Zeek Martin Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 First off, I'd like to thank everyone who has made identifying fossils so easy for those of us who are new to this hobby... I'm a budding geologist (just a freshman!), so my interests lie in both the fossils and the rocks I find them in... I've spent a good amount of time reading every id post in the forum and consulting my fossil field books (thanks for the PDF links, guys!).. I believe I've got the identifications correct, but I sure would like a second opinion. There's also a couple that I have, as of yet, been unable to pin down. I apologize for any image issues - many were taken through a 3x loupe in lieu of a macro lens! The region is mostly Early Mississippian or Late Devonian...Pitkin Limestone, Fayetteville Shale and Batesville Sandstone are what I've managed to deduce from the USGS maps. Bryozoan or Coelentrata? Bryozoan or Coelentrata? (2nd shot) Lacy Bryozoan? Hash Plate with crinoids Unknown - pseudo fossil? Whatever it is, I love it! And last, just a quick few shots of a fossil in sandstone (I believe) with what appears to be a concretation (iron?) but I could be way off: Hard to photograph - this is the best shot I've been able to get so far, but the concretation is what's bugging me: Concretation? Concretation at another angle. Thanks in advance, sorry to spam, and sorry if this message is poorly formatted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandomas Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 (edited) Welcome to the Forum!!! Your pseudofossil? photo is simple awesome. I think it is a fossil trackway, but I am not familiar with your area. Other members sure will help you Edited July 29, 2010 by Fossili Veraci Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Welcome to the Forum, Zeek. We have members here that love to ID things like you've found. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOROPUS Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 The pseudofossil, is indeed, a ichnofossil. Well, looks like weather worn Cruziana. If it is, it would be tracks of a trilo or a trilo-like animal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest N.AL.hunter Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Pseudofossil is a trilobite feeding trackway!! I think. Really neat find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 to me it seems like you've done an excellent job of figuring out most of them. i'll let the guys familiar with the stuff from your area do the verifications, but welcome to the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeek Martin Posted July 29, 2010 Author Share Posted July 29, 2010 Thanks for the input and the welcomes! You guys are great! I must admit...I had a glimmer of hope that the ichnofossil (thanks for the new term!) I found was indeed a trilobite track, but I know that hoping and knowing are two completely different things! Thanks for making my night! Ya'll rock! Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimB88 Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Cruzania are common in parts of Arkansas, thats a nice example! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Zeek Martin Posted July 30, 2010 Author Share Posted July 30, 2010 Wow! Thanks for the further info! Looks like I better set aside a few hours to read up on this! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erose Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 First one is a coral unless you have magnified it immensely. The little openings in bryozoans are always really small, much less than a millimeter. The third pick is the impression where a lace (fenestrate) bryozoan was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeek Martin Posted August 3, 2010 Author Share Posted August 3, 2010 First one is a coral unless you have magnified it immensely. The little openings in bryozoans are always really small, much less than a millimeter. The third pick is the impression where a lace (fenestrate) bryozoan was. Those are taken in macro mode through a 3x loupe (ghetto setup, I admit, but I'll have a good working camera sooner or later!) Thanks for the info! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the tatter Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 I am also collecting in the Pitkin limestone, but in Madison Co., and have just started learning about these fossils. Looking forward to seeing more pics from my area. Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen, and thinking what nobody has thought. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teres Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 (edited) Wow, welcome to the forum! Nice fossils, the Cruzania(?) specimen is beautiful! Id. looks spot on to me. Edited December 7, 2011 by Teres Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indy Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 The trackway you have listed as an Unknown - pseudo fossil? Impressive find..Well, you know that ... it's your avatar Thanks for sharing Flash from the Past (Show Us Your Fossils)MAPS Fossil Show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Those are taken in macro mode through a 3x loupe (ghetto setup, I admit, but I'll have a good working camera sooner or later!) Thanks for the info! Something to keep in mind is that the responses today are to a topic over a year old and 'Zeek Martin' hasn't visited the Forum since Aug. 2010. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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