jbeck Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 (edited) I'm a dad trying to find out what my daughter found in the river behind my house. I took this to show it to a naturalist at our local nature center. they could not help me much but they were very excited and said they had not seen anything like it. they suggested that I take it to the natural history museum in our area. I have not had the time and thought I would try here first. WHERE: northern ohio, southern cuyahoga county. about 20 miles south of lake Erie. it was found in a small creek area that averages less than a foot of water unless it is raining. my daughter said it was under a larger rock and was completely covered in mud. My Thoughts: my initial thought is that it is a claw from a very large animal. it has a chipped tip but it looks like it was a flat rounded tip. My guess is that it would be used fot digging. it is heavy like a rock would be. I have no idea what time frame thus might be from. someone even suggested that it could be man made. All i know is that i dont know enough to determin that. the thick end is cut off at a nearly 90° angle. Edited July 5, 2016 by jbeck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave pom Allen Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 am afraid it looks like a suggestive shaped rock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 maybe a section of a disc shaped concretion "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erose Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Whatever it is this could be a really great learning experience to share with your daughter. Make that trip to the natural history museum together. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 I agree with a concretion. Tony Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supertramp Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 (edited) I agree with a section of a disc shaped concretion, with the surface in pics 2, 4 and 5 showing the typical pattern of a progressive failure (plumose fracture) https://www.google.it/search?q=plumose+fracture&espv=2&biw=1280&bih=685&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjIi7XtxtvNAhXEXRQKHb53DkMQ_AUIBigB ciao Edited July 5, 2016 by supertramp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcusFossils Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 That's an astonishingly strange rock: nice find! Website: https://www.instagram.com/paleo_archives/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- “It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream.” ― Edgar Allan Poe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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