helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 (edited) Tracer..... the first one is confusing.... I love it.... The second.... could it be fragmentary rootlets in the seat earth.....a layer of sediments representing the floor of the forest prior to the coal layer forming.... Edited October 30, 2009 by Terry Dactyll Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bone digger Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 I think your second photo is marine as well, just can't remember the name of the darn things! Oh and as for your first fossil, by any chance were you up in Alaska on the weekend lol. Here is a link to something that looks very similar http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://stoneartsofalaska.com/images/fossil%2520specimen%2520kiwi.JPG&imgrefurl=http://stoneartsofalaska.com/fossils_from_alaska.htm&usg=__GKyxsLXzKpMkas9UOdPgXjh3oF0=&h=738&w=984&sz=117&hl=en&start=28&um=1&tbnid=CPf_cJBwUw41-M:&tbnh=112&tbnw=149&prev=/images%3Fq%3Ddevonian%2Binvertebrate%2Bmarine%2Bfossils%2Bphotos%26ndsp%3D21%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26hs%3DjFv%26sa%3DN%26start%3D21%26um%3D1 long enough link for ya! if it doesn't work just type it in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted October 30, 2009 Author Share Posted October 30, 2009 I think your second photo is marine as well, just can't remember the name of the darn things! Oh and as for your first fossil, by any chance were you up in Alaska on the weekend lol. Here is a link to something that looks very similar http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://stoneartsofalaska.com/images/fossil%2520specimen%2520kiwi.JPG&imgrefurl=http://stoneartsofalaska.com/fossils_from_alaska.htm&usg=__GKyxsLXzKpMkas9UOdPgXjh3oF0=&h=738&w=984&sz=117&hl=en&start=28&um=1&tbnid=CPf_cJBwUw41-M:&tbnh=112&tbnw=149&prev=/images%3Fq%3Ddevonian%2Binvertebrate%2Bmarine%2Bfossils%2Bphotos%26ndsp%3D21%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26hs%3DjFv%26sa%3DN%26start%3D21%26um%3D1 long enough link for ya! if it doesn't work just type it in! devonian!? heck, that's like...<doing the math in his head> three billion years older than anything within a thousand miles of me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bone digger Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 well I was trying to look up Pennsylvanian stuff for your second photo which is only 50my or so from the Devonian, close enough don't ya think. So where and what age is your first fossil from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted October 30, 2009 Author Share Posted October 30, 2009 well I was trying to look up Pennsylvanian stuff for your second photo which is only 50my or so from the Devonian, close enough don't ya think. So where and what age is your first fossil from? um, i don't know... <bursting into tears and running from the room> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bone digger Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 It's ok Tracer, come back! They find them in Nevada to and isn't it all downhill from there to the gulf of Mexico! Maybe your Hexagonaria (sp.?) just rolled right on down with some brisk Santa Ana winds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoup Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 Hi Tracer Your 2nd. specimen looks marine to me, I think its one of the Bryophyta group,maybe Riccia cf. Fluitans. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKatelin Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 It looks like early Philadelphia Mint...Possibly, San Fran or Denver. Was it near that rock when you dug it up? We agree w/ the others...it looks kinda like a penny Rob & Katie iKatlin.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoup Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 I think its a F.D.R. dime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted October 31, 2009 Author Share Posted October 31, 2009 it's a quarter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoup Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 it's a quarter Hey Tracer. Thanks, any good on the ID of your finds. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted November 1, 2009 Author Share Posted November 1, 2009 Hey Tracer. Thanks, any good on the ID of your finds. Paul no, but it's ok. although i really want to know what everything is, i'm fairly used to having things that are not identified. and some of the things i post i sort of know going in aren't particularly likely to get definitive answers, but i sort of feel people might like seeing them, because i really enjoy the i.d. section myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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