Been in love with fossils all my life. These are huge boulders that were pulled out of Lake Huron by Tawas Bay to control shore erosion. They were at the bottom of the lake since the glaciers released them. That’s only a small sample. I could be there all day.

I figured there were fossils in those lakes. The samples you showed are really old fossils, couldn't tell you what they are or when they may have lived but I'd bet it was a few iterations before humanoids showed up.

Doing okay, winter came back for the week, lots of buds and flowers out already, not a good thing since we're barely getting above freezing until at least Monday.



Sorry for the delay, it was my turn to cook dinner elsewhere, now I'm back.

Between bouts of rain we’re rebuilding the greenhouse that collapsed this winter in the blizzard and getting the beds ready for spring planting. Weather temps should start to even out in the next couple weeks.

It’s going to be a busy time but I can go about work with a smile knowing whatever is in front of me isn’t as bad, and never will be, as one particular being’s problems are. 😁



Forgot to add this…
The last picture is of a kind of Petoskey Stone. Might not be the exact same kind buts it’s some sort of a coral.

“The Petoskey stone is fossilized pre-historic coral fossilized rugose coral, Hexagonaria percarinata. Distinguishable by its unique exoskeleton structure, a Petoskey stone consists of tightly packed, six-sided corallites, which are the skeletons of the once-living coral polyps. The center of each polyp was the mouth and contained tentacles that reached out for food. The hexagon shape of each cell and thin lines radiating out from the dark “eye” in the center are distinguishing features unique to this fossil.”

https://www.michigan.org/article/trip-idea/where-find-petoskey-stones-michigan

In the pictures you posted, upon closer inspection, resemble some chunks of coral colonies I found in central Idaho years ago. I also found bracciopods (sp?) in matrix. I was fortunate to have been asked to be the driver for a field trip of grad students when I was at the university. The pieces I found were grey but they were at a rather high elevation and mot exposed to much water beyond snow and melting snow.

Really interesting what can be found in the rocks. I found some interesting fossils in the Yellowstone River in my rock-hounding ventures... some are pretty basic life forms imprinted in agate and petrified wood.

A lifeform* may look at fossils in their stones and be gazing at our bones.


*Humans may have eradicated themselves by then, but I have faith intelligent life will arise again.

I was intrigued by the pictures!

I’ve found small ones before but these are in boulders that weigh tons.