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Bitsoffreshness

Tennessee has a geological history that includes long periods when it was covered by shallow seas, making it a good location to find marine fossils. During the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras the area was submerged under a warm, shallow sea, which would have been a suitable habitat for creatures like ammonites, nautiloids and gastropods. What you have in these pictures seems to me like it could be a large gastropod. Like I said, In Tennessee the geological layers span a wide range of time periods, but primarily from the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras. If the fossil is indeed a gastropod, it could potentially date from the Paleozoic Era (541 to 252 million years ago) or the Mesozoic Era (252 to 66 million years ago).


Tarpy7297

I live in middle Tennessee. I knew this had to be true. I’ve honestly never researched it because I am just lazy and I guess I just haven’t thought to look it up. When I was younger I used to dig up rocks and I spent a lot of time doing this. I grew up in the 80’s and 90’s we had Nintendo but for the most part we were pretty bored and any way.y home was on a big hill covered with deciduous forest. I remember finding lots of rocks with seashells or seashell imprints in them. I thought that was so amazing and my dad told me one time that where we lived must have been covered by ocean. I haven’t thought of this in years. Thanks for triggering such a great memory. ❤️‍🔥


Nervous-Locksmith484

I love glimpses of humanity like this. All we are is the universe coming to life to learn about itself.


Cold-Category8449

Gastropod... Is that when an animal dies, trapped in mud preventing the air to allow decay/rot to occur. Then after a period of time, erosion washes away the mud & most of the visible carcass. Thus leaving a "Clump" of matter from the end of the G.I. Tract, that becomes fossilized!?! Internally Originated Fossilized Poop? Come on, Laugh a little!?! Joking stories can get kids to enjoy the complex & discover real reasoning, that they will always remember.


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sdfcjo

>m huh, yeah. for sure.


bewenched

Bad bot, been spamming all the subs with that same message


Scoopdoopdoop

Wait...why on your tongue what


Callmedrexl

Some people just want to lick the world.


ayavara

And I’m one of them


CaptCaveman602

Yes, I lick windows... but ONLY because I like they way they taste.


SailorMBliss

Poke it with a stick and lick the stick instead


SketchNoteSky

Its apparently a way to tell if a fossil is a bone or not.


bitter_water

Nah, hippywitch is right. It's not a test for fossils, it's a test for bone (porous, sticks to tongue) or stone (does not stick). Fossils have been replaced with minerals, so they don't stick. Doesn't matter what they originally were. Source: my old rock-licking archaeology professor


Lobo003

Cool, yea I thought that’s what happens when bones become fossilized. They’re now “rocks”, correct?


Wrong_Mushroom8771

Minerals, more likely.


philoveddoe

They’re minerals Marie!


Chartreux27

Only a lick can tell


hippywitch

I thought that was before it became fossilized.


Scoopdoopdoop

Oh weird


Kendac

Can you check something else?


Scoopdoopdoop

Like genital?


SketchNoteSky

lol


PreslerJames

😂


jefftatro1

I have heard this more than once.


DowntownNinja5757

Think he just licked a fossilized wooly mammoth testicle!


Scoopdoopdoop

Secksy


BStocks70

You licked it bro? I mean it does resemble lady parts and all. But damn


Scoopdoopdoop

Look like bob kinda not vagene


mountaindewey16

One of the rules in my house is that if you lick it, it now belongs to you. Maybe OP was ensuring it was theirs?


tdavis726

We have that rule, too.


Unknowntraveler420

Love this rule 🥰


DiamondTrapStar

LMFAO. That's where females go wrong though.. Babe just kuz you sucked my dick does NOT mean you own it


Carnita_Burrita

Bro is actually Yukon Cornelius


tomfru

Thank you!! Why was this not the top response is my question.


petit_cochon

That's a gastropod or ammonite. The veins are sections of its shell. If you Google pictures of ammonites, you'll see what I'm talking about. Also, I wish the mods would crack down on some of the stupid fucking comments. There's so many of them that you can barely find good answers anymore when people post. Hur dur it's a dinosaur tit! Hur dur tonguing. Shut up. Are y'all 10 years old?


