New Members briipaige Posted August 9 New Members Share Posted August 9 I found this in North Central IL along a dried up part of the Illinois River. Any idea what it could be? I'm an avid fossil hunter, and have never come across this before. It almost looks to be a bone fragment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted August 9 Share Posted August 9 Yes, I think this must be bone. I'm not sure it can be identified any further though. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pemphix Posted August 9 Share Posted August 9 Bone, without doubt. But if fossil or not is the question. Nevertheless, there's nothing diagnostic left to identify this piece of bone imho (the river / erosion erased any diagnostic feature). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted August 9 Share Posted August 9 Check it with a flame test - try to burn a small piece of it. If it stinks pretty bad, it's not fossil. 1 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...
New Members briipaige Posted August 13 Author New Members Share Posted August 13 Thank you all for your ID help! I will have to do the burn test and see if it's fossilized, but for now I am happy to know that it is a bone fragment of some kind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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