DaveHawk Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 Nice teeth smokepoll LOL Not sure where to post yet so I'm sorry if I stepped in on you. Good to see I have a friend in here. I'm trying to figure out how to get Two 6" 3 toe dinosaur fossils out of a 7' diameter red granite bolder. I found them fishing trout in WV. Here is one for you to figure out, plus a little collecting of teeth. The geometric fossil is one I have no idea what it is. I found it close to where I found the 3 doe dinosaur fossils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 The last three pics are Stigmaria; Carboniferous tree roots. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 ^^Yep, and fossils aren't found in granite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveHawk Posted August 2, 2009 Author Share Posted August 2, 2009 Thanks, It's been sitting on the mantel for the past 3 years. With out a clue, but then again I was not searching very hard to find out. . The last three pics are Stigmaria; Carboniferous tree roots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveHawk Posted August 2, 2009 Author Share Posted August 2, 2009 Why do you say fossils are not found in granite? When I clearly found one. In one of the oldest river beds on the east coast. ^^Yep, and fossils aren't found in granite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 Granite is an igneous rock; formed from a molten state at great depth. Fossils are found in sedimentary deposits. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveHawk Posted August 2, 2009 Author Share Posted August 2, 2009 Ok Then I am not reading the rock correctly. Which is good cause I know it would be hard to chip these prints out of granite. I hope to make a return trip back up to the river bed soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 Get some pics when you do! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 Ok Then I am not reading the rock correctly. The host rock is a very mature arenite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundancer73 Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 Very nice finds! Welcome to the Forum!! ~Mike All your fossils are belong to us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terphunter Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 Dave sweet fossils. Good luck with your find...sounds like you better bring a big hammer LIFE IS SHORT...HUNT HARD!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy 55 Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 Very cool finds. It's my bone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverphoenix Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 It could be metamorphic rock, though usually the fossils are crushed/deformed if they are of any decent size. Most likely sedimentary--pics would help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveHawk Posted August 3, 2009 Author Share Posted August 3, 2009 It could be metamorphic rock, though usually the fossils are crushed/deformed if they are of any decent size. Most likely sedimentary--pics would help. If anything I thing sedimentany now that you ,emtioned it. Man this makes me what to make the trip sooner then later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 West Virginia, except for the very eastern part of the state, is covered by Paleozoic sedimentary rocks. Since your find is a stigmaria, Sil-Miss limestones are ruled out. That leaves Penn, and Perm. rocks. I'm not that familiar with the Perm. stuff of your state, but stigmaria are a common find in the Penn rocks. During that time, the western slopes of the proto-Appalachians produced vast deltaic lobes that resulted in the coal deposits that are common to the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveHawk Posted August 3, 2009 Author Share Posted August 3, 2009 Very close to Md , right on the boarder. West Virginia, except for the very eastern part of the state, is covered by Paleozoic sedimentary rocks. Since your find is a stigmaria, Sil-Miss limestones are ruled out. That leaves Penn, and Perm. rocks. I'm not that familiar with the Perm. stuff of your state, but stigmaria are a common find in the Penn rocks. During that time, the western slopes of the proto-Appalachians produced vast deltaic lobes that resulted in the coal deposits that are common to the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmorefossil Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 i would come and help you with your dig but ill be heading to SC friday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveHawk Posted August 4, 2009 Author Share Posted August 4, 2009 i would come and help you with your dig but ill be heading to SC friday. bmore I would like to get a group together for a trip. Terp lives in the area also. Our only problem is deer season starts the 15 of Sept for bow. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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