MichelleR Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 Can anyone assist in identifying if these are fossils or weathered limestone formations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendell Ricketts Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 The pieces you’re indicating are non-fossil, but the ground is covered with bivalves and perhaps other mollusks. They may be fossil but could also be Recent. _________________________________ Wendell Ricketts Fossil News: The Journal of Avocational Paleontology http://fossilnews.org https://twitter.com/Fossil_News The "InvertebrateMe" blog http://invertebrateme.wordpress.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 Moved to FOSSIL ID. Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendell Ricketts Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 The pieces you’re indicating are non-fossil, but the ground is covered with bivalves and perhaps other mollusks. They may be fossil but could also be Recent. Where is this exposure? _________________________________ Wendell Ricketts Fossil News: The Journal of Avocational Paleontology http://fossilnews.org https://twitter.com/Fossil_News The "InvertebrateMe" blog http://invertebrateme.wordpress.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 Stone Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 Agreed that these all appear to be weathered chunks of rock and not fossils. It is usually quite helpful to indicate where these rocks are located. A location can give us an idea of the age of the rocks exposed at the surface. Florida was underwater for the entire span of the dinosaur's reign on this planet and so we know we can discount any dinosaur (or other Mesozoic fossils) from being found in Florida (outside of a museum). Can you give us a clue where these rocks were found? Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichelleR Posted December 27, 2023 Author Share Posted December 27, 2023 (edited) Around Canyon Lake, TX. This area has been underwater since I’ve lived here, almost 40 years now. Edited December 27, 2023 by MichelleR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 1 hour ago, MichelleR said: Around Canyon Lake, TX. This area has been underwater since I’ve lived here, almost 40 years now. You're in a great area to find fossils. However, none of these are bones. The rocks among the modern bivalves are "weathered limestone", and some look like they contain fossil bivalves and gastropods in various angles of cross section. 1 The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPrice Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 This one looks like it might contain a fossil bivalve. Maybe. Let the experts chime in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichelleR Posted December 27, 2023 Author Share Posted December 27, 2023 Thank you all for your input. I have other images that I can post if it helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichelleR Posted December 27, 2023 Author Share Posted December 27, 2023 I apologize if some are duplicates. I have over 50 images and they all look like one another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 I'm still just seeing weathered rocks here so far, but maybe it would help if you would just select a couple of suspicious stones to begin with and post individual close up photos of them. The sheer amount here is somewhat overwhelming and detail is lacking. 3 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 Lots of rocks. Not seeing any fossils, unfortunately. 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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