dr heckle Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 how common are australian steinkerns i just recently found a site abundent with them and was wondering if they were anything of a rarity a heckle a day keeps the doctor away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 A "steinkern" is an endocast: "Steinkern. Something that is similar to a cast is a steinkern but here the mold is the shell or skelletal material that the organism produced and the space within where the tissue was at becomes filled with sediment. This becomes lithified. Then the shell is lost or removed leaving behind a casting of the interior." (From the Sedimentary Petrology Laboratory Manual, University of North Carolina at Wilmington). My presumption would be that they are common. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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