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Stephanie Morris posted a new activity comment 2 months ago
2 months ago2 months ago@naomi-richter – well, ‘prep’ experience is using a needle to dig out any debris lodged in small places. So, you are right – probably would help much on this one. But, if someone suggested there were much more to uncover, I would start trying to learn true techniques. What I really still don’t understand is if whole specimens are typically found…[Read more]
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Stephanie Morris posted a new activity comment 2 months ago
2 months ago2 months agoThanks @Mason-hintermeister for your detailed thoughts about this specimen. My search for similar images was fruitless for both artifacts and fossils which is consistent with your feedback. I always learn so much from puzzling through these specimens. Thanks!
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Stephanie Morris posted a new specimen in the group What is it? from the myFOSSIL app 2 months ago
2 months ago2 months agoStephanie Morris has contributed specimen mFeM 161304 to myFOSSIL!
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Stephanie Morris posted a new activity comment 2 months ago
2 months ago2 months agoI hope all the pics are available- the least helpful one is the front photo & I don’t see a way to edit
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Stephanie Morris posted a new activity comment 2 months ago
2 months ago2 months ago@mason-hintermeister ok thanks! so maybe the morphology is just due to the innate characteristics of the rock/mineral?
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Stephanie Morris posted a new activity comment 2 months ago
2 months ago2 months ago@lynette-luff I followed your advice – so far no matching artifacts. ‘Large’ crinoids are known in this area yet I can’t find details of size range – so ‘crinoid calyx plate’ may be a wild guess – but the way the fit together like a geometric puzzle is interesting. For anyone interested in crinoid plates, this article has several diagrams.…[Read more]
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Stephanie Morris posted an image in the group What is it? from the myFOSSIL app 2 months ago
2 months ago2 months agoAngular specimen. Potential fossil? Could it be part of a crinoid calyx? A scute or tooth?
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There seems to be a few micro fossil but overall it looks like mostly sandstone. The very straight lines and symetrical shape makes me wonder if this is an artifact? I must say this one is really tricky.
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Check amongst images of Paleo Indian artifacts.in Google images.
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@lynette-luff I followed your advice – so far no matching artifacts. ‘Large’ crinoids are known in this area yet I can’t find details of size range – so ‘crinoid calyx plate’ may be a wild guess – but the way the fit together like a geometric puzzle is interesting. For anyone interested in crinoid plates, this article has several diagrams.…[Read more]
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This does not appear to be a fossil, it also does not appear to be a stone tool.
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@mason-hintermeister ok thanks! so maybe the morphology is just due to the innate characteristics of the rock/mineral?
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I hope all the pics are available- the least helpful one is the front photo & I don’t see a way to edit
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Thanx @mason- hintermeister. This was a real doozi.
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@stephanie-morris There are two possibilities I think which are hard to tell without having it in hand, most likely I think it’s a natural sandstone with a high iron content, I’ve see them form almost geometric patterns like this many times. The other possibility is that this is sandstone shaped for the facade of a building or something, if…[Read more]
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Thanks @Mason-hintermeister for your detailed thoughts about this specimen. My search for similar images was fruitless for both artifacts and fossils which is consistent with your feedback. I always learn so much from puzzling through these specimens. Thanks!
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Stephanie Morris posted a new activity comment 2 months, 2 weeks ago
2 months, 2 weeks ago2 months, 2 weeks agoCool. Thanks! I think the ‘pearly’ appearance is light artifact. I found the striations/ribs across the top interesting. The same markings are also on the bottom, but harder to see due to weathering on that side.
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Stephanie Morris posted a new activity comment 2 months, 3 weeks ago
2 months, 3 weeks ago2 months, 3 weeks agoFenestrate Bryzoa perhaps?
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Stephanie Morris posted a new specimen in the group What is it? from the myFOSSIL app 2 months, 3 weeks ago
2 months, 3 weeks ago2 months, 3 weeks agoStephanie Morris has contributed specimen mFeM 158915 to myFOSSIL!
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It could possibly be the inside or mother of pearl of a mussel. There are some tabulate coral on the fossil.
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Cool. Thanks! I think the ‘pearly’ appearance is light artifact. I found the striations/ribs across the top interesting. The same markings are also on the bottom, but harder to see due to weathering on that side.
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Stephanie Morris posted a new activity comment 4 months, 3 weeks ago
4 months, 3 weeks ago4 months, 3 weeks agoCool specimen. Also, what do you think the reddish ridged thing is located at 10 O’clock 1st pic?
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Stephanie Morris posted a new activity comment 4 months, 3 weeks ago
4 months, 3 weeks ago4 months, 3 weeks agoThanks for the input!
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Stephanie Morris posted a new activity comment 5 months ago
5 months ago5 months agoCould this be part of a curled up trilobite?
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Stephanie Morris posted a new specimen in the group What is it? from the myFOSSIL app 5 months ago
5 months ago5 months agoStephanie Morris has contributed specimen mFeM 156738 to myFOSSIL!
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Stephanie Morris posted a new activity comment 5 months, 2 weeks ago
5 months, 2 weeks ago5 months, 2 weeks agoThe angle in the photo in this link is helpful. Also, compare the eyes. https://sciencing.com/collect-fossils-arkansas-6076783.html
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Stephanie Morris posted a new activity comment 5 months, 2 weeks ago
5 months, 2 weeks ago5 months, 2 weeks agoTrilobite would be a more feasible find in this area. Despite boney fish being present, my understanding is that finding a vertebrate fossil here would be unlikely. If it is a trilobite, is it a trace fossil (like an imprint) or a fossil that could be carefully exposed?
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Stephanie Morris posted a new activity comment 5 months, 2 weeks ago
5 months, 2 weeks ago5 months, 2 weeks agoThe area of interest is ever so slightly raised. I think a carving would would be depressed.
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Stephanie Morris posted a new activity comment 5 months, 2 weeks ago
5 months, 2 weeks ago5 months, 2 weeks agoThe outer side appears sawtooth to me.
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Stephanie Morris posted a new specimen in the group What is it? from the myFOSSIL app 5 months, 2 weeks ago
5 months, 2 weeks ago5 months, 2 weeks agoStephanie Morris has contributed specimen mFeM 155687 to myFOSSIL!
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Stephanie Morris posted a new specimen in the group What is it? from the myFOSSIL app 5 months, 2 weeks ago
5 months, 2 weeks ago5 months, 2 weeks agoStephanie Morris has contributed specimen mFeM 155675 to myFOSSIL!
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I think it’s a bony fish
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outline of trilobite?
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Trilobite would be a more feasible find in this area. Despite boney fish being present, my understanding is that finding a vertebrate fossil here would be unlikely. If it is a trilobite, is it a trace fossil (like an imprint) or a fossil that could be carefully exposed?
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Nice
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Cool find! To me it looks like a bird of sorts looking towards the Right. If you look at the pic upside down it looks differently like it’s on it’s back. I also see little claws or teeth.
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Continued… could this be an egg smashed….? I can only see the close up of what you’re holding.
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How about a fossilized rodent???
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The angle in the photo in this link is helpful. Also, compare the eyes. https://sciencing.com/collect-fossils-arkansas-6076783.html
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i’m not sure how much prep you could do, but it is a nice brachiopod.
@naomi-richter – well, ‘prep’ experience is using a needle to dig out any debris lodged in small places. So, you are right – probably would help much on this one. But, if someone suggested there were much more to uncover, I would start trying to learn true techniques. What I really still don’t understand is if whole specimens are typically found…[Read more]