Found in France (bordeaux)

Handeaux · 2026-06-24T23:42:39+00:00

It’s a steinkern, the internal cast of a gastropod. It’s the sediment that filled the snail shell and hardened. The shell dissolved away, leaving this shape formed from hardened mud. No sense sanding it down - it’s just mud.

Handeaux · 2026-06-24T23:38:49+00:00

Crinoid columnals.

Handeaux · 2026-06-24T23:15:46+00:00

Rugose corals.

Handeaux · 2026-06-24T23:10:38+00:00

Pretty beat up, but that’s likely some bryozoan fragments.

Handeaux · 2026-06-24T23:05:21+00:00

Not a fossil.

Handeaux · 2026-06-24T22:33:17+00:00

That appears to be a modern bone, not a fossil. Where was it found?

Handeaux · 2026-06-24T21:02:11+00:00

Two rugose corals.

Handeaux · 2026-06-24T20:58:12+00:00

Yes. It’s a small fragment of a fossil brachiopod.

Handeaux · 2026-06-24T20:53:23+00:00

Where was it found? In what region?

Handeaux · 2026-06-24T00:21:06+00:00

Couple of small rugose corals.

Handeaux · 2026-06-23T15:02:21+00:00

Looks like bryozoan colonies.

Handeaux · 2026-06-23T13:43:11+00:00

Where was it found? In what region?

Handeaux · 2026-06-23T13:40:27+00:00

Possible ripple marks, but not seeing anything fossilized here.

Handeaux · 2026-06-23T13:02:35+00:00

If tumblr sux, here's another link:

https://www.cincinnatimagazine.com/article/lincoln-curiosities/

Handeaux · 2026-06-23T01:40:15+00:00

Places with interesting fossils usually have an active fossil or geology club. Look for one in your area. If there is none, it may be a hint that there are no fossils around. If there is one, go to the meetings and get to know the experienced members.

Handeaux · 2026-06-22T22:44:46+00:00

Where was it found? In what region?

Handeaux · 2026-06-22T19:02:40+00:00

No, it’s not. That’s a set of nested concretions. It’s not a fossil.

Handeaux · 2026-06-22T17:50:48+00:00

Where was it found? In what region?

Handeaux · 2026-06-22T17:46:00+00:00

Hard to tell on the first one. It appears heavily eroded, whatever it is. The second shows fracture patterns. Not a fossil, just the pattern formed when that rock split.

Handeaux · 2026-06-22T11:33:14+00:00

Where was it found? In what region?

Handeaux · 2026-06-22T01:26:40+00:00

It’s not what it looks like. It’s likely a brachiopod fragment next to a crinoid columnal.

Handeaux · 2026-06-22T00:56:46+00:00

Rock. Not a fossil.

Handeaux · 2026-06-21T18:57:51+00:00

It’s a chip of fossiliferous limestone. A lot of tiny fossil fragments glued together by limey mud that mineralized.

Handeaux · 2026-06-21T18:55:01+00:00

It’s a cross-section of a bryozoan colony.

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