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Does anyone know what this is? I found it in Rhode Island, on the outskirts of the Narragansett basin. It looks symmetrical and segmented. I think it’s an invertebrate fossil, but I really have no idea. Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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L.S., Specimen in the photographs below was found in the Upper Carboniferous (Westphalian D) of the Piesberg, near Osnabrück, Germany. Scale on last photo is approximate. To me this looks like the rear end of some segmented animal. Any idea what it could be? Thanks, Tim
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Found this in Alaska along the Anchor River. Unsure if it is a fossilized anything? Almost looks like there are wing impressions on both sides of the narrow segments, which is about an inch long.
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These two fossils were found in glacial till on land to the western side of Seneca Lake, Schuyler County, New York. Slumping vertical bank of streambed, these were among the most recent rocks that tumbled down. Sitting on the surface, no digging required. They were maybe 300 yards apart from each other. The first one is in brown sandstone matrix. The second one is in gray limestone matrix. Both fossils are about the size of an average modern caterpillar. Note the segmenting. The first one also appears to have at least two legs still visible. That one has some crystal sparkling to it that the photos couldn't capture. The second one....the yellow coloration: possibly sulphur that entered in? I can't come up with anything that matches what is visible other than caterpillars. But, yes, it would be a mighty lucky find for two, because caterpillars generally don't fossilize, due to their delicate structure. If anyone knows of an alternative explanation that fits, I would be very glad to hear it.
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I was combing a beach on the southern shore of Lake Ontario for fossils when I found these. The surrounding rocks are Ordovician and contain mainly crinoids and branching corals. I found these two in the water a few feet off of the shore. They look like cephalopods to me, based on the segmentation and shape, and I have seen a nautiloid fossil that was found there a few days ago, but I don't know what kind of cephalopod specifically. I thought the first one might be a crinoid stem except that it tapers off slightly.
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Found on the Delaware coast, in the surf. The segmented columns are irregular, waving independently as opposed to a regular pattern as in a hard coral. They seem to come out of a central stem like a crinoid, but there are so many tendrils, I am doubting that guess. My 7 yo son found it and is dying to learn more about it, so a genus would help a lot. Thanks! Paul
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Hi all - complete newbie here. Just wondering could anyone provide identification of this fossil creature. Source: a stone in a loose open dry wall typical of farms in the west of Ireland Location: Athenry area, County Galway, Ireland Notable feature: there is a one cm deep depression above the segmented component Many thanks in advance. https://postimg.cc/y3R0H6RW EDIT: Image posted here so it will remain long after the off-site link goes dead. -Ken
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Greetings! I found this fossil on Sunday in Bradenton, Fl (Manatee County) It is 1.5”/38 mm long, 1.5” wide and .5” thick. It appears to be broken on 3 edges. I tried to photograph it on white background but some pics where I am holding it turned out sharper. Some of the things I found nearby were horse teeth, chunks of meg teeth, tiger shark and hemipristis teeth and the most massive Florida horse conch and mollusks I’ve ever seen. I’ve been trying to learn the age and specific formations that I hunt in but it’s been confusing to me. Is it possible that I’m in the peace river formation if I’m 40 miles west of the actual river? Or would it most likely be the Arcadia formation, or even bone valley? Some overlap so how do you tell? I think I am mostly in Miocene- Pliocene. Getting a bit off topic but if anyone can shed light on my mystery find and possibly clarify on formation locations I enjoy this forum so very much. Thank you all members. Best, Marie
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Hi friends, I have several of these fossils. I think they look like some sort of worm fossil but can't find anything on the internet similar for comparison. I really don't think it is trilobite tracks because it is deeper. Sorry, I could only get 2 of my pictures to upload. Thanks so much, I would really appreciate any info.
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I found this years ago - ran across it in a box recently. It is kind of a medium grain sandstone, my collection recollection is that it would have been in Pennsylvanian strata, a thin (maybe 10 inch) sandstone overlying a small coal layer. I always recalled it as a bit of a mystery. It was before the internet - so we were all a lot slower and dumber then. I always assumed it was some type of a trace fossil - a filled in burrow? BUT - the main thinner segmented tube presents a faint flattened oval or crushed tube when looking at the end. Hard to get a picture of that. Also - it appears to lay on a larger rounded faintly segmented structure. WHAT IS THIS - Thoughts??
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My son and I found both sides of this split rock on a steeply wooded slope in southwestern PA (near Wexford PA). I think it is a fossil but not certain. It looks like a segmented worm or possibly plant structure. If straightened out, it would measure 4-5 inches, depending on which surface. 0.25 inch wide. Looking for any information or ideas. First find in this area.
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Hi All! I found this interesting piece of rock near my house in Alpine, Wyoming. I was at approximately 7000ft elevation in the Snake River Range when I found it. I don't know what era the rock here is from. Fossil Butte National Monument is about 100 miles south of here with fossils from the Eocene if that helps. Thanks for looking, Steve.
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This slab is a piece of a larger rock with lots of these fossils. You can also see them on the edge of the slab in cross-section. I hesitate to make any guesses on this one, it's like nothing I've seen. The hash marks are mm. From another place on the slab
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Found this fossil in a creek in middle Tennessee. I originally thought it was a crinoid column, until user ynot pointed out that it was more than likely an orthocone shell. Judging from where it was found, it seems to be from the Ordovician. So now my question is: what species of orthocone do you think it is? Note the size (5 1/2" long, 2" wide) and the segmented pattern. Thanks for the help!
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This is an image of a fossil discovered by my daughter at Trout River. Previously she has uncovered crinoid calyxes (calyxi?), corals, and shells. This seems a little too large for a crinoid stem since it measures about 1" top to bottom in the picture. Anyone able to id this? She would greatly appreciate any information.
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Hello, This fossil was found in Europe, northern Poland to be exact. Does anybody know what is it? Thanks, Diana
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Worm Like?, Segmented?, In Small Deathbed Silified Sedimentary Deposite
itsandbits1 posted a topic in Fossil ID
I cut a slab off a nice looking peice of rock to see if there was cabbing material ins ide and found a small wormlike fossil along with a few unidentifyable pces of other things incased in sedimentary deposite then silified afterwards I assume. The "worm" is 20mm long aproximately unknown age of rock but this area ; Thompson Okanogan region, of BC has a very mixed up geology; there are even islands that used to be off the coast of California buried here somewhere. I'd be interested to know if there is any discription of things like this or someone can say what it is. Thanks Lloyd
