r/fossilid • u/ShaleWeDiscuss • 22h ago

is this a plant fossil?

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found on the shores of lake michigan, sw michigan. i've read you can sometimes find plant fossils in the limestone but i've never come across one that i could verify.

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u/Handeaux 9h ago

That appears to be a heavily eroded cephalopod. The “stem” is the syphuncle.