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My son and I found this next to a reservoir in a super crumbly wall. We gave it to the rangers (we weren't allowed to keep, since it was on public land).

We also found this,but have no idea what it is:



I've asked a couple paleontologists and they also weren't sure.

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[–] andyburke@fedia.io 2 points 2 weeks ago

I am a layman with no expertise, so guage this guess accordingly:

Fossilized bone or a fossilized aquatic tubeworm/sea cucumber thing.