Wrenchchik Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 I was hoping someone could tell me what the stick looking thing is. Its apx an inch and a quarter. It appears to have a smaller one to the left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Monica Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 Do you by any chance know the age of the rock? Or where you found it? That would probably help someone to identify your find. That being said, the shape of the objects in question kind of look like scaphopods (tusk shells) to me - can you by any chance see an opening at the narrow end of the specimens? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 By the way - here's a link to a geological map of Kansas: http://www.kgs.ku.edu/General/geolSheetMap.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrenchchik Posted July 16, 2018 Author Share Posted July 16, 2018 Ellsworth county is green/cretatious. I can not see an opening. Is there a way to clean it up to see better thats safe for it? Its got three ridges equally separated, not smooth like the scaphopods i looked up. Would that matter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobWill Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 Scaphopods often have ridges but they are longitudinal when they occur so this is something else. They also have openings at both ends. It looks like this is tapered but sometimes that is because the fossil will only be partly exposed. Can you remove any of the matrix for a better look? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 Since the surrounding Turritella shells are all steinkerns, couldn't this be a tusk shell steinkern as well? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 I agree with caldigger, steinkern. The "ridges" look like mineralized cracks in the rock that go through the fossil. 2 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...
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