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Chase Grim posted an image in the group Cincinnatian Collectors from the myFOSSIL app 3 years, 5 months ago
3 years, 5 months ago3 years, 5 months agoThese three fossils were found in Catawba Ohio in a small creek (except for one). They are obviously coral, but I don’t know of what kind. I was also wondering if the right and left one’s are of the same type, or were even formed in the same area, due to their similar crystal structure. It would be very odd though, because one was found in a cre…[Read more]
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Chase Grim posted an image in the group Alf Museum from the myFOSSIL app 3 years, 7 months ago
3 years, 7 months ago3 years, 7 months agoI found this rock in a small creak, cutting through Catawba Ohio. Because it was in a creak, I believe that it could have washed down from really anywhere, so identifying it by its location alone probably wouldn’t help. At this point I’m not even 100% sure that it’s a fossil, so any advice whatsoever would really help. If it is a fossil, then…[Read more]
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Chase Grim posted an image in the group Alf Museum from the myFOSSIL app 3 years, 7 months ago
3 years, 7 months ago3 years, 7 months agoThis fossil was found in a small creak in Catawba Ohio. Since I found it in a creak, it could have washed down from really anywhere, so I doubt that you could identify it by its location. At this point I’m not even 100% sure if it’s a fossil, so if you have another opinion it would be very much appreciated. If it is a fossil, then the closest thi…[Read more]
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Chase Grim posted an image in the group Cincinnatian Collectors from the myFOSSIL app 3 years, 7 months ago
3 years, 7 months ago3 years, 7 months ago*bottom view*
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Chase Grim posted an image in the group Cincinnatian Collectors from the myFOSSIL app 3 years, 7 months ago
3 years, 7 months ago3 years, 7 months 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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Hi @chase-grim. I can see why you might think this is Lepidodendron. However, I’ve never seen one this small. I think @smudge-smith is right in that this is probably a sponge.
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Thanks @mackenzie-smith!
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Chase Grim posted a new activity comment 3 years, 7 months ago
3 years, 7 months ago3 years, 7 months agoThanks @leonardo-miranda.
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Chase Grim posted a new activity comment 3 years, 7 months ago
3 years, 7 months ago3 years, 7 months agoI bet your right @leonardo-miranda, but if it is, what kind of stem is it from?
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Chase Grim posted an image in the group Cincinnatian Collectors from the myFOSSIL app 3 years, 7 months ago
3 years, 7 months ago3 years, 7 months 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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@chase-grim I think this is a tabulate coral like Favosites. Maybe not Favosites specifically but similar.
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Chase Grim posted an image in the group Cincinnatian Collectors from the myFOSSIL app 3 years, 7 months ago
3 years, 7 months ago3 years, 7 months 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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Chase Grim posted a new activity comment 3 years, 8 months ago
3 years, 8 months ago3 years, 8 months agoThank you @daniel-park!
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Chase Grim posted an image in the group Cincinnatian Collectors from the myFOSSIL app 3 years, 8 months ago
3 years, 8 months ago3 years, 8 months 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 3 years, 8 months ago
3 years, 8 months ago3 years, 8 months agoThank you again @Mackenzie-smith. I really appreciate all of this information!
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3 years, 8 months ago3 years, 8 months agoThanks @mackenzie-smith for you feedback. If it helps with identifying, I found it in Mechanicsburg-Catawba.
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Chase Grim posted a new activity comment 3 years, 8 months ago
3 years, 8 months ago3 years, 8 months agoThanks!
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Chase Grim posted an image in the group Alf Museum from the myFOSSIL app 3 years, 8 months ago
3 years, 8 months ago3 years, 8 months 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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there are many mineral formations that look similar to coral. however, this here could very well be heavily mineralised horn coral.
the center one is the one that looks least like coral.
If that were true @leonardo-miranda, what would say the middle one is? And are the other two just horn coral? Thank you!
for now, l don’t know.
The middle one looks sort of like a rudist (a Reef building clam) and I guess the other two could potentially be rudists. While the location is very good thinking, just because one was in a creek and one was in a field next to the creek does not mean they are not from the same area. The field could be the stream’s flood plane or the stream could b…[Read more]
Thank you @chloe-geddes! Very helpful. I did think of that as being an option, and that’s why I was leaning a little more to the “same age, same species”, but it was still a peculiar find for me. Thank you for a second opinion.