shale limpet?

[Bonehunter]

So, while looking for shale that may have plant imprints (nadda  ) or conodonts (also nadda  ) and finding absolutely nothing splitting open countless layers (I wanted to make the shale layers in Kansas City look uniform so I've separated all of them for future fossil hunters  ) I came upon this single fossil. To me it reminds me of modern-day smooth shelled limpets. This black shale layer was between winterset limestone and Sniabar limestone layers in Kansas City (from R. Gentile). It is about 3/8" long by 2/8" wide and a little over 1/8" thick-two different "lightings". Thoughts, as usual, much appreciated!   Bone

[TqB]

Looks like a lingulid brachiopod - nice specimen.

 

[Bonehunter]

NICE!!!! Yes, after looking it up, that fits!. Literally, hundreds of flaking apart black shale, and its the "only" fossil I found- I find it interesting!! Thanks again for your patience as I wade through my expanding collection!!

Bone

[connorp]

Nice find. Sounds like you were hunting in the Stark Shale. Black shales are often fairly unfossiliferous, but they stuff you find can often be quite interesting.

 

[Fossildude19]

Nice Lingula - you should take a look at some of Missourian's posts. 

He shows a lot of fossils from your general area. I just recently saw some of his Lingula specimens.  

 

Black shales can be indicative of an anoxic (low to no oxygen) environment. 

No oxygen prevents living things from hanging out there, and scavenging is reduced from minimal to none, due to this. 

Anything found there will have already died, and is often well preserved due to lack of scavenging.

But the dead things have to have been around, and settled there. 

 

I know some of the brown to black Ordovician shales in New York are largely non-fossiliferous, and may yield one fossil for every 200 rocks split.   

[Bonehunter]

2 hours ago, connorp said:

Nice find. Sounds like you were hunting in the Stark Shale. Black shales are often fairly unfossiliferous, but they stuff you find can often be quite interesting.

 

Well-that fits as well!- so I just helped confirm what most of you all knew  .......thanks again!- appreciated it!   Bone

[Bonehunter]

2 hours ago, Fossildude19 said:

Nice Lingula - you should take a look at some of Missourian's posts. 

He shows a lot of fossils from your general area. I just recently saw some of his Lingula specimens.  

 

Black shales can be indicative of an anoxic (low to no oxygen) environment. 

No oxygen prevents living things from hanging out there, and scavenging is reduced from minimal to none, due to this. 

Anything found there will have already died, and is often well preserved due to lack of scavenging.

But the dead things have to have been around, and settled there. 

 

I know some of the brown to black Ordovician shales in New York are largely non-fossiliferous, and may yield one fossil for every 200 rocks split.   

This all makes perfect sense and I will alter my approach. Yes, I am searching through the threads and hope to i.d. some conodonts and have the equipment to get some quality pics when I do!. Silver lining to Covid is I now have some days off, and its focused on fossils and updating my "kids museum"  !. Thanks so much again!.  Bone