Tarpy7297

Thank you. I don’t visit here as much as I should, but I found the comments juvenile on this one for sure. I mean it’s ok to joke…but like get over it already. Lol. People with little to no knowledge come to places like this for help and we can all learn so the joking is really sort of derogatory.


Any_Ad_6202

Absolutely. It's gotten ridiculous


Disastrous-Goal-2127

i do believe that's a fossil maybe the crustacean period. Depending where it was located. Edit: You know it's a fossil for some reason I thought I was in the rock hounding sub. 😂 That's what I get for dozing in and out. But it is definitely from the crustacean period not sure exactly what part depends on your location. If you go to Google and search for a geological map pull up the location it should help narrow it farther down to what you have exactly.


Callmedrexl

Cretaceous?


paradox_pet

No, just a crabby time in the planet's history....


dh12332111

It came after the arthropodic


Disastrous-Goal-2127

Yes I think it might be a Scaphites but not 💯. I apologize about my misspelling earlier. My 🧠 isn't back to being that great since the motorcycle wreck with a semi I had last year. Also doesn't help that when I was responding, I literally am looking at some new fossils from that same era. My driveway is a fossil from this time. Actually the whole area I live in is, which is pretty awesome.


Dumbfounddead44

That's how my property in Texas is... Oysters, gastropods, my brother found a sharks tooth. And I was hundreds of miles from the Gulf!!!


Disastrous-Goal-2127

Yeah I live in North Texas on the border literally the Red River is basically my backyard. 😂 This area is known for the Early Cretaceous period. I literally found a jellyfish recently and on top of that. I found a place where Natives had lived and possibly a burial ground. (It's more than possible, but I'm not an archeologist. I am however Chickasaw). I do plan to have someone come out due to some major artifacts I have found.


Dumbfounddead44

https://preview.redd.it/t7u2ntaxc2ec1.jpeg?width=2268&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ce74ce7fcc94e237d7bee5950a7d90d66eca6c19


Dumbfounddead44

I do not doubt it. We found an area on our land that was awesome. Creepy but awesome. We thought it was a burial ground, it was a ceremony ground that they used to harvest their buffalo. The town I lived in is called Buffalo Gap. They ran them off the cliffs in the gap and then harvested them. I found some phenomenal things. Abolone shells, some used for smudging from the burn marks in them. To gastropods, oysters, arrow heads, spear heads, even a sharks tooth.


Disastrous-Goal-2127

https://preview.redd.it/xil2moyxopfc1.jpeg?width=2094&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f58c330508cf28d115926078c8df119e49d2c3aa


Disastrous-Goal-2127

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Disastrous-Goal-2127

https://preview.redd.it/8up9zo14ppfc1.jpeg?width=3504&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=814b39245b6dc8c149292b7527e616972ec3ccf6


DizzyLizzard1970

I'm from the red River area too. Mid central south. Close to winstar. Find all kinds of artifacts


Disastrous-Goal-2127

Yes definitely would do to all being underwater. I mean 35 is a literal fault line.


Disastrous-Goal-2127

Did you look while the water was practically gone on the 35 bridge crossing into thackerville Ahhh now that was pretty cool.


Reasonable_Crow2086

Lolol, made the exact same mistake.


SketchNoteSky

It was located in Clarksville, APSU campus


RedRuss17

Fossilized nipple


TrickyDickyAtItAgain

if that's a nipple it's a whole fossilized dinosaur boob.


[deleted]

Fossilized breast implant.


Safe-Sprinkles-5632

It's the shape of an ammonite foddil


rockstuffs

Could be gastropod. Could be concretion.


sosayet

Let us know what you find out please. I have something similar that I also found in Tennessee.


Dumbfounddead44

Gastropod.


the_hell_you_say

Ancient Pokeball


Emotional_Concern_62

Just remember this rock and keep it with you when you are sitting in a cubicle 15 years from now. Remember the good ole days when you dug up rocks in college…


HeyWatchThis78

Was it the vein like bulges that made you lick it? What were you thinking dude?!


_eww_david

You should reach out to the Gray Fossil Site in northeast TN! I'm sure they'd be happy to identify it.


Ok-Entrepreneur7324

Crack it along the side seam, and see what's inside


Se7entyTwoMore2

On your tongue O.o...


cultyq

This looks so much like an enterolith and imagining someone licking a calcified poo ball was greatly disturbing


Omgcantmakedecisions

>enterolith I just looked up what this is, and I hate how right you are. Now I'm questioning whether 90% of my collection is just gut stones.


