TJ Baxter Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 Does anyone know what this is? Fossil is about 2" long. Found in Washington. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPrice Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 (edited) Off the record - That certainly is SOMETHING! if it's really a bird skull, I'm a monkey's descendant. On the record- The embossed grooves running beside the zig zag lines which are hard to see until you zoom in...almost look like a machined repeating pattern. Crazy! Reminds me of a zipper shape down the middle. Now let's have the big brains tell us what we're seeing. I'm going with one heckuva unique rock. Edited February 19 by SPrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izak_ Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 This is the cross section of a bivalve. Great specimen! 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SPrice Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 (edited) Now ......I see it exactly in my little lizard brain ....a slice of a bivalve cross section. Thanks, Izak! I clicked the "I found this imformative" icon. Where is the " I feel stoopid" icon? Edited February 19 by SPrice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJ Baxter Posted February 19 Author Share Posted February 19 This is not in a cut rock it's in rounded river looking rock. So now that I know what a bivalve cross section is........I totally see an opened up clam! How long would that take to form like this? Thanks so much for all your help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hemipristis Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 4 hours ago, TJ Baxter said: Does anyone know what this is? Fossil is about 2" long. Found in Washington. That's one for the desktop at your work! 1 'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.' George Santayana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian James Maguire Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 Fantastic fossil love it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 4 hours ago, TJ Baxter said: How long would that take to form like this? Hard to say, but one could imagine that the original rock broke in two and then was eroded by water and percussion if it's a river rock. It could also stem from glacial till. It was definitely originally formed a long time ago geologically speaking, but the erosion took place later. How much later is a matter of conjecture until its historical development can be traced. Cool sample anyway. 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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