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Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 3 years, 8 months ago
3 years, 8 months ago3 years, 8 months agoHi @Jacob-Beasecker, this also appears to be horn coral. Could you update the taxonomy?
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Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 3 years, 8 months ago
3 years, 8 months ago3 years, 8 months agoHi @Jacob-Beasecker, this appears to be horn coral. Could you update the taxonomy?
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Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 3 years, 8 months ago
3 years, 8 months ago3 years, 8 months agoHi @Jacob-Beasecker, this appears to be horn coral. Could you update the taxonomy?
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Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 3 years, 8 months ago
3 years, 8 months ago3 years, 8 months agoHi, @eidan-velazquez, this appears to be a coral. Would you be willing to work with me to update the information on this specimen?
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Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 3 years, 8 months ago
3 years, 8 months ago3 years, 8 months agoHi @Zac-Coleman, I believe this is a calcite nodule.
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Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 3 years, 8 months ago
3 years, 8 months ago3 years, 8 months agoHi all! @Diane-Soderman, Macrostrat might be a useful tool if you are trying to figure out the age of this specimen: https://macrostrat.org/map/#/z=1.5/x=16/y=23/bedrock/lines/
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Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 3 years, 8 months ago
3 years, 8 months ago3 years, 8 months agoHi, @Danita-Brandt, do you think you would be willing to work with me to further ID this specimen?
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Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 3 years, 8 months ago
3 years, 8 months ago3 years, 8 months agoHi, @h-menninga! I think this is chert.
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Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 3 years, 8 months ago
3 years, 8 months ago3 years, 8 months agoI see them, @Becky-Honey! I look forward to seeing what is inside this specimen!
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Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 3 years, 8 months ago
3 years, 8 months ago3 years, 8 months agoThis is research grade, @Charlie-Smith!
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Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 3 years, 8 months ago
3 years, 8 months ago3 years, 8 months agoHi, @June-withers! Using Macrostrat: https://macrostrat.org/map/#/z=1.5/x=16/y=23/bedrock/lines/ to figure out how old it is might be useful for narrowing down the identification. Additionally, there is a really helpful website called the Echinoid Directory (https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/echinoid-directory/) by the Natural History Museum…[Read more]
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Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 3 years, 8 months ago
3 years, 8 months ago3 years, 8 months agoHi, @Nina-Champion, I don’t think this is a fossil fin as fins are made of cartilage and very rarely fossilize. It could have some fossils in it though, as that black streak could be a cross section of something.
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Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 3 years, 8 months ago
3 years, 8 months ago3 years, 8 months agoHi, @Becky-Honey, if you click the tab that says images when viewing the specimen from a computer, you should be taken to a page that allows you to add more photos. Let me know if you have any other issues; also, if you go ahead and google “Favosites” does that seem to match the pattern inside?
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Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 3 years, 8 months ago
3 years, 8 months ago3 years, 8 months agoHi, @Becky-Honey! Could you post a clearer photo and perhaps more photos from different angles?
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Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 3 years, 8 months ago
3 years, 8 months ago3 years, 8 months agoHi, @Isaiah-Hernandez, I believe this is a rock, but a clearer photo would help me a little with ID.
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Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 3 years, 8 months ago
3 years, 8 months ago3 years, 8 months agoHi, @Danita-Brandt. Are these specimens in an official repository at Michigan?
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Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 3 years, 8 months ago
3 years, 8 months ago3 years, 8 months agoHi, @Sonja-Wichern, this is possibly a sandstone or a quartzite, which can both be very heavy.
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Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 3 years, 8 months ago
3 years, 8 months ago3 years, 8 months agoHi, @June-Withers. This appears to be an echinoid! You can use the https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/echinoid-directory/ to identify it further.
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Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 3 years, 8 months ago
3 years, 8 months ago3 years, 8 months agoLooks good, @Charlie-Smith.
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Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 3 years, 8 months ago
3 years, 8 months ago3 years, 8 months agoHi, @Megan-Gaches, this looks like a tabulate coral, but knowing the age of the specimen would be useful. You can find that information by using https://macrostrat.org/map/#/z=1.5/x=16/y=23/bedrock/lines/ and plugging in where you found it.
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