Hi there @amber-monroe cool find! @smoran might be able to help you with its ID!

Thank you! I am new to myFossil. How do I contact @smoran ?

You already did

From what I can tell, there is no way to DM on this site. Is that correct?

You can’t DM people (at least I don’t think), but you can tag them into posts and they will be alerted to come to this post, as you have just done by typing @smoran .

Thank you. Appreciate the help in understanding this platform.

Hi @amber-monroe! I had to do some research on the geology around Whitmore Lake before replying. It looks like all of the rocks are Mississippian in age, so ~360-325 million years ago. The specimen certainly looks peculiar, but I don’t see any identifiable features to definitively say it’s fossil. That certainly doesn’t mean that it’s not, but I…[Read more]

I agree, looks like an oddly weathered rock

While it is an unusually shaped stone, I see nothing indicating that it is a fossil

While it is an unusually shaped stone, I see nothing indicating that it is a fossil

While it is an unusually shaped stone, I see nothing indicating that it is a fossil