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Found this interesting fossil in Covington Country, Alabama in a creek. The material around the fossils seem to be very brittle and the fossil itself looks to me like it might be related to sand dollars, but I don't know for sure. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

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Looks to me like shell pieces.

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These fossils are a large species of foraminiferan.

 

Don

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I agree with Don.

 

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I believe @FossilDAWG and @Ludwigia are correct. These look very similar to some large forams (Lepidocyclina supera, but there are numerous species) that I have collected out of the Oligocene just to the west in Mississippi. They were very abundant at that location. These are very interesting fossils given that foraminifera are usually very small (microscopic). 

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Thank you all very much for you help.

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I also forgot to add, welcome to the forum!  It looks like you found a great place to find some fossils. There are often some great looking shells found in those rocks. Let us know what else you have found!

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