matthew textor Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 hi this is matt does anyone know what kind of fossil this is here is a photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJ Mary Ann Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 hi this is mattdoes anyone know what kind of fossil this is here is a photo Can you tell us where you found it? Does it look like the photo in the link below? http://www.twoguysfossils.com/images/fish_...coprolite89.jpg -Mary Ann ********* "There is nothing like geology; the pleasure of the first day's partridge shooting or first day's hunting cannot be compared to finding a fine group of fossil bones, which tell their story of former times with almost a living tongue." Charles Darwin, letter to his sister Catherine, 1834 ********* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest N.AL.hunter Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 Straight cephalopod or bacculites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 Hi Matt, it would be tremendously helpful if you could provide the Geologic Time Period in which the fossil was found. You can do that by accessing the geologic maps in THIS section. Find the area in which you live, then note the color of the map for your region, then read the scale for that color. That will give you the period in which the fossil was found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 Paleozoic cephalopod, won't even guess at period or formation, looks like found in a creek? Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyguy784 Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 hi this is mattdoes anyone know what kind of fossil this is here is a photo I'm new here so take it easy on me, please. Could it not simply be a Trilobite that has rolled around with some creek gravel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 Paleozoic cephalopod, won't even guess at period or formation, looks like found in a creek? Ditto. Might be a cast-after-mold, though. Look at the ends; is there any sign of something running through the middle of it lengthwise? If so, it's the siphuncle that connects the chambers; if not, then it is a cast. Looks like it spent some time rolling around in a stream. "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...
Guest N.AL.hunter Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 I'm new here so take it easy on me, please. Could it not simply be a Trilobite that has rolled around with some creek gravel? Sorry but definitely not a trilobite and I am positive on my earlier ID. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 ^^Yep, that is what it is. Here is one with the siphuncle exposed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R. Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 I know this sounds crazy.... but it kind of looks like a moth pupa. Can you take photos from different angles?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jax Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 it kinda looks like a lobster, to me anyways. That looks like a tail, and maybe some details of the body its a guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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