Little brochiopod

[EricTheCat]

I found this nice little brochiopod fossil in the yard today while I was looking to see what the rain turned up. It has both sides of the shell. I found that and a nail today. It is funny, sometimes after a good rain in that spot I will find a handful of nails and nothing else, other times I find fossils and no nails. Today was 50-50.





Edit: Oh man, I meant to put this in the fossil area.

 

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[Bajahunter]

OK so it's not a rock. Still pretty cool. Thanks for sharing.
When does an old shell become a fossil?

 

[EricTheCat]

I couldn't tell you exactly, but the sea life I find around here is around 400 million years old.

 

[hvacker]

I found this nice little brochiopod fossil in the yard today while I was looking to see what the rain turned up. It has both sides of the shell. I found that and a nail today. It is funny, sometimes after a good rain in that spot I will find a handful of nails and nothing else, other times I find fossils and no nails. Today was 50-50.

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Edit: Oh man, I meant to put this in the fossil area.

Too late, once on the net it's there forever.

 

[EricTheCat]

Too late, once on the net it's there forever.

At least I didn't put it in the NA artifacts forum and insist it is a effigy of a shell.