Clump of Nodules

[Drewdigs]

Found this on the surface in a small area of exposed layered greenish and purple decomposing sedimentary rock at the base of Comb Wash west of Blanding, Utah.  The layers of rock were below a steep cliff and of Wingate sandstone and I assume the time period to be Triassic but I could be off by a few hundred million years.  

The fossil is a clump of round nodules approximately 5mm in diameter.  They have raised lines separating the balls.  It could be a clump of seeds compacted in a dinosaur's gut and defecated or maybe fossilized soft tissue like lung alveoli.  Thoughts and questions are very much welcome! 

[DPS Ammonite]

It is a septarian concretion with a slightly unusual multiple lobe form.

 

https://www.priweb.org/blog-post/concretions

[Drewdigs]

I appreciate your help DPS Ammonite. It is so bizarre that geolog concretion can resemble biological forms so distinctly. 

[hemipristis]

Wild!  Def a keeper!

 

As I scrolled through the topics at first I swore this topic title read “clump of 🍜 noodles”. Must be lunchtime 

[Mark Kmiecik]

Beautiful!!! Not a fossil, but definitely a keeper. Most intriguing septarian concretion I've ever seen.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 6, 2023 by Mark Kmiecik
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