Natural Harbor Area adjacent to Oval Beach, Saugatuck, MI
- Mystery Fossil 1
Above is a photo of the area I found four out of five of the mystery fossils shown above and below. The grass growing on the dune is called Marram Grass or American Beach Grass. This grass actually stabilizes the Michigan dunes along Lake Michigan which build up from the dominate westerly winds pushing the sand. The winds also reveal so many of the fossils I find to share with you.
I decided to post these photos of interesting mystery fossils, if that is indeed what they are. Some simply intrigued me, for example, number 2 is a perfect circle inside the stone and number 4 is something I have found before in similar shape. Hopefully, someone will glance upon these and help identify them. Maybe even you! Please make any suggestions that could provide possible some answers!
Mystery Fossil 2
Mystery Fossil 3
Mystery Fossil 4
Mystery Fossil 5
Wow, these are great. You are fortunate to live in such a fossil rich area. I do too, but it takes strenuous hiking in the gorge to find them. Once I found one (some type of animal or invertebrate) almost two feet long, but when I went back with the camera, it was gone. Someone removed it with tools. So I obviously was not the first one to the find.
Oh gosh, too bad it was gone and sounds like it was a good size fossil! It’s so exciting when you do find them. The ones I find on the beach or even in the ground usually aren’t embedded inside rocky material so it’s easy to capture them.
The gorge fossils are rarely free standing. Many are saw cut.
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Looks like it may be favosite? DougJan 8, 2013 06:28:22 PM, comment+e1vo1x7df7gk1qqiitg_zxi@comment.wordpress.com wrote:>
Fossillady posted: “ Natural Harbor Area adjacent to Oval Beach, Saugatuck, MI Mystery Fossil 1 &nb”
Thank you for the input Doug! I could be! Kathi :O)
I found a very unusual(to me) fossil on the beach of Lake Michigan in South Haven. Is there a way for me to send a picture to you?
Hi Patricia, you can send me a picture of the fossil you found to my email at kathilee_m@hotmail.com. Would love to see it.