North Carolina Bryozoan Colony
Paleozoic
About North Carolina Bryozoan Colony
The North Carolina Bryozoan Colony is a colonial-animal fossil dating to the Paleozoic. Bryozoan Colony is a realistic North Carolina fossil profile built around lace-like or twiggy colonial filter feeder common in marine limestone. In this state, success usually comes from learning roadcuts through limestone and shale, coal spoils, and stream gravels, then timing runoff, reservoir drawdown, surf cuts, or road work that exposes fresh fossil-bearing rock instead of hunting blindly.
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Fossil collecting rules in North Carolina vary by land status and fossil type. Common invertebrate fossils may be collectible on some public lands, but vertebrate fossils, protected park units, tribal lands, and cultural sites require a much higher level of care and often a permit. This is especially relevant in Triassic basins, shark teeth, and mountain stream fossils.
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Location: Pisgah National Forest
National Forest • Seasonal edible mushrooms, Common invertebrate fossils in float
Location: Nantahala National Forest
National Forest • Seasonal edible mushrooms, Common invertebrate fossils in float
Location: Uwharrie National Forest
National Forest • Seasonal edible mushrooms, Common invertebrate fossils in float
Location: Croatan National Forest
National Forest • Seasonal edible mushrooms, Common invertebrate fossils in float
Identification Tips
- ●tiny zooecia pattern
- ●branching or netted form
- ●fossil on bedding planes
- ●Check roadcuts through limestone and shale, coal spoils, and stream gravels
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