New Members Rick B Posted June 27, 2009 New Members Share Posted June 27, 2009 I found this in Northern Ohio in a shale river bed. It almost looks human then looks like a bird with a long spine. You can see the head and the left arm. Any ideas? Thanks,,Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 First, welcome to the Forum Secondly, assuming that's a toothpick and not a knitting needle, great job on the photo! Thirdly, I can see the suggestion of bi-lateral symmetry, so it could have an organic origin, but nothing is ringing any bells for me ID-wise. <Anyone here know the age of N. Ohio shale?> "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...
lordpiney Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 it looks almost like the bottom of a lobster, or some other crustacean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members Rick B Posted June 28, 2009 Author New Members Share Posted June 28, 2009 First, welcome to the Forum Secondly, assuming that's a toothpick and not a knitting needle, great job on the photo! Thirdly, I can see the suggestion of bi-lateral symmetry, so it could have an organic origin, but nothing is ringing any bells for me ID-wise. <Anyone here know the age of N. Ohio shale?> Thank you for the welcome. I wanted to say this river had a 100 foot bank but my wife didnt shoot any pictures of its height. She did take about 15 shots of me and the kids here and the fossil is in many of the pictures like here. I didnt see it until we were close to leaving. I starting thinking about fossils and only looked for about 30 seconds and there it was in front of me. That was neat. Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamalama Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 Age of the rock depends on location, anything from Pennsylvanian to Silurian in Northern Ohio, but Devonian is dominant. It almost looks like a Rusophycus or Trilobite burrow (trace fossil). Seems organic in origin but more likely than not is a trace fossil, IMHO. -Dave __________________________________________________ Geologists on the whole are inconsistent drivers. When a roadcut presents itself, they tend to lurch and weave. To them, the roadcut is a portal, a fragment of a regional story, a proscenium arch that leads their imaginations into the earth and through the surrounding terrain. - John McPheeIf I'm going to drive safely, I can't do geology. - John McPheeCheck out my Blog for more fossils I've found: http://viewsofthemahantango.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 "Rusophycus or Trilobite burrow" It stuck me as very similar to those as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeepinthemud Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 When I looked at it, the first two things I thought it looked like was a mini-human-bird. Very interesting, even if it is just a trace fossil. I would've certainly picked up it, too, good catch. Though, I cannot help ID it, I think it looks like a vertebrae crustacean.... how unique! (like an underwater armadillo!) (Mother Nature does experiment with all sorts of interesting animals. Platypus, anyone?) "To do is to be." -Socrates "People are Stupid." -Wizard's First Rule "Happiness is a warm Jeep." -Auspex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 Paleozoic Jeep tracks? "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...
Fossilcollector Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 I'd say trilobite burrow or mini soft-bodied human fossil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Menser Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 It might be a burrow but I'm thinking there is also a molt (cast off) present there. It doesn't look TB to me. If that is a leg in the upper part of the photo I think it's too long for one. I think I have to go with lordpiney and say its parts left over from a crustacean molt in a burrow. Very neat find! Here are a trilobite molt and a some trackways... Be true to the reality you create. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeepinthemud Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 Paleozoic Jeep tracks? Well, that would certainly be interesting! A mini human was driving a mini Jeep... then got stuck in the mud! uhoh! Then there was a flash flood that covered this JeepInTheMud, so the poor little guy was nearly washed out and covered while lying next to the Jeep. The jeep however, was not fossilized due to the soft-top-cover, but the tracks, along with the driver, remain! And that, my friends... is not my story in the least bit. "To do is to be." -Socrates "People are Stupid." -Wizard's First Rule "Happiness is a warm Jeep." -Auspex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommabetts Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 Wecome to the forum from Texas. Cool find Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seldom Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 Well, that would certainly be interesting!A mini human was driving a mini Jeep... then got stuck in the mud! uhoh! Then there was a flash flood that covered this JeepInTheMud, so the poor little guy was nearly washed out and covered while lying next to the Jeep. The jeep however, was not fossilized due to the soft-top-cover, but the tracks, along with the driver, remain! And that, my friends... is not my story in the least bit. Man I thought I had a good week end but mini jeep tracks and small human remains very rare Galveston Island 32 miles long 2 miles wide 134 bars 23 liquor stores any questions? Evolution is Chimp Change. Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass; it's about learning to dance in the rain! "I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen." Ernest Hemingway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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