mercurycomet Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 craig amendola Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 wow, that's really cool looking. but in reality, from the stuff around it, it kinda looks like it may have been formed by natural processes and not be a fossil. we'll see what others think, but i'd call it a pseudofossil. we all deal with finding quite a bit of strange stuff when we start looking hard for fossils. welcome to the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archimedes Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 It sort of looks like some type of trace fossil, I have ssen similar looking traces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamalama Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 That is one weird looking rock. By the look I'd say you put in your scanner? -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...
mercurycomet Posted August 10, 2009 Author Share Posted August 10, 2009 Check out the other pic's i sent to.. I took them w/camera. Scan, why yes i did...It fit...U get a A+ for the day!! Turn it , it look's like a beak... craig amendola Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 It is possibly an ichnofossil: marks left in the sediment by an (invertebrate) animal. Things like this are sometimes called "trilobite rests". It is not, absolutely, positively, a baby bird. "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...
lawooten Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Wow that is so very cool it looks like a bug in a silt matrix like a large ant of sorts. Hemm I can't see the bird but? Very nice find though. The best days are spent collecting fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron E. Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Reminds me of pictures I've seen of whale lice, which are actually crustaceans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercurycomet Posted August 11, 2009 Author Share Posted August 11, 2009 It is possibly an ichnofossil: marks left in the sediment by an (invertebrate) animal.Things like this are sometimes called "trilobite rests". It is not, absolutely, positively, a baby bird. That's a good start....Now, what is a trilobite rest?? I have yet to find a trilobite here..i know there there. craig amendola Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercurycomet Posted August 11, 2009 Author Share Posted August 11, 2009 Reminds me of pictures I've seen of whale lice, which are actually crustaceans. Dang, How big did whale lice get? craig amendola Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercurycomet Posted August 11, 2009 Author Share Posted August 11, 2009 Check out the other pic's i sent to.. I took them w/camera.Scan, why yes i did...It fit...U get a A+ for the day!! Turn it , it look's like a beak... Sending one more pic. craig amendola Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 Looks crustacean-ish to me. I will be interested to see what the final ID is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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