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Walking a dry creek bed north of Payson, Arizona, I found something interesting. Could this be a Pennsylvanian age sponge fossil? The views are side, bottom, side and top.
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Hi guys! I have a few fossils found recently that are not identified yet. The first is thick and looks like half of a round object. I found it near Payson AZ. The second wasn't too far from the first. It may be coral from what I can tell. The third is from a place called the Paleo dig site 13 miles from Payson. It's a conglomerate of many different sea mollusks I think? There are at least 4 different looking shells I found all around the site that seem to be agatized. Any help id and for the conglomerate of shells, how do I safely remove the mudstone or limestone to expose the shells more? So far I've used a soft toothbrush to brush away the junk. I've included 3 angles front and back. The last conglomerate has fossils on both sides. Side #2 looks like sea daisy's maybe?
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Can shells become agate? They are very opaque. There are a few different examples I found outside of Payson AZ on a pull out by hwy 87
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Hello, I am just joining the forum today. I just wanted to say hi and try out posting something. I live in Payson Arizona. We find a lot of coral, plant stem fossils and petrified wood out here. Any others on the forum in my area? IMG_0842.MOV IMG_0842.MOV Hope all who read this are doing well. Happy hunting!
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Hey fossil people... more specifically hey Arizona fossil people. I'm wondering if any of you have run across fossilized horn coral in this state? If you have, tell me about it. I'd love to see examples of what you've found. I"ve found lots of brachiopods and other marine life in Arizona but this is the first time I've found horn coral. The idea that Arizona used to be underwater is fascinating to me. Theyre not the prettiest specimens... but i found them and they're mine! Lol. For those wondering, I found these near Payson Arizona. Same place I've found byrozoans, brachiopods, and crinoids.
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Hi All, any thoughts on these specimens? Location is Roberts Mesa in Gila County, Arizona. (east of Payson) The red coral-like stems were found loosely on the ground very near the red trunk and gray matrix pieces. So I’m making some assumptions that the two are related as they were found maybe within 100 meters of one another. And the red stems above looked similar to the red trunks below of course. My first thoughts are some sort of coral but could they be a sponge instead? I’m assuming all are Naco Formation? Comments welcome. Photo size reference is in inches. cheers, DJ
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Hi! Someone directed me to this forum for a possibility of ID'ing these pieces. I collected these loose on the ground the day after a very heavy rain and hail storm, near a wash bed just north of the Whispering Pines area outside Payson, AZ. Someone suggested they might be fossil coral. Any info would be greatly appreciated.
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Hello wonderful fossil-people! If you and you're gang enjoy solving a groovy mystery, I have a post for you! This rock was found in an area of Northern Arizona that is very well know for producing lots and lots of bryozoan, brachiopod, and crinoid fossils, as well as crystals and geodes. The bit of rock in question was found in the side of what appears to be a broken geode. There is a triangular fragment of stone that does not match the material surrounding it. There is also a white discoloration encompassing the triangle that I've highlighted in green on one of the photos below. The colors in the 3rd photo are a little more true to what it looks like in real life. The geode is kind of a pink-ish color and the triangle "fossil" is a dark brown/reddish color. Given the abundance of marine fossils found in the same location, I wonder if this is also fossil. It just seems so out of place in this rock. I have oodles of bryozoan, brachiopod, & crinoids that I've found in the same location and I can share pictures of these, if it somehow helps So what do you think, fossil or random bit of stone? If it is a fossil give me your best guess as to what it might be... or even give me your worst guess. I'm not picky lol.
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I’m hoping I could get ID help with a couple of fossils that were found in the Mogollon Rim area near Payson, AZ.
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EDIT: see complete post below Ynot's brief post. I found some amazing fossils last weekend north and east of Payson, Arizona in the Pennsylvanian aged Naco Formation. Clear skies and warm temperatures were tolerable because of the tree cover. The star of the show was a 40 cm slab with and upside down silicified Syringopora coral colony that showed the basal branches. Mother Nature started the etching process, I continued it with dilute pool acid. For scale, each coralite is about 2mm in diameter. The next star was a 23cm unidentified sponge.
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