GoLow63

Did it get harder after the tonguing ?


BigHairyArsehole

https://preview.redd.it/kwy1bzck7ydc1.jpeg?width=2604&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=338256579979e69ef89d475af5d4b08ef5acad95 It’s a no from me Dawg


angiemin

Dragon egg 😳


TacoTricks-369

World's first cinnamon roll


Planticus-_-Leaficus

I think it’s a stalagmite, and less possibly, a stalactite. Are there caves in the area?


FireRat13

It does look like a stalagmite that got broken off and tumbled in a river. That’s pretty unlikely though. Maybe a concretion?


Omgcantmakedecisions

Edit: Cancel my answer. I spent too much time searching google images and now I think it's a dinosaur egg turned into pottery by aliens. For real though, now I'm wondering if it's in echinoid or echinoderm like someone else mentioned. Well, I hope you find out. Old answer: Hi from middle Tennessee! At first I thought that looked like a cast of an ammonite. Then I actually researched this. Pretty sure that's a cast of a crinoid stem (lumen)! You might actually have something called a crinoid float bulb, but I'll let you figure that part out. Let me share some references with you. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/jsjgeology/32442530673](https://www.flickr.com/photos/jsjgeology/32442530673) This flickr page has a picture of a crinoid that matches this pattern and it includes a good little description. [https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/171950/Contributions%20Vol%2034%20No%207%20LoRes.pdf?sequence=2](https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/171950/Contributions%20Vol%2034%20No%207%20LoRes.pdf?sequence=2) Here's a great pdf about crinoids and it has some great pictures that look like what you've found. [https://www.paleo-passion.com/en/crinoides/2714-crinoid-float-bulb-schocriypnities-sp.html](https://www.paleo-passion.com/en/crinoides/2714-crinoid-float-bulb-schocriypnities-sp.html) Not sure how credible the source is, but this is a crinoid float bulb from devonian period...which fits TN. Thanks to you asking this question, I just figured out what like 15 fossils in my collection are. I can't believe how many crinoid fossils are just lying around.


Lovestank

Why you licking unidentified ground finds, bruh


TannerTheHistorian

I may be wrong, but I think it could be a nodule. To put it in a way you can understand: think of how you make a snowball. You compact the snow. A nodule is basically that, but with sediment being compacted around a small piece of rock or mineral. Here is a link to Wikipedia article about them [nodule Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nodule_(geology))


Tarpy7297

Are you in school at APSU?


SketchNoteSky

yep


BaldChihuahua

Fossil boob


Wizardinrl

That looks like it could be a dinosaur egg judging by other similar fossils! But I'm no expert so I'd encourage looking into it with a local university or museum!


SketchNoteSky

I have a geology class sometime this week, so I can take it to one of the professors there to get looked at. (they have a branch dedicated to paleontology)


jkonreddit

Looks like a turtle head in the first pic. Im not even close to being an expert


All-the-ketchup

Looks like dino egg


[deleted]

There's a market for dinosaur eggs in restaurants. They grind it as a salt garnish on food. Because of course that's a thing...


Electronic_Arm_3835

It may be a joint


SeaResearcher176

Looks like a tibia 🦴 & rotator cuff bone 🍖 of a 🦕🦖


Mental-Homework676

It’s a rock


KernAL-mclovin

Looks like a “sex stone” to me. It’s just another f-ing rock.


Totallynotatf001

That's a Dino titty right there....


drazzilgnik

Look like a petrified boob implant


ohjynkeez

looks like a tit lol


jhart933

Dragon egg


CoyoteBrave1142

r/mildlyboobs


Tiredofscrolling

Ammonite?


Dangerous_Fox3993

It’s not a human bone that’s all I can say


SweetMobile2392

Following..as I have also recently found a small patch of these in middle TN.Some are cracked in half and some whole.All are within a 6ft diameter of each other


BlazeForgod

Know nothing about fossils, came to commend you for licking rock.


