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This rock was delivered with 5 yards of landscaping river rock. I noticed the strange colors and layers then the imprint on the other side. Any ideas?

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I'm not seeing anything identifiable as a fossil. The overall structure is a concretion, the color you are seeing is due to iron content, and the pattern on the back is a common fracture pattern in some rock types when a piece is broken.

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+1 for concretion, with a conchoidal/hackle fringe fracture on the back.

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The fracture may be in a part of the rock that is more like a chert nodule. Higher silicate content that is. 

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