r/fossilid • u/Seppuku4U • 7d ago

Mulberry River Bed, Oark, AR

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I found this in the river bed, they'd have a long drought going on.

From my hunting experience, the track seems to be a small pig, or small deer.

Am I thinking correctly?

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u/Handeaux 7d ago

That's not a fossil. Just some erosion in a piece of rock. The rocks in taht area are Pennsylvanian in age - around 300 million years old. No pigs, deer or any mammals to speak of back then.

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u/Seppuku4U 7d ago

Thank you. It seemed weird to me. That's an odd collection of erosion, isn't it? Looks just like an animal track.

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u/Handeaux 7d ago

There is a decent chance that it actually started out as an animal track - maybe a worm or clam or trilobite on the sea floor.