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1: I’m starting with one that has really stumped me. The distinct blockier material is incredibly smooth to the touch.
2: A piece of the material that broke off from photo 1. I’m including it separately because I found the wavy pattern I discovered after brushing it off to be interesting. It made me wonder if this was actually a fossil instead of just a mineral like I initially assumed.
3: Okay, this one I have a guess at: Lepidodendron twig with attached lepidophylloides?
4: Some kind of gastropods?
5: Lepidophylloides?
6: Lepidostrobophyllum? I think these 3 are all the same thing, but I’m not sure.
7: Neuropteris stem? I pulled this out of what I’m almost certain was a fossilized tree trunk. (Too heavy to want to lug back, but it was still there as of my last visit.)
8: Lepidophylloides?
9: No clue. Shame it’s broken, though.
10: Various plants. I won’t even try here. Perhaps some of the same from photo 9?
11: Seems to be a thicker / more solid fossil than many of the other black imprints. Cyclopteris?
12: Very curious about these as they stood out distinctly among the other rocks due to their red coloration. They washed in after a large rainstorm.
13: Various gastropods? Same species as photo 4? A mix?
14: Neuropteris scheuchzeri?
15: Stumped on this one.
16: Curious as to what might cause this coloration (if possible to tell.)
17: Solid little tube broke off from the piece beside it.
18: A little leaf? A seed? Shown with it’s reverse.
19: Various clams?
20: Trilobite, just no idea what kind.
21: Another trilobite. Same as photo 20 or different species?
22: Nothing to go on here. Only curious because it’s right below where I live.
23: Larger Lepidodendron twig with attached lepidophylloides?
24: Reverse of photo 23.
25: Probably the rock I’m most curious about. I don’t even know where to begin here. This thing has a lot going on… I just wish I knew what.
26: Reverse side of the rock from photo 25.
27: Bonus photo of some horn corals and a larger slab of the ancient ocean floor I found and polished up myself that I’m quite proud of (:
(Separate, out of state locality.)
In an effort to condense the silly amount of space rocks are taking up inside my home, I mixed these finds together on a shelf (rookie move, I know...)
But to the best of my knowledge:
Photos 1-16 were taken at the same locality. (Wayne Co, WV)
Photos 17-21 at a separate locality. (Hardy Co, WV)
Photo 22 at a third locality. (Cabell Co, WV)
Photo’s 23-26 taken from same locality as 1-15. (Wayne Co, WV)
ioncewBaroness
#1 looks like you've dried aged your steak a bit too much
NVGoddesscottage
25 hit by lightening?
drduffer
Is that 1st one a mastodon tooth? Or a tooth of some other herbivore dinosaur? Looks like a grinding molar to me.
Kyzyl
Jesus, Marie. They're minerals.
RichardHardley
+1 Great collection! need a banana.
2fligh2high
KingMCG
Trilobites. Every one is a trilobite. 20,000 different species of them. Leaf? Nope, trilobite. Claw? Nope, trilobite again. Archaeopteryx feather? Nope…another damned trilobite.
ParallelParkingInABurka
#9 I was like "I know what that is, it's a fern! 😎" - but then I remembered that you're having this conversation on the level of "Neuropteris scheuchzeri" et.al., so yeah, I got nothing.
spontaneous9
Yes. These are all clearly fossils. But, OP, you neglected to include scale information in these pics. If you want to ask for help I.D.-ing these, do us all a favor & place something for size reference, ANYTHING that has a given size, in each pic (a banana is too variable). A ruler or an open tape measure (hopefully one that shows both inch & metric) would give a lot of scale information, or a hammer, or even a copper penny.
isetprettygirlsonfire
Geologist and concur @op scale is important. Hard to be definite from just photos. Looks like #1 may be a fossil, but can't make out what.
MagicHasArrived
Well… shit. Good advice. Wish I knew before the photo shoot, but will remember for the next one! Thanks!
spontaneous9
No worries, friend. It was the least I could do, noting your predicament and all. I grew up in Jurassic Lowlands territory myself, so I've paged through countless old library books (such was our "internet" lol) with photos like yours in them in bad black-and-white, poor lighting, etc, but they all would include a little ruler if medium-sized, a penny if they were tiny, or if they were too big to remove from the hillside, they'd be pictured in place with a geologist's hammer leaned up against it.
technicallycorrect
Oh I can identify these. They're fossils. You're welcome
Bystandr
Beat me to it
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