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Mary Davis posted an image in the group Alf Museum from the myFOSSIL app 2 years, 7 months ago
2 years, 7 months ago2 years, 7 months agoIs this a tooth, a toe, or just some weird rock? #fossil
Mary Davis posted an image in the group Alf Museum from the myFOSSIL app 2 years, 7 months ago
Is this a tooth, a toe, or just some weird rock? #fossil
Rock
Rock
@aiden-gore ok cool. Can you give an explanation as to how you can tell it’s a rock and not a fossil?
@mary-davis-2 The shape sure looks like a toe but I don’t see any porosity. Do you mind sharing a city and state/provence? This can help with ID as we can see if fossils have been previously described there or not and if so, what their preservation looks like.
Well it is a water damaged rock if you tell us where you collected it from we can even know more about it that’s all I can tell you right now water damage rock
@aiden-gore Lakemore ohio
Ok
tag @mackenzie-smith so they can see the location. unfortunately the app doesn’t alert commenters unless you tag them.
Thanks @mary-davis-2 . The rocks around Lakemore are Pennsylvanian and too old for a large claw. However, that doesn’t rule out Pleistocene surface deposits. The problem with that though is that I did not see a mention of Lakemore in a 2013 thesis on Ohio Pleistocene mammals so I don’t think any are known from there. The closest thing it resembles that is from Ohio are the giant ground sloths. However, the animals’ claws were longer and narrower. I think it’s safe to say that this is a rock from the reasons above plus that it lacks any porosity or muscle scars we would see on a bone/claw. Sorry!
Ok