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Fossilized Crab or Vaguely Crab Shaped Rock


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I found this near Fayette City, Pennsylvania at the bottom of a cliff along the Monongahela River. There were a large number of concreations amount the rocks in the cliff. Anyway, this one sort of looked like a crab to me. What are your opinions?

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I can definitely see where you're coming from, but I agree with Rockwood. Keep hunting!

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Paul

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My vote is for septarian concretion.

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Hiatus concretion?

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It would seem likely that there is a gradient between homogenous sediment and museum quality septarians.

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It very much has the shape of Avitalmesus, but I don't believe that are found that far north. its most likey just what these guys are saying.

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not so sure from a pic, but this section has a microcrystalline quartz appearance; if so, I would say grey chert nodule

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