Chase Grim
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Cincinnatian Collectors from the myFOSSIL app 5 days, 10 hours ago5 days, 10 hours ago5 days, 10 hours ago*bottom view*
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Cincinnatian Collectors from the myFOSSIL app 5 days, 10 hours ago5 days, 10 hours ago5 days, 10 hours agoI found this fossil in creak near Catawba Ohio. At first I though it was a bone because of what looked like marrow, (see bottom view). Upon further research though I found that it was Lepidodendron Fern Tree fragment (scaled tree)…I think… any other ideas?
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maybe sponge but probably not. if plant @mackenzie-smith could help
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Chase Grim posted a new activity comment 5 days, 11 hours ago
5 days, 11 hours ago5 days, 11 hours agoThanks @leonardo-miranda.
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Chase Grim posted a new activity comment 5 days, 11 hours ago
5 days, 11 hours ago5 days, 11 hours agoI bet your right @leonardo-miranda, but if it is, what kind of stem is it from?
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Cincinnatian Collectors from the myFOSSIL app 6 days, 10 hours ago6 days, 10 hours ago6 days, 10 hours agoThis fossil was found in a small creak cutting through a field near Catawba Ohio. Because it was found in a creak, it could have come from any number of places, so I don’t think analyzing it in reference to its geological location will help. It’s made up of almost cylindrical “stems” (for lack of a better word) stuck together, and is very small,…[Read more]
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crinoid stems?
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looks more like a plant stem. those vertical parallel fibers are diagnostic
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I bet your right @leonardo-miranda, but if it is, what kind of stem is it from?
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can’t say any more than that. see if anyone knows more about plant life
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Thanks @leonardo-miranda.
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@mackenzie-smith could help ID if it is a plant.
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Cincinnatian Collectors from the myFOSSIL app 2 weeks, 3 days ago2 weeks, 3 days ago2 weeks, 3 days agoI found this fossil near Mechanicsburg Ohio in a small woods. It looks like a trilobite to me but it may just be a shell. Any other thoughts?
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Seems to be a trilobite pygidium.
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Yup
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yep, trilobite pygidium
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Chase Grim posted a new activity comment 3 weeks, 2 days ago
3 weeks, 2 days ago3 weeks, 2 days agoThank you @daniel-park!
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Cincinnatian Collectors from the myFOSSIL app 3 weeks, 4 days ago3 weeks, 4 days ago3 weeks, 4 days agoThis fossil was found in Eastern Kentucky (Flatgap). I believe it’s a Calamite but other thoughts would be welcome. It’s almost completely round and cuts through the whole rock. It’s also completely sandstone and I’ve only found one other specimen. I am interested to know if sandstone fossils are very rare or maybe just harder to find. I looked…[Read more]
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Calamite trunk fragment
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About the rarity of sandstone fossils (and other rocks with fossils too)- https://sciencing.com/rock-likely-contain-fossils-8117908.html
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Thank you @daniel-park!
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Chase Grim posted a new activity comment 4 weeks, 1 day ago
4 weeks, 1 day ago4 weeks, 1 day agoThank you again @Mackenzie-smith. I really appreciate all of this information!
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Chase Grim posted a new activity comment 1 month ago
1 month ago1 month agoThanks @mackenzie-smith for you feedback. If it helps with identifying, I found it in Mechanicsburg-Catawba.
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Alf Museum from the myFOSSIL app 1 month ago1 month ago1 month agoThis fossil was found in a small creak cutting through a field in central Ohio. I’d like some help identifying it. To me it looks like an incredibly small fern but I would appreciate a second opinion.
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It might be a fern. I also wonder if it could be a graptolite.
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@mackenzie-smith could help determine if it is a plant and what plant it is.
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Thanks!
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Hi @chase-grim! Usually when I think of Ohio I think of marine deposits so animals that come to mind are bryozoans and graptolites but I don’t think any of those have zooids shaped like that or branch 3-ways (see center right of fossil). I could be mistaken as these fall out of my field of expertise. However, there is terrestrial input in marine…[Read more]
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Looks like a fossilised plant
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Thanks @mackenzie-smith for you feedback. If it helps with identifying, I found it in Mechanicsburg-Catawba.
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@chase-grim so looking at macrostrat.org it looks like that area is Ordovician-Silurian in age meaning it not likely a plant since we don’t see a lot of land plants until the Devonian. My guess would be an animal (or animal colony) like graptolite, bryozoan or even some sort of echinoderm since they too can have branching appendages. I’m going to…[Read more]
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Thank you again @Mackenzie-smith. I really appreciate all of this information!
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Hi @chase-grim
From your photo, it looks like this fossil is inside a rounded stone. And since it was found in a creek, there is no reason to think this fossil is really Ordovician or Silurian. The fact that it was found north-east of Dayton, OH tells me if it were found in the strata, it would probably be Silurian. But the stone could have come…[Read more]
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