found in farmers field...never seen one like it...

grogmug

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Actually a co-worker brought this to me because she knows I love this stuff, it was found in a farmers field recently but I told her I would get your alls advice and opinions on how old, where it came from, and what exactly it is?!?! I can't figure it out, but we would really like to know...
thanks in advance for your help!
JT

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gemee

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Can you give some more info, like measurements and composition? Also where is the field that this was found in....what state?

At first glance it looked like a snake rattler.
 

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Looks like a fossil of a snake or maybe a shellfish of some sort
 

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It could be the handle of a cobra head cane.

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grogmug

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It's a fossil, it measures from the bottom of my hand to about the middle of my index finger. Its about 6 inches long and 2 inches wide, it has the same pattern on the front and the back, I'm just trying to figure out what it is, or how old?
 

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its a burrow from a fossil i forget the name off hand
 

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Elrathia kingi ????
A trilobite that lived during the Cambrian period
 

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Tommi said:
Elrathia kingi ????
A trilobite that lived during the Cambrian period

I would have to agree. Your friends piece is just the center of the trilobite.
 

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SoreKneesDayton

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Hey, that looks like the tread pattern of Bigfoots running shoes. I wondered how he moved so fast in those pictures on TV.

Nice find!!
 

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Cephalopod. Cephalopods ate trilobites. They were mollusks and very similar to a modern day nautilus. If it is a trilobite I will eat it.
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