What is this?

[JohnCaper]

I found this rock in my garden in Nova Scotia and want to know what it is and if I can keep it/sell it?

[Brevicollis]

Might this be an actinocerida type cephalopod ?
I saw one in a topic in this forum and thought that they may match.

But I could be wrong here, im by no means an expert.

 

So lets hear what other members have to say.

 

[Rockwood]

I think it's most likely a mold of Sigillaria cortex. I doubt it's the sort of thing that folks will be too worried about, but the laws there are quite strict. 

[JohnCaper]

I didn't mention it but each one of those grooves are about as wide as my finger

[Kane]

Nova Scotia's Special Places Protection Act prohibits the excavation or collection of fossils without a Heritage Research Permit. 

 

For more information: https://museum.novascotia.ca/about-nsm/about-heritage/special-places-protection-act

[Brevicollis]

1 hour ago, Rockwood said:

Sigillaria

I've googled it and none of the pictures that I saw of them matched. How did you came to this ID ? Can you show a picture of "the right one" so even I know why its one ?

 

That would be nice !

[Rockwood]

I've collected a similar piece with more of the actual material left in the mold from a coal shale dump. It's unlikely that the look will come up in an image search precisely because the leaf bases and associated features are not evident in the inner layers of cortex at the base of the trunk. That is where I suspect this material originated. 

[Fossildude19]

1 hour ago, Brevicollis said:

I've googled it and none of the pictures that I saw of them matched. How did you came to this ID ? Can you show a picture of "the right one" so even I know why its one ?

 

That would be nice !

 

 

 

[Brevicollis]

May be interesting to know, where in Nova Scotia this was found, as there are many deposits with different ages and species.

 

The Silurian

 

 

 

 

The Devonian

 

 

 

 

The Carboniferous

 

[JohnCaper]

2 hours ago, Brevicollis said:

May be interesting to know, where in Nova Scotia this was found, as there are many deposits with different ages and species.

 

The Silurian

 

 

 

 

The Devonian

 

 

 

 

The Carboniferous

 

Probably close to the carboniferous according to your maps. 

[JohnCaper]

[Brevicollis]

Ok, sorry I was wrong. I agree now with you @Rockwood, apperance, age, and locality matches. 

[Mark Kmiecik]

Google "syringodendron".