New Members MoonRak3r Posted September 23 New Members Share Posted September 23 Can anyone identify this please? Found in southwestern Ohio near 7 Mile Creek. I know absolutely nothing about fossils or rocks but the last few weeks I have found some pretty interesting fossils. This is the only one I found that looks like a bird possibly the others look like reptiles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted September 23 Share Posted September 23 Nothing but rock. Coco 3 ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Pareidolia : here Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members MoonRak3r Posted September 23 Author New Members Share Posted September 23 It's definitely a rock now but it sure does look like it used to be some type of bird. No coconuts here Coco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted September 23 Share Posted September 23 No bird fossils, either. Sediments in South West Ohio are too old for bird fossils. This looks like a metamorphic rock, to me. 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...
Thomas.Dodson Posted September 23 Share Posted September 23 I agree with the others, just a rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted September 23 Share Posted September 23 2 hours ago, MoonRak3r said: No coconuts here Coco. I guess you wanted to play with my name since nowhere did we talk about coconuts. We don’t know each other so it would have been nice to use some emoticons... In the past (not here but in my life) I have suffered some deviations with my name, some good and others less good Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Pareidolia : here Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted September 23 Share Posted September 23 I agree that this is a metamorphic rock... no fossils here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted September 23 Share Posted September 23 Just because a rock has the outward shape of something doesn't mean that it was that something once. Look up pareidolia. You told us that you know absolutely nothing about fossils or rocks, so please be so kind as to take our assessments seriously. 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted September 23 Share Posted September 23 Metamorphic rock is a type that undergoes great heat and/or pressure that bends, blends and deforms rock from its original form and transforms it icluding its physical composition. During this process any sedimentary features, including fossils, are effectively erased from existence. The chances of metamorphic rock containing distinguishable bird or reptile fossils, which would only consist of their bones, is less than slim to none. In addition to this, the sedimentary rock in which fossils are found that is present in southwestern is Ordovician, which is 150 million years before reptiles and 300 million (both roughly) before birds came into existence and therefore cannot contain them. 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...
Brianp Posted September 23 Share Posted September 23 i need glasses. how in the world do you see a bird in this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members MoonRak3r Posted September 25 Author New Members Share Posted September 25 (edited) Thank you all for taking your time to view my rock and for the valuable information. I'm definitely more educated on the fossil/rock subject. I do live in an area that is very fossil rich (near Houston woods in Oxford, Ohio) and a lot of Indian artifacts as well. I will post a couple more that I would love some feedback on. Thanks again! Coco, my apologies...I did not mean to be inconsiderate. ~μ Edited September 25 by MoonRak3r Forgot to add where I live near.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moth.11 Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 Not fossil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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