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What is this fossil??? (Northern Michigan) Never seen anything like it
A.Stuntz posted a topic in Fossil ID
Anybody know what this is??? I found this fossil on a limestone (possibly glacial deposit) cliff in northern Michigan in the UP, it’s on Bois Blanc Island (right next to Mackinac island). I’ve been fossil hunting in this region for years and have never seen anything like it. Coral??? Anyone know??? (Btw it’s probably from the Devonian or Silurian). Thanks so much!!!!
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Found this from washed out sand bank in the Muskegon river. Appears to be a Favosites favosus, but I am unable to find any photos of these details on any published photos. It looks like individual details on cell structures have survived but find this a little unbelievable but they appear as described in texts… It also looks like the mural pores are still present in many of the intact freestanding cell walls. It looks like radial structures still present in tabula floors, and what appears to be the base structures of individual tentacles around the septums of cells. 19+ full perforations throughout head and so many free standing cell walls I cannot count them. Has anyone got comparable images, or can anyone verify structures shown as true to form - or simply random mineralized replacement? Those pores are pretty consistent, perfectly round, and appear to exactly match textual descriptions. But in a year of searching i have yet to locate any other images showing these details. Can anyone confirm or provide someone or someplace I can contact ? Thanks
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Is this a Prolecanite? Michiganite? Found in Port Austin at the shoreline of Lake Huron.
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I found this strange rock outside of the Quincy Mine on the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan about a year ago when I was just walking around outside. It’s rather light for a rock of its size. Could it be impactite? But, the location doesn’t seem to match that possibility. Does anyone else have any suggestions?
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I found these specimens in the Keweenaw peninsula earlier this year. Any thoughts on what these could be, on my Reddit forum, someone didn't think that the two rocks in the one picture or fossils. They don't look like potosky stones, but the little hexagonal and shimmer in the light. Especially when wet.
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I found this at Lake Michigan, and I'm not sure if it's something substantial or just geological. It is about 3 in/8cm long. The white patterning is slightly raised/textured and wraps around the circumference of the stone. Any help is appreciated. Thanks!
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Please help me figure out what this is. I found it on a Lake Huron beach in the thumb area of Michigan.
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Hello, while looking through stones along the Sandy shores of Walloon lake in northern Michigan, I found this bizarre tooth shaped stone that seems to have distinct tooth shaped blade or projectile and crevices for attachment. Does anyone have any idea what this could be? (Coin in background is around 18mm diameter)
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We found this rock at the Michigan peninsula, is really solid and heavy for the size.
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Can someone help to let me know if this is a real or fake dino egg. TIA!
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North American Paleontological Convention (NAPC) 2024
bockryan posted a topic in General Fossil Discussion
Anyone else from the forum planning to attend in Ann Arbor this year? I am from the area and this will be my first time going, I'm attending both field trips and then will be in Chicago for the concluding field trip. If anyone wants some restaurant recommendations or things to do, let me know! Unfortunately not a lot of good collecting outside of the field trips, Michigan has a ton of fossils but they're largely restricted to pretty remote areas or the lakes. https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/napc2024/daily-schedule/ Ryan -
Help on identifying species, age, and region of this pelecypod found in Michigan, US?
