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Hey guys,

Found this a couple years back outside of Calgary on a roadtrip. Went for a hike in a badlands looking area and randomly stumbled across it. Wasn't looking for fossils really, but this clearly caught my eye.

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Maybe soft shell turtle? Not really sure, I look forward to a positive ID.

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Based on the photos, I would say it's geologic in origin. Others with more experience hunting in that area can probably let you know more. Natural formations often look like fossils.

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It is geologic and not a fossil. I see this all the time while walking the badlands. I am currently drawing a blank as to what it's called but I'm sure it will come to me after I finish my morning coffee LOL.

A fossil hunter needs sharp eyes and a keen search image, a mental template that subconsciously evaluates everything he sees in his search for telltale clues. -Richard E. Leakey

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Oh and welcome to the forum. Where abouts in Canada are you from?

A fossil hunter needs sharp eyes and a keen search image, a mental template that subconsciously evaluates everything he sees in his search for telltale clues. -Richard E. Leakey

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Maybe liesegang structures? (banding,rings)

Could be mudcrack structures as well.

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I believe that is just an iron stone concretion.

A fossil hunter needs sharp eyes and a keen search image, a mental template that subconsciously evaluates everything he sees in his search for telltale clues. -Richard E. Leakey

http://prehistoricalberta.lefora.com

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Ironstone from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation. Is this from the Drumheller area? Basically limestone with a bit of iron to give it the look.

I've seen these advertised and sold as meteorites and the darker bluish ones certainly have the look....especially those from Horseshoe Canyon itself.

These often form around organic material...especially plants such as metasequoia cones and horsetails. Sometimes an indistinguishable seed or cone at the core...perhaps long ago dissolved. Although 'just a rock' they are evidence of fossils in the area....Dino or freshwater molluscs. Whenever I find this type of ironstone, my antennae come out.

Anyways, ironstone is a pain when adhering to Dino fossils. I give it a whack with the hammer and hope rock and bone separate cleanly.

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So looking back on this,  it appears that the original item is a rock with counter septarian structures.

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