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From the album: Chondrichthyan Teeth From The Pennsylvanian Period
Not exactly sure what cladodont this one belongs too. Less than 10mm due to missing the tip.-
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Just a weird impression I would have not looked twice at but it seems to have some material in it that would suggest it is actually a fossil instead of just geological weirdness.
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From the album: Pennsylvanian fossils
Phylum: Brachiopoda-Articulata Class: Rhynchonellata Order: Athyridida Family: Athyrididae Genus: Composita Species: Composita subtilita-
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From the album: Pennsylvanian fossils
Phylum: Brachiopoda-Articulata Class: Rhynchonellata Order: Athyridida Family: Athyrididae Genus: Composita Species: Composita subtilita-
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Been on a bit of a bug hunt lately. After a lot of effort, I found a layer with trilobites. After some research, it seems the 3 types of trilobite genus available in Pennsylvanian aged rocks around this area are Ameura, Anisopyge, and Ditomopyge. Ameura missouriensis is reported from the Deer Creek Formation and looks like the closest match. I just wanted to get some second opinions and see what others thought as well. Enrolled, but missing cheeks Isolated cephalon
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Hello! My fiancé and I are located in Missouri. We have never found anything like this before and think it might be amber? We did several “at home” tests on it. It passed the acetone and the high percent isopropyl alcohol test. It did not get sticky or tacky. It is very light and we believed it to be a chunk of plastic at first. This is what it looks like under UV light. I can’t tell if it’s glowing or not? Any input is appreciated! Thank you!
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From the album: Chondrichthyan Teeth From The Pennsylvanian Period
Found in the Muncie Creek Phosphatic nodules sadly I do not have the other half, if it is found I will upload it to the comments or post it separately-
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Very small Cladodont (Falcatidae?) Tooth in Phosphatic Nodule ( Missouri )
Samurai posted a topic in Fossil ID
Location: Missouri Period: Pennsylvanian Formation: Iola Limestone (Muncie Creek Shale Member) Hello once again! Today I have a fossil tooth that I happened to have seen while going through my old phosphatic nodules from Muncie Creek and was wondering if anyone could identify it further than a Cladodont tooth. I have googled images of Cladodont teeth and believe it to possible be a tooth belonging to Falcatidae, but what do you think? It resembles a few of these teeth on the chart below in size and form, hence why i'm making the guess of it being a Falcatid even though my tooth has very slight differences in lengths of each cusplet. I will note that my specimen seems to have 6 cusps total, while the specimens below that it most resembles has 5. Here is the size in mm. The last thing I wanted to note is that it might be next to possible coprolitic material, although it's hard to tell as coprolites in these nodules looks very similar to just a phosphate center, although if you find inclusions its almost guaranteed. Example of an obvious coprolite and a not so obvious coprolite from these nodules.- 7 replies
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Location is in Missouri The area is dated to the Pennsylvanian Formation: Muncie Creek Shale Found this very small tooth like structure and was wondering if anyone could confirm if it is a tooth or not. Normally I can identify teeth if they are large enough, but this specimen is very small. I have found teeth before in these concretions but much larger such as a possible Symmorium or Glikmanius along with a tooth from a member of Eugeneodontida. Here are some images I edited that might make some details more clearer:
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Found this on a sandbar in Mississippi River near St. Charles Missouri, after the main channel was dredged. Appears to be a tooth but not like a canine type tooth. I was thinking shark tooth, maybe a native american trade piece. Any help would be greatly appreciated in identifying it.
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I arrived in Texas yesterday for my mom's funeral. As I drove through Missouri and Oklahoma, I was amazed at the roadside geology (I've never traveled this route before.) I didn't have time to stop on the way here, but I may on my drive back to Michigan. I'm curious as to what to expect to find, if I get the chance to do a little hunting.
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discovered this in SW MO in a heavily timbered area buried roughly 10” deep. It measures 9 1/2” in length. If someone has some thoughts of what it could be I would love to hear your ideas.
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Hello! My name is Tiny and I am a rockaholic.. Man is this community is a sight for sore eyes! I have so many things I have been holding aside until I found a place I could feel comfortable! Thanks for making some room for me!
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I recently found what appears to me as a fossil of some sort along the Sag River in Missouri. Was needing help identifying, thanks in advance!
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I started hunting fossils as a kid. As well as rocks, minerals, crystals, etc. I’ve come to your forum because here lately I’ve been hunting where thermal events, floods, meteor’s, ocean floor, you name it this area has been hit by it. Since all these events has happened in a fairly close area the rocks and fossils have been mixed , melted, bastardized into something else which I could use some help identifying some that I have found. Thanks for letting me join .
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HI all, I have been collecting fossils on and off for 40 years.
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I was recently given the opportunity to hunt at a place in Central Missouri where the owner said they have been finding Petrified Wood for generations. Once I came across it and begin to study it further, I became curious. I have been told by several geologists and a few seasoned rock hounds, that it is petrified Palm, but I have also been told it was absolutely not and was coral. Would love some advice and explanation if possible. I love to learn and want to be better educated on this material. I have attached some rough and some from the same location that has been tumbled. Thank you all in advance!
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Hello from Missouri! I am thrilled to have found this forum and I have been exploring the site every day since. My dad was a ‘rock hound’. He would take my brother and I out fossil and arrowhead hunting when we were kids. I inherited his curiosity and fascination, but my knowledge is rudimentary. As most newbies probably do, I’ll be submitting a flurry of posts requesting help with identifying fossils I have had for years and some that I have found recently. And yes, I’m bracing myself for the probability that some of my ‘amazing finds’ will turn out to just be ‘cool rocks’. I have already learned so much by reading the posts of others, and I look forward to learning more. Marcia
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Actinoceras impression? Found it amongst landscape stones so I don’t know the origin.
MWilder posted a topic in Fossil ID
What do you think? I was digging in a pile of stones that were dumped in a low drainage area behind a business. Consequently I don’t know the origin, but I presume they are from the Missouri region. There were a lot of coral and clam fossils in the pile. The rock pictured has an imprint that looks like some sort of annelid. At first I thought crinoid, but I’ve never seen a crinoid impression like this.- 4 replies
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Pretty sure I have an egg. Found in Milstadt, IL. (Right across the Miss. River from St. Louis)
JLN1129 posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hey y'all. I dont have the faintest idea what I have here. Im fairly certain its an egg. And Im fairly certain it's a fossil. Im also fairly certain my friend shouldnt have cut it in half. But if he didn't, I wouldn't be fairly certain its an egg, so..c'est al vie. Any insight, thoughts, questions, or direction would be greatly appreciated, as my recent googling of the phrase 'red fossil egg in missouri' turned up nothing related. -
I have been hunting fossils in Missouri where several events have occurred such as thermal events, ocean floor, flood, meteor’s, earthquake, etc:. Because of this it’s left rocks and fossils kind of mixed bastardized specimens. This fossil here seams to be in quartz and retained it’s color that I was wondering if there was a chance that the dna inside was still viable ?
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