Identify this Image Embedded in Rock

Ammonite

Thank you Sue, that was quick.

1. How old approximately can I tell the kids this might be?

2. they have gravel pits up north from here and they haul in rocks and gravel. Now we get limestone and crushed cement. In the ol' days , we used oyster shells and rangia clam reef shell. The rangia clam reefs helped reduce storm surge.The clam shell dredging destroyed our wetlands as it and helped speed up coastal erosion. It was halted back in the 90's but i am afraid it was too late.

3.....and we even have indoor plumbing now too! ha ha!

They're Devonian, something like 400-500 million years before the current era. That's a nice find.

I remember the oyster and clam shell driveways, and how people would complain what a mess it would make for car paint during rain (which was every 5 minutes).

Indoor plumbing---reminds me of the first time I (Yankee born) asked for peeecan pie. The waiter said they hadn't had any pee-cans since they got indoor plumbing.

.......sort of like the time I working with the fish guys, trying to catch those asian carp in Illinois and asked for grits and chickory coffee.............

Wrong thread?

"The waiter said they hadn't had any pee-cans since they got indoor plumbing."

Doesn't this go here? Waterless Urinals?

Yuk Yuk!

Wait, you live in Louisiana and you have rocks? With fossils? The only rocks or fossils I ever saw when I lived in LA were the ones in drill samples brought in from offshore rigs, when I worked in a paleo lab.

We have dinosoars in Texas, even some fossilized ones.

Is there any truth in the rumour that they occupy oil company offices in downtown Houston?

Netmaker, As Sue can certainly attest, Louisiana and Texas and most of New Mexico used to be a shallow sea during the Devonian period (I'm not sure how far east it ran, it might have included Mississippi and Alabama as well.). there was a lot of volcanic activity as well and the fly ash from the volcanoes mixed with the Calcium Carbonate/limestone from the crustaceans made for a pretty good batch of natural cement. What you see there is the reverse impression of an ancient sea creature called an ammonite as Sue said, impressed in that natural cement. Up near Glen Rose Texas, we have a number of trackways of Therapods hunting Sauropods that were footprints in the wet fresh cement that later hardened and got buried in sediment before it eroded away.

thats a fossil rock. dont let the museum guys knows otherwise you will lose your house and have all sorts of idiots with tooth brush digging all over

........ they would NOT get much digging done with this pack of hounds marking scent all over their tools and such.

thank you again.

Sure that is an important discovery,can i have your exact address sir ?

I t looks for me it is just a part from dead horse or cow.

My guess would have been the end of a bone.

"Get going, Fred! I've just bought a new constant velocity joint from netmaker on eBay!!"

You know, Netmaker, the more I look at your photo, the more I doubt myself. It might be a rugose coral (same age and sea environment as the ammonite).

_{There's lots of these around where I live now.}

But, since you have the fossil in hand, you'll have to tell us (and the kids) what you've got. Maybe you can post another picture from a different angle?

Come on you all..........I've got to get back to work ( there are Asian carp in the Illinois Ship Canal waiting for this Cajun built hot new design of purse seine to round 'em up!). I only have another 1200' feet of net to go...ha ha!

You all decide. Kids get back from school soon. It'll be tomorrow before they start pestering me about WHAT IS IT PAW PAW?????

The pressure is on....

_{another photo would help...so would some grillades 'n grits...}

OK, I'm gonna go with door #3 and say it's a rugose, or horn, coral _(dressed).

Conclusion:

Parts (or all of) USA were covered by sea water in far past.

I believe the age of this Coral is 6000 years - Noah time.

Noah time was 3600 years ago not 6000.

....so its a piece of coral.

It could be as young as 3600 years old and as old as ..............???????

What name do I give it? I have chunks of coral from a dozen hurricanes and another 2 dozen pieces from trips in the briny seas......

Name it , please.

Give it the name Noah's coral.

Please surrender it to the museum,it is part of the old history.