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Heath Carroll posted a new specimen in the group What is it? from the myFOSSIL app 4 years, 8 months ago
4 years, 8 months ago4 years, 8 months agoHeath Carroll has contributed a new specimen to myFOSSIL!
Heath Carroll posted a new specimen in the group What is it? from the myFOSSIL app 4 years, 8 months ago
Heath Carroll has contributed a new specimen to myFOSSIL!
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Hi, @heath-carroll – did you take this specimen home with you or is it still out where you found it? It looks kind of like a smushed brachiopod but I’m having some difficulty telling.
I think a lot of our fossils have plant life mashed in with them. That is what makes them confusing sometimes. This one I think is plant material.
Hm, let’s tag in our plant expert and see if he can weigh in with his knowledge. @mackenzie-smith
Hi @heath-carroll. Like @jbauer I’m also having a hard time seeing the specimen in question. I can see the rocks behind it quite nicely. Personally, I am unaware of co-occuring plant and animal material in Iowa. Do you know what formation you are collecting in? There are plenty of marine invertebrates that look like plants though including coral,…[Read more]
I jbauer has given me links to look those things up. I will this evening. The area I live in Iowa has the southern most glacieral lake in Iowa and I own some pasture ground that is heaved It is the highest ground for miles and the ground to the. Roth of me is flat as flat gets that wonderful farm ground we are lknown for. The glaciers brought…[Read more]