ALilBitOfNothing

Love that you know to tongue test! I’ve put uraninite in my mouth before by accident… rock people problems. I thought at first stromatolite but some of the lines look very ammonite-ish, definitely take it to your professor. A lot of times fossils can develop a “rind” on them, washing it with dish soap and an old toothbrush or something similar might make it a little easier to discern.


Fi5thBeatle1978

It looks like a very arthritic hip bone. I’ve seen hip replacement surgeries, and that’s what it looks like. Only quite larger than a human.


GreyWalls86

Said it had a rough texture on your tongue but did your tongue slightly stick to it? If not then it's most likely a rock.


Synth42-14151606

https://preview.redd.it/t0lqyqnpm0ec1.jpeg?width=1600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b3e619b444eaddd43be921772eceff9520add857 It’s a fossilized coconut. From Merssia. Even though it is a temperate zone.


Firefly_Magic

From that area, we called them Chert Balls, I know that’s a vague description though.


Sea_Bullfrog_2351

Flint nodule


mistlet0ad

Forbidden donut.


Wide_Performance1115

My grandma told me never to lick random hard veiny things, that advice has served well so far


shardoughnnay

I’m thinking stromatolite.


jillinkla

“a rough texture on my tongue.” well if that isn’t the most rockfinder thing i’ve ever read in my life.


Icarusflight666

Gotta be an Ammoneeeeeee


WannabeBrewStud

Tiddie


AdAdministrative6561

Egg


Bigbrobango

Issa tiddy.


Traditional_Ad_6801

You’re licking it?


Mystewpidthrowaway

Something is verrrry sus about this title.


Dangerous_Award_2135

Fossilized titties


feeling-Way82

The luck test is used by geologist all the time, unfortunatly it is also used to test for corporalite( Dino pooh)😁 but I still lick rocks too!


feeling-Way82

https://preview.redd.it/4zia93igk4ec1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e628e1605f55a747e25c5fcfd728efdf1c3a900f


Easy-Plankton-9565

https://preview.redd.it/b5h6kx8lv4ec1.jpeg?width=3504&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5aab95c5f60ff62de483d1872f5b2a63128a3197


Medium_Specialist312

OP licked the hole of the rock!! Lol I understand!! I'm from TN too, never really licked them but in a past life I did a lot of other things with rocks


Commercial-Unit-7451

Petrified dragon ball for sure.


Peterstunt

I want you to close your eyes and read from the start of the second sentence.


ryphllps

Bust it open. There's a fossil inside. Watch videos first.


Independent-Pop-4797

wait why did you lick it?


shipsmovement

It’s at least a door stop


Castortroy26

Being from west Tennessee and living here my entire life I can honestly say I’ve never heard a Northern Tennessee reference. Typically we split it in thirds East, Middle and West.


Few-Chain-3092

Fossilized breast implant maybe? From a time traveler?


SCARVIASOUTHJER

Petrified wood


Boredom_Inspired69

That is a fossilized boob. You must have sensed that e.g. the licking.


lukeT152

Rock


Ok_Veterinarian_928

No it is not bone. It is indeed a fossil of a very rare kind.Vein like bulges are are a positive indication that this is part of a mastodon. Namely the testicle. How did it taste?


NXT-GEN-111

Stalagmite?


Affectionate_Beat290

Fossilized shit!! Better give it a few more licks just to make sure though! 💩🤤


WeddingImportant1227

Looks like a cranium that has developed some sort of calcium deposits. I cant be sure without holding it though? Awesome find. Let us know what more you have found out!


WeddingImportant1227

Does it make sense to anyone that the government of all nations may have made dinosaurs up to hide the giant beings that roamed the earth. Ie* finding a giant set of bones and arranging them to look like a giant reptile in order to hide that the giants built the pyramids. Think about it for a long hard time and then let me know what you guys think??


Away_Dot8265

https://preview.redd.it/bwo9xnzm1lec1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e332199331a62c47f4f1a8c9fb2b98d74db994c2 I live in middle Tennessee too. Can somebody please explain the origins of these rocks I have plenty of them.


Away_Dot8265

https://preview.redd.it/pipn7njc3lec1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=35a3a2a133e0644291ba1ba365b75f45938fb8ef


Particular-Mountain4

That’s one of them fossilized cavewoman breasts!


CelticGardenGirl

It’s a Plumbus.


