fosceal2 Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 closed Open wet Hope you can see with these pictures Best regards, Fosceal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 Cool beans! If that brach is silica, you might be able to etch out more detail with acid. Check with Shamalama, he's done it. "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...
Shamalama Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 Okay, it's an odd breaking point on the fossil... kind of an diagonal view rather then horizontal thru the hinge or vertical thru the shell. I think you are definitely seeing the fossilized remnants of a Lophophore. The fact that there is symmetry visible adds credence as well. Is this a Mississippian or Pennsylvanian era brach perchance? it looks like a Dictyoclostus or some other Productidae family genus. -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...
fosceal2 Posted August 17, 2009 Author Share Posted August 17, 2009 HMMMM... well I would call it a HWY66 brachiopod from West VA. Sorry Shamalama I don't know. Fosceal PS I did soak it in vinegar and then neutralize it but the limestones I get seem to have a mind of their own about cracking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fosceal2 Posted August 17, 2009 Author Share Posted August 17, 2009 Oh and Auspex- It is not silica I have destroyed enough of my fossils that I am sure of that! I keep hoping I will get to do one the easy way! Drop it in acid then pick out the nice clean fossil.. instead of neutralize the acid and look dejectedly at my new sludge. oh well Fosceal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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