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I found this fossil in a creek bed in central Missouri and thought it looked a lot like coral. Just wanted a more experienced fossil hunters expertise on Id. It’s a 14 centimeters long, 5 inches.
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Help us please my son found this in a creek in Missouri and it has porous holes and sticks to tongue like bone but not sure if it’s a fossil or bone. Any help is greatly appreciated!
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Images have the sharpness and definition turned up to hopefully see more detail. I wish I could say the formation but the map I was looking at was particularly large and I just couldn't really tell. All I can say is that all of the possible formations were from the ordovician period. The first rock is 2.54 centimeters wide, and the second is 19.05 centimeters wide. I was thinking that it was a coral maybe? The shape reminds me of brain coral, but I also haven't seen any coral fossils like this one so I don't know. Sorry if the photos are bad, I took them on my phone and that was the closest I could get without the images turning too blurry. The fossils only show up on one side but if you still want angles I can post some.
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I found this yesterday in northwestern part of Missouri near the Grand River. It looks like possibly the bottom part of a reptiles head? I think this is limestone but I'm not positive. Any suggestions would be appreciated!!
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Echinoderm identification help please! Polished cross-section in the Kimmswick Limestone (Late Ordovician: Katian; Missouri, USA) used as facing stone at Missouri Botanical Garden. Possibly the paracrinoid Implicaticystis (once known as Comarocystites)? Specimen is ~25 mm across.
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I recently ordered some decorative stones for my garden when one of them happen to catch my eye. Is this a petrified mushroom it is hard like a rock but has very defined gills.
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Would this be a snake or lizard fossil? Its a creek rock from a creek bed in Weldon Springs Missouri.
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It wraps all the way around or quite possibly just goes all of the way through? I am not sure but it is pretty! Any help you all have is amazing!- 8 replies
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I found this while visiting Missouri over Easter. I’m hopping someone could lead me in the right direction to finding out what this could be.
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I found this earlier at the creek by my place here in SE Missouri while looking for flint to do some knapping. I've never seen a rock like this. What causes the the outer section to look like it was once fluid & i guess oozing around the other rock?
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This one is just a cool find to me even though I don't have a clue what is is.
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These pictures are all the same rock just different angles for texture and visual show, I haven't found anything else in the rest of the item, just the lump ( which my husband has dubbed.. the klingon mini crater) -
From the album: Missouri Ammonoids, Nautiloids and Gastropods
Found in the Iola formation, not sure which member as it's from a large rockpile (maybe Raytown limestone member?)-
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Ok Super sleuth's, what do you think about this one? Bone?
TinySpiderMonkeyNinja posted a topic in Fossil ID
This is yet another strange looking rock/bone, from the decorative river rock around my pool. I tried to catch the best parts of the detailed areas, which to me resemble the porous look of a bone. What do ya'll think?- 6 replies
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Is this a bone by chance? This one I am positive came from theMissouri side of the Mississippi river bank!
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I did find this item on the river bank of the Mississippi river, in a tiny cove right smack between Alton, IL and St. Louis county, MO. No digging required, I was just trolling the embankment. Do you think it is bone? All the photos are the same item, just different angles and close ups.- 2 replies
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I found this on top of the ground while mushroom hunting. I have collected arrowheads, fossils, and other odd/cool looking rocks for a number of years but have never seen anything like it before. I found it a few miles south east of Calhoun,Missouri close to Henry county road NE 300, and a few yards from Tebo creek. I appreciate any help identifying what it is and approximately how old.
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I have Recently moved to a new property with Goodies, Help identify
OlEzra posted a topic in Fossil ID
After finding more time to survey my property. I have noticed many rocks with fossils, trying to be careful with the terminology that I am not aware. I have 35 years of finding Indian artifacts; arrowheads, grinding stones, bird points from the area of my hometown. But no experience with fossils at the location that I have recently moved in. Current Location: Eureka, Missouri. Jefferson County. Shelf Rock, halfway up a steep hill in a narrow valley. Rocky Terrain mixed with Clay below the topsoil. I have found layers of shelf rock, with multiple layers of hardened fossils compacted together similar to the image uploaded. In between these layers a "sand like" material. In One image, the small "Y" shape fossil was found in the "sand" layer. At first thinking it was fish bone, but upon closer look it shows a pattern similar to coral like. Cannot zoom close enough, will try again at a future date if needed. Would appreciate any knowledge with identification and how old they may be. Thank You for the response. -
Hey Folks, went hunting last Saturday with my wife and Granddaughter looking for Trilobites. My wife just killed it with 2 large Isotelus Trilobites and a super rare DOUBLE Isotelus slab! Me??? They don't call me Empty Pockets for nothing! YouTube video here: Prepped pics are at the end of the video.
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I found this in a creek bed in the Ozarks. I have found multiple Ordovician fossils. I was just wondering if anyone has seen something like this or if it is just a weird rock formation.
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So there is this nifty oddity, I found it in my backyard pool decor rock bed. The first photo is the entire thing. Then i show them separately. I am sorry that I used the penny this time for size, I found my square for the next time.. I saw someone else post a fossil like this one; however, I am a newbie and I have not figured out how to look for other photos yet.
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Found these in a road cut of old 66 today, my wife and I are regular rock hounds and just getting to know the area
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From the album: Muncie Creek Shale Phosphatic Nodules
I believe the dark brown may indeed be skin while the blue part is cartilage.-
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From the album: Muncie Creek Shale Phosphatic Nodules
One of my larger concretions and personal favorites-
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From the album: Muncie Creek Shale Phosphatic Nodules
This concretion came out in multiple parts and I was able to salvage the tip. I will restore this specimen and prep it in the future!-
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From the album: Muncie Creek Shale Phosphatic Nodules
The second half of the cartilage pterygiophores When breaking the concretion most of the internal structure was unfortunately damaged-
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