RoscoeM Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Found in Kansas... Can someone tell me what it might be??? Let me know if anything else is needed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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val horn Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Wow i have no idea. Can you rule out plastic or man made material. Does it burn? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Cropped, brightened, and rotated: Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 IPFOTM -- MAY - 2024 _________________________________________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Cole Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 Material wise it resembles the texture of sandstone that I find quite a bit that are kind of river tumbled 'faker rocks' with suggestive shapes that trick me into thinking they're fossils until I get them home and wash them off. But I've never seen one with that level of detail, so I'm curious to see what everyone says. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoscoeM Posted March 16, 2022 Author Share Posted March 16, 2022 I have not tried to break it or burn it... It is hard enough that I accidently dropped it and it did not break...I found it(and many more pieces of the same that I did not take) in the side of a steep river bank... Wish I woulda grabbed more pieces... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Cole Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 You might want to try putting a little vinegar on an edge that doesn't have a lot of detail to see if it fizzes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoscoeM Posted March 16, 2022 Author Share Posted March 16, 2022 It did not fizz with vinegar... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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fossilus Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 Kind of looks like a piece of putty or caulk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoscoeM Posted March 16, 2022 Author Share Posted March 16, 2022 Definitely not chalk... Found this approximately 3ft under the surface of the ground... The bank was at least 8ft on the side where I found it... The water was low at this time... Hopefully that makes a little sense... I'm not that great at explaining Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuckMucus Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 Looks man-made to me. Especially the parallel lines. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoscoeM Posted March 16, 2022 Author Share Posted March 16, 2022 Thanks everyone! I'll put this back in my keep-for-ever box for now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plax Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 teredo borings sans wood? If it is caulk or something man made it will bend or burn I'd think. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 8 minutes ago, Plax said: teredo borings sans wood? If it is caulk or something man made it will bend or burn I'd think. An infilling of teredo borings where the wood has long since eroded away makes sense. The texture on the flat parts made me think of wood. If this was not as heavy as rock my other thought would have been some caulk or adhesive like Liquid Nails that had been applied (poorly) to some wood (that texture again) and then pulled off and dumped somewhere. Any caulk or adhesive would surely burn if held to a flame and would feel relatively light for its size. If it is lithified (heavy and quite solid) then I'd be in the burrow cast camp. Cheers. -Ken 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
val horn Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 I think it may be a lungfish fish jaw, was reading book The teeth of nonmammalian vertebrae by Barry Berowitz et al fig 4.125 looks alot llike yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
val horn Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 reproduced from the book the teeth of non-mammalian vertebrates barry berkovitz and peter shellis elsevier press2017 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoscoeM Posted March 19, 2022 Author Share Posted March 19, 2022 Thank you thank you for your information! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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