Jump to content

Can you help me ID these fossils?


Fossilicious

Recommended Posts

  • New Members

I visited the Oak Springs Trilobite Area in Caliente Nevada (Lincoln County) and came across these two fossils. My phone seems to be struggling capturing all the details so I apologize in advance for the poor photos.

 

The first I believe to be some kind of marsupial? It's approximately 9 centimeters long, likely missing the tail. I'm not 100% on height as it's definitely missing part of the legs.

 

PXL_20240903_0542573392.thumb.jpg.5fec8e58bb3b2011c0c83d7002089ade.jpg

PXL_20240903_0543390192.thumb.jpg.594ee9113454c02434a94b8d71810e64.jpg

PXL_20240903_054620071.thumb.jpg.021f5db5fbee0905231ec101948bf825.jpg

 

 

This second one I thought could be a tooth or maybe a coral, however I don't really know. The formation is rather peculiar but for all I know it could just be a rock. 

 

Front

PXL_20240903_0517402982.thumb.jpg.5516110fe8592b23f6a73e6d14083b9e.jpg

 

Back

PXL_20240903_0521060652.thumb.jpg.c4b814bed5cd897908c381654c85fc0f.jpg

 

Bottom

PXL_20240903_0525399582.thumb.jpg.6f5b8524ea7d654625471cdd32f97ee4.jpg

 

Top

PXL_20240903_0526181732.thumb.jpg.dbab4cf1dc2ab41451db4aaaf984c7e1.jpg

 

Side a

PXL_20240903_0529400162.thumb.jpg.e7d4641db28ae84dd3669fd44612ee6b.jpg

 

Side b

PXL_20240903_0531381842.thumb.jpg.0657adf144a3d3b0db5f4e681498bb98.jpg

 

Some extra shots to give a better perspective on the shape:

PXL_20240903_0528495592.jpg.669cad1d519d5fd65261a05729c424e1.jpg

PXL_20240903_0527463402.thumb.jpg.681f12fcda20bbb15c3c9fdaba3402ea.jpg

PXL_20240903_0527157282.thumb.jpg.c7a8c80481cc7eda7073744eddf1f892.jpg

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

The first may be a arthropod trace. The second is a rock. I think the rocks you were hunting in were not fossiliferous, as the trail ends some ways away.

  • I Agree 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

As far as I understand it, the stones from that site are of Paleozoic age, much too old to be finding marsupials, which first appeared in the American fossil record in the middle of the Cretaceous Period.

  • I found this Informative 1

 

Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger

http://www.steinkern.de/

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Second item is not a tooth - no enamel.  No coral anatomy to be a coral.

Looks like a nodule or concretion, to me.


As previously mentioned, the area sediments are much too old to have vertebrate fossils.

    Tim    -  VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER

   VFOTM.png.f1b09c78bf88298b009b0da14ef44cf0.png    VFOTM  --- APRIL - 2015       MOTM.png.61350469b02f439fd4d5d77c2c69da85.png      PaleoPartner.png.30c01982e09b0cc0b7d9d6a7a21f56c6.png.a600039856933851eeea617ca3f2d15f.png     Postmaster1.jpg.900efa599049929531fa81981f028e24.jpg        IPFOTM -- MAY - 2024   IPFOTM5.png.fb4f2a268e315c58c5980ed865b39e1f.png

_________________________________________________________________________________
"In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks."

John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~   ><))))( *>  About Me      

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
×
×
  • Create New...