New Members Suffolknewb Posted May 14 New Members Share Posted May 14 So my husbands a fisherman and caught this on the sea bed , is it a crinoid? Some form of root fossil!? thanks in advance x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 Definitely not a crinoid. The marks on the rock look like feeding traces. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members Suffolknewb Posted May 14 Author New Members Share Posted May 14 Sorry should have uploaded pics, definitely looks like a type of root fossil, and it was from the sea bed in Suffolk uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 Looks more like a meandering type of trace fossil, than plant roots, in my opinion. Plant roots are usually more linear looking. Cropped and brightened: 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 IPFOTM -- MAY - 2024 _________________________________________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranzBernhard Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 Interesting! Whats the rock type? Are there some bryozoans on the supposed surface? Did the boring/feding animals only get down along the preexisting fracture? Franz Bernhard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 Looks like something produced by a modern borer. Several kinds of animals will bore into shells or rock. A trace fossil would likely be filled with hardened sediment, at least in part. Don 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members Suffolknewb Posted May 14 Author New Members Share Posted May 14 1 hour ago, FranzBernhard said: Interesting! Whats the rock type? Are there some bryozoans on the supposed surface? Did the boring/feding animals only get down along the preexisting fracture? Franz Bernhard Not sure on rock type I have some more images have attached 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilus Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 2 hours ago, FranzBernhard said: Interesting! Whats the rock type? Are there some bryozoans on the supposed surface? Did the boring/feding animals only get down along the preexisting fracture? Franz Bernhard The last photo looks clearly bryozoan to me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranzBernhard Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 Thanks for the additional pics! Sorry, no idea what it could really be. Just saying, that it seems, that a rock got drilled along a fracture and that the surface was colonized by bryozoa. Franz Bernhard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 3 hours ago, FossilDAWG said: Looks like something produced by a modern borer. Several kinds of animals will bore into shells or rock. A trace fossil would likely be filled with hardened sediment, at least in part. Don I agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advantage Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 I also agree, modern boring. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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