Zippy.Shrimp.Feet posted a topic in Fossil ID
I recently found a large stone hosting many of these pelecypods. I assume this is a limestone, as it has a slight reaction to acid, and there didn't seem to be any other super identifiable fossils, aside from some possible crinoid remnants. Its hinge is located far off to the side. These were found from rock placed along the Saginaw River in a small park in Michigan, so I can't say they were naturally from this area, but are local to Michigan. The ones I found range in size from about 25mm to 57mm. I would appreciate it greatly if anyone has any insight on the possible species, geological age, and where they might have originated from in the state? Thanks in advance for any help that can be provided..thumb.jpg.6360f52d61816c80248b8c39c7192d1a.jpg)
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I am fortunate enough to have such a huge amount of Middle Devonian Givetian material that I thought it best to put the older Middle Devonian stage, the Eifelian, in its own thread. There are some spectacular fossils here as well though! I thought a good place to start would be in the Formosa Reef, which I believe is quite early Eifelian. This tabulate coral and stromatoporoid reef continues similar complexes found from the Middle Silurian, see my: https://www.thefossilforum.com/topic/84678-adams-silurian/page/3/ thread from page three onwards for details. All these Formosa Reef specimens come from a delightful gift from my good friend @Monica who is a tad busy with life at the moment but is fine and still thinking of the forum. This outcrop can be found on Route 12 near Formosa/Amherstburg, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada. This beautiful-looking specimen came to me with only a third of it revealed but I managed to get it this far after nine days of painful pin prepping. Monica found another one and posted it for ID here: https://www.thefossilforum.com/topic/105528-weird-circular-imprints-formosa-reef-lower-devonian/#comment-1172285 The specimen was identified by another Canny Canadian @Kane to be the little stromatoporoid sponge Syringostroma cylindricum. Hardly a reef-builder, but gorgeous nonetheless. It does have a little thickness to it, but not much. Beautiful! Pretty thin, actually. I love this Monica, thank you!
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Hi All. I am heading to the NAPC meetings in Michigan in June. Unfortunately the field trips filled up fast. I am hoping to take in a little local fossil collecting in the area if possible while there (anything really). If anyone has any suggestions I would love to hear from you. If you live in the area or are attending NAPC and want to organize an informal collecting jaunt I am happy to do that too. Thank you for the help!
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I'm hoping for a proper identification of the pictured rock. It is 5.5" long, 3" at its widest, and 2" in height. I found it in the area of a former gravel pit just to the north of Grand Rapids, Michigan. I've researched it and it appears to be a Stromatolite. Please assist?
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Avid amateur fossil hunter on the WI side of Lake Michigan here and the occasional find in the woods or even in parking lot gravel. 40 year old dad and 7 year old daughter team. Love the hunt, the find, the research, the aesthetic. Recent find attached. Nice size honeycomb coral. Basic, but a nice specimen for a weekly walk.
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Does anyone have experience hunting the Silica Shale in Michigan? How common are vertebrate fossils?
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I recently found this while looking for a find out in the wild. I am not sure what this is, considering I found it in a river, but it seems like it may be a snail/slug/gastropod I am an amateur, so I can't easily identify things. I am looking for the scientific name for this species though, because I am working on a display box for some of the fossils I have found already. Also, I did barely any digging, for anyone's information. and in the image I am including a reference drawing because the quality of the camera I own is garbage (sorry). Any information helps.
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I was looking through my collection today, and I found this rock of milky quartz, and it looks strange. it has a few small openings on the crack that was made, and it reminds me of some other rocks in my collection, I can't exactly find a name for them or any clarity on what it is. also it looks shiny, similar to a gemstone. to avoid the previous problem with my other post (sorry about that one) I tweaked the settings on my camera and the lighting and they look fine, but if I come across any other problems again I will try to fix them. Also, I ran in with one of my brothers and I asked him if he could give me any suggestions, and he said it kind of looks like shocked quartz. and he showed me a few images of it (I will also include one in the photos), and any information helps, thank you. P.S. The images of my rock are the ones with a white paper background, the ones I found of proof do not.
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I went to Rockport quarry in Michigan several times this year. And found this trilobite. A friend says it looks like Crassiproetus but i am not sure.... Thanks! In advance
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My neighbor found this trilobite (at least that's what we think it is) in a large, quarried piece of limestone in Alpena, Michigan. The exposed part is about 1.5 inches long. The bedrock here is from the Devonian period. Questions: Is it a trilobite? Can you tell if it's curled up in a ball? He thinks that might be its head on top, curled up around its tail. Thanks for any help you can give us!
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Found this beauty washed onto the shoreline
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Miscellaneous fossils along the Michigan shoreline of Lake Huron this summer
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Is this a part of a Trilobite - or …?
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