Baculite?

[e911chick]

I wish I could follow the rules and give you a picture on a plain background, but we had to leave it where we found it as it was on federal land, so this is all I have. 

 

We went camping as a family to The Pines Recreation area near Glasgow Montana on Fort Peck Reservoir.   My 8 year old son, who wishes to be a paleontologist, and collects every rock he sees, found this in the reservoir.  I told him we would take a picture and see if any of our friends knew what it was, but since it was found on the Charles M Russell Wildlife refuge, we couldn't take it with us.  One of our friends on facebook told us to check out baculites, and I think that MAY be what it is, but just wasn't sure.  I would like to be able to tell him it "probably" is this, so I thought I would see what y'all think?

 

Thanks!

A Pastor's wife with no idea at all about fossils

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[connorp]

I can’t see the photos.

[Johannes]

@e911chick: yes, your finding is a single chamber from a Baculites-phragmocone

[caldigger]

Please post pictures directly to the post. They are not visible to many of us in your photo hosting site. 

[Fossildude19]

2 hours ago, e911chick said:

I wish I could follow the rules and give you a picture on a plain background, but we had to leave it where we found it as it was on federal land, so this is all I have. 

 

We went camping as a family to The Pines Recreation area near Glasgow Montana on Fort Peck Reservoir.   My 8 year old son, who wishes to be a paleontologist, and collects every rock he sees, found this in the reservoir.  I told him we would take a picture and see if any of our friends knew what it was, but since it was found on the Charles M Russell Wildlife refuge, we couldn't take it with us.  One of our friends on facebook told us to check out baculites, and I think that MAY be what it is, but just wasn't sure.  I would like to be able to tell him it "probably" is this, so I thought I would see what y'all think?

 

Thanks!

A Pastor's wife with no idea at all about fossils

Welcome to the Forum.  

 

I converted your photos from HEIC files to JPG files. 

The Forum's software doesn't play nice with HEIC files.

Best to save your photos as JPG, BMP, or PNG type files.  

[Auspex]

@e911chick, Kudos for not succumbing to the temptation to pocket that cool looking little piece!
There are a few 'bad apples' out there that give fossil collectors a bad name

[e911chick]

Thank you Johannes! and also thanks to Fossildude19 for converting.  I will try to remember that in the future!  My son is so super excited!  :-)

[erose]

Cameras are so much better and easier to use these days. Even smart phones can take really sharp HD images.  Thanks for sharing.

[e911chick]

@erose, thanks!  I did just use the ole iphone for that picture.  To be honest, I didn't think it was anything special until a science teacher friend spoke up.

[FossilNerd]

Too bad this was found in an area where you are not allowed to collect. It’s a neat find. Especially to an 8 year old! Good job on putting it back when you could have easily walked away with it. I’m sure your son was more than a little disappointed.  

 

My 4 year old son is also getting interested in fossils. It brings a smile to my face when he walks up with the random rock and asks “Is this a fossil?” Sometimes he gets lucky and it makes his day (as well as mine).