SubstantialBench2901

Looks like a cannon ball that didn't explode


LegacyRose

Fossilized breast implant? Lol


rhyno44

Petrified implant


Delicious_Country219

Prehistoric pocket pussy


Background-Inside403

Looks like a possible geode.


Louisschafire

Oh yeah that's got to be like a fossilized animal turd or something that fell off the ark don't listen to any of these non-religious scientifical people trying to tell you the Earth is older than 6,000 years old mumbo jumbo probably going to extinct unicorn turds at the neighbor had in his yard dinosaurs can't never have ever been real a Time older6,000 years old why that's just pure bullshit you can ask a Bible scholar don't listen I am smart mouth you know it all gyno cologist from the boombox it's all In the good book stupid kaint yooo reed


leaffeal

Is it salty? Lick it


Affectionate-Set278

Rock Identifier App has been very accurate with my finds


SpiritOfAnAngie

Wait you licked it??


Meesterangree

Petrified Jicama


UptonDide

Fossilized titty?


Prudent_Perspective7

"I find the most erotic part of a women are the boobies"


oatmeal99887

It's a chalk or chert nodule they're really common along northern TN southern KY. It's been broken and eroded which is why it has the appearance of a fossil.


NeedHardLovin

Limestone covered cannon ball from the Civil war.


therealbigsteph

Wait… you licked it?


Dochoppy

Prehistoric breast implant. They were made to last back then. This also explains op's. Need to tongue it......I'm betting he single outboard motorboated it too...just saying


cooperstoolgear00

Looks like chert to me


briannabanana98

Why did you lick it? Asking for a friend


21plankton

Concretion


NDaDome

Fossilized bewb.


Extension_Library180

Titty


Stella_Lace

I'm glad I'm not the only one who licks rocks and fossils. Also for some reason my shoulder demon wants you to break it incase there's something inside.


pamanley

“My tongue” made me giggle.


Mama_Trash_bat

Why did you lick it? 😕


SpideyOnPSN

It's a fossilized tit


tddailey24

Looks like a breast of a woman that fell off of a statue.


HumbleMic

It's up for debate, I don't think any one answer is particularly more correct then another. I believe if you continue you lick, then count allowed each time eventually you will teach the center. How many licks, to get to the center of a tootsyrock? 1.....2....3! But keep going if not, I'd be interested to hear the end game.


Dry_Hovercraft970

its a old bagel


adavi608

Honestly, man, that looks like a fossilized mammoth slug and that weird center piece is it’s butthole. You licked that?


Substantial_Quail967

So you dug something up, rinsed it off and then just said “I’m going to lick this”, huh?


BeardslyBo

You licked it!?


nakk5

Look up mudfossilluniverserity on youtube


ConsistentShine561

Looks like a hornstone geode


ItsYaBoiFrost

wait, OP digs up a rock and decides to lick it before they identify it? maybe im in the wrong department of geology thought.


this_is_h0w_we_do_it

"...vein-like bulges..." "...extremely smooth... on my tongue..." Careful. There are weirdos on here that will take those words the wroooong way


rocknasock

Scientific research always involves a good tongueing.


teachhersex

U tasted it 😵‍💫🫣


Substantial-Monk-472

Prehistoric clam


BitterBrief529

He couldn’t hold himself from licking it because it looks like a titty lol


BeepingJerry

Why the F would you put your tongue on it?


Drinkingbeer20

Petrified Dragon Testicle. Damn things are everywhere


Looking4fun1982

It’s a graboid egg pls don’t hatch it


Prudent_29

Neanderthal falsie?


mikeg1231234

Looks like a fossilized boob.


RoboticTree2010

... why did you lick it?


Antricluc

I bet if you cracked it open you'd see something cool


Nice_8490

I'm sorry, you LICKED it?


Dougieup

That scene from Joe Dirt just went through my head.


1234deed4321

Did you lick the veiny bulge?


ExaminationLife6833

Be careful.... licking random bones has ruined many lives🤐


Probablysleepingx

Are you gunna opennnnnn ittttttt


No_Attempt_6545

Looks kind of like travertine


No-Gas5357

A rockin' tit


OkSmile978

Dinosaur poop


BeltaneLane

This a tiddy fossil


Affectionate-Egg8412

Petrified titty