Help a newbie :) Middle Tennessee creekbed find - I don’t know if I’m posting this correctly

[sarahbbgun]

This link explains the geology of my area.  https://www.mtsu.edu/glade-center/gladehistory.php   

 

I’m happy to have found this forum as I’m a newbie and would be so grateful for your help w/identification of these fossils

I’m finding here in Middle Tennessee, USA. My friend has a creek in her front yard full of these Ordovician (??) sea creature fossils.

 

This is my favorite so far but I’m not sure what it is. Someone in a FB group said it could be a cephalopod cross section?

I’m seeing eyes and shrimp. There are even shades of violet on one spot

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited June 20, 2022 by sarahbbgun

[Fossildude19]

Welcome to the Forum. 

 

I personally do not see anything identifiable in these images.

They wouldn't be "shrimp" fossils as we know them, as the Ordovician is too early for them to have been around.

 

The last image shows what might be cross sections of brachiopod or bivalve shells. I am not confident of that, however.

The opposite side of the item with the curved lines is interesting, but again, nothing I recognize off hand.

 

Sometimes, fossils are so badly degraded/worn/poorly preserved/ that it can be impossible to tell what they might have been.

Cross sections are difficult as well, unless there are identifying characteristics that can be readily observed.

 

Wait for some more opinions, though.

 

 

[Mark Kmiecik]

I agree with Tim. Very worn and hard to discern any detail. There's something interesting there, but I can't make out what from these photos. Probably not enough detail present to make a positive identification. Post a few other photos of things you've found. They may give us a clue to the identity of this one.