I was in Dinosaur National Monument in Vernal, Utah this weekend and was checking out some Fremont Indian Petroglyphs when we found these three fossils on the same rock on the ground. The rock had probably not been there that long, and it came from part of the cliff face directly above the Petroglyphs where it had just broken off and simply fallen on the ground. The entire National Monument is protected, (as it should be) but it was still hard to just walk past some perfect specimens such as this and leave them behind. They look to me like they are either Leptodesma or Inoceramus in nature because of the patterns in the shale....but I'm not sure...so if anyone has any ideas please let me know. they were fairly large and had the dimensions of about 2.5 inches in length and a 1 to 1.25 inch width at their widest portion.
I was at these petroglyphs about a year ago, and this particular rock was not there, which leads me to believe that it just recently fell and is just laying there partially unnoticed by those who step over it. take care everyone and if you have any input, please share with me. This is the first find like this I've ever had. I've found other sea creatures before but no "muscle" type of fossils.
TJ
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