Strepsodus Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 I found this in West Yorkshire, UK recently in coal mining waste from the Pennine Lower Coal Measures formation (Westphalian A, upper Carboniferous). On the rock, there are several plant fossils such as Neuropteris leaves, but also this fossil. I am unsure whether this is the abdomen of an arachnid or insect, or just a plant fossil. On one part of the fossil, there is what seems to be a faint imprint of a Neuropteris leaf. However, this imprint seems to be from a different fossil which formed on top of the possible arachnid/insect. Do you think this is indeed an arachnid/insect fossil or just a plant fragment? Thanks, Daniel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Looks like overlapping plants, to me. 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 IPFOTM -- MAY - 2024 _________________________________________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 I see what you're thinking, but the texture doesn't seem right for an arthropod to me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 To me, it looks like a decorticated Sigillaria 'bark' impression. "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...
TqB Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 I'm not sure - there are possibly two or three arthropod segments here (rotated from your last photo) - looks rather Arthropleura - like, partly overlain by something else. Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 @ntrusc Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 IPFOTM -- MAY - 2024 _________________________________________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strepsodus Posted March 24, 2019 Author Share Posted March 24, 2019 Thanks for the replies. If the photos are cropped a lot, there do seem to be many small dots like what are present on arthropleura fossils. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strepsodus Posted March 24, 2019 Author Share Posted March 24, 2019 The dots can be seen slightly better when the photo is edited. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Just took another look at some eurypterid pieces. They are similar enough to sell me on the idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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