New Members Drewdigs Posted December 6, 2023 New Members Share Posted December 6, 2023 Found this on the surface in a small area of exposed layered greenish and purple decomposing sedimentary rock at the base of Comb Wash west of Blanding, Utah. The layers of rock were below a steep cliff and of Wingate sandstone and I assume the time period to be Triassic but I could be off by a few hundred million years. The fossil is a clump of round nodules approximately 5mm in diameter. They have raised lines separating the balls. It could be a clump of seeds compacted in a dinosaur's gut and defecated or maybe fossilized soft tissue like lung alveoli. Thoughts and questions are very much welcome! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Ammonite Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 It is a septarian concretion with a slightly unusual multiple lobe form. https://www.priweb.org/blog-post/concretions 1 2 My goal is to leave no stone or fossil unturned. See my Arizona Paleontology Guide link The best single resource for Arizona paleontology anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members Drewdigs Posted December 6, 2023 Author New Members Share Posted December 6, 2023 I appreciate your help DPS Ammonite. It is so bizarre that geolog concretion can resemble biological forms so distinctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hemipristis Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 Wild! Def a keeper! As I scrolled through the topics at first I swore this topic title read “clump of 🍜 noodles”. Must be lunchtime 2 'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.' George Santayana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 (edited) Beautiful!!! Not a fossil, but definitely a keeper. Most intriguing septarian concretion I've ever seen. Edited December 6, 2023 by Mark Kmiecik typo 2 Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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