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Mysterious Holes Found on the Seafloor at depth of 2,540 meters (Mid-Atlantic Ridge)
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Fossil News
Scientists Are Perplexed by Mysterious Holes They Keep Finding on The Ocean Floor Fiona MacDonald, Science Alert, July 29, 2022 The Case of the Mysterious Holes on the Seafloor NOAA Ocean Exploration Updates, July 27, 2022 Open access paper. Vecchione, M. and Bergstad, O.A., 2022. Numerous sublinear sets of holes in sediment on the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge point to knowledge gaps in understanding mid-ocean ridge ecosystems. Front. Mar. Sci., 31 January 2022 Sec. Deep-Sea Environments and Ecology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.812915- 1 reply
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Identifying the attached images , confirmation on whether or not this is a fossil
Reece peach posted a topic in Fossil ID
Please could someone help in answering whether or not the attached images is a fossil of some kind. This was found on a beach near the Lake District while I was away for a few days and it had caught my eye , looked somewhat intriguing. If someone could help in proving me an answer that would be great. Much appreciated. -
A recent trip to a Randolph Co., WV (Foreknobs Formation) locality was loaded with trace fossils including numerous Bifungites and Psammichnites biseriatus. There are several undetermined specimens as well. If anyone has any info about the undet. specimens or the species of Bifungites I would appreciate the extra information.
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Hi! Looking for help with IDs & also What is this type of fossil called (counter-impression? cast?). Specimen from Crane Hill, Alabama. Thanks for looking Pics 1-plate overview- several potential invertebrates? 2- Potential invertebrate? Some of my newbie guesses: Trilobite (side view) Eurypterid- can’t find definitive info about if locale only had the giant type Crinoid (eg saggital view) Bryzoan Gooseneck barnacle- not sure when these appeared 3- same critter, different angle 4-other invertebrates
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Mid-Devonian (Archaeopteris) fossil forest in peril, Cairo, New York
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Fossil News
The world's oldest fossilized forest is in Greene County. It needs saving. Roger Hannigan Gilson, Times Union, Aug. 5, 2021 The world’s oldest known fossil forest has been discovered in a quarry in upper New York state By Kelly Murray, CNN, December 20, 2019 The open access paper is: Stein, W.E., Berry, C.M., Morris, J.L., Hernick, L.V., Mannolini, F., Ver Straeten, C., Landing, E., Marshall, J.E., Wellman, C.H., Beerling,D.J. and Leake, J.R., 2020. Mid-Devonian Archaeopteris roots signal revolutionary change in earliest fossil fore- 2 replies
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I was recently sent some Wheeler Shale material from the Antelope Springs area of Utah, Middle Cambrian age. Thanks to my good friend Debra @Paleome It's all rather splendid stuff, not the usual Elrathia kingii or Itagnostus interstrictus, but a selection of wonderful more unusual things. But what about this one? A trace fossil of a burrow? Some sort of sponge or algae? Any help will be greatly appreciated, as always. Thank you. The inside of the object is an orange brown colour, while the outside and surrounding regions are sort of beige. It reminds me of some
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Why is the difference between fossils and trace fossils important?
Daniel Fischer posted a topic in Questions & Answers
First of all I want to make it clear that I know what are trace fossils an I know the difference between fossils and trace fossils, but I feel like I am missing something. In a few posts here on the forum I saw people saying things like "this is not a fossil, maybe a trace fossil" and things like this and I do understand that regular fossils give more information but can anyone please explain to me why it seems like trace fossils are worthless compared to regular fossils? -
Trace fossil named after Univeristy of Alberta paleontologist
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Fossil News
Newly discovered fossil named after U of A paleontologist By Andrew Lyle, Univeristy of Alberta Research News, January 26, 2021 https://www.ualberta.ca/folio/2021/01/newly-discovered-fossil-named-after-u-of-a-paleontologist.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-01/uoa-ndf012621.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/01/210127093217.htm The paper is: M. Ryan King, Andrew D. La Croix, Terry A. Gates, Paul B. Anderson, Lindsay E. Zanno. Glossifungites gingrasi n. isp., a probable subaqueous insect domicile from the Cretac-
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.These fossils are from Romania. They look like crustaceans ichnofossils. If these Eocene or Oligocene fossils are really traces of crustaceans then what genus did make them? If you think that you can identify them write your opinion here. Thank you very much.
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From my previous trip to Ellsworth County, Kansas and it's located in Dakota formation, Cenomanian. It appeared as almost like vertebrae but I'm sure it's not verts. Is it by chance some form of ichnofossil? @jpc thinks it's concretionary. No disrespect to him, he's the only one who offered his opinion and I would like to know if anyone else have a different opinion.
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I found these that resembles burrow or root cast in Ellsworth county, Kansas, USA from my previous trip. The formation these came from are most likely Kiowa formation/Kiowa Shale and the age is Albian. Here's the link to my previous trip. I'm just catching up with the prepping and sorting my fossils from my previous trips. I am wondering if it is some sort of ichnofossils. Is it burrow, root cast, or something else? Also, is it possible for it to be from geological origin rather than a true ichnofossil? This one is the largest I found. The center is poorly cemented sandstone and can
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From the album: Coprolites
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