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This particular resting traces was the find of the day! Several different traces from different species. This site seems to produce after every rain. A unique fossilized slab containing at least two identifiable track left by a Xiphosuran and Eurypterid. Carboniferous Period, Parkwood Formation, Southeastern USA.
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Two favorite trace fossil finds from several days ago while out running errands. Second pic, there's a lot of activity going on the stone... two different species left their trackways, ones a hopper (tonganoxichnus) and the other appearing to be a diplichnites? Carboniferous Period, Parkwood Formation, Southeastern USA.
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Hi y'all, the past two months has been a flurry of fossil hunting! One of my favorite to hunt are trace fossils. I found this shale slab with a partial exposure of a track (pic#1) made what is suggested an Eurypterid? There was a layer covering the other half and with a lil' patience and time I was able to remove that layer by the use of freeze/thaw method. Since that crack was there I soaked the stone and put into the freezer a number of times and after about a month of this process the slab slid right off exposing the other half of the track (pic#2) and (pic#3) pos and neg of track!
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Hello All! I've been a collector of trace fossils for over 15 years. I got started when I passed by a high wall near where I lived back in the day. One day I decide to stop and check out the debris at the base of the wall. At the time I was focused on plant fossils thinking this wall contained them. The first several minutes I didn't see any signs of plant fossils until I came across my first arthropod trace fossil ever. (above) It had the appearance of a Christmas tree and didn't know what it was until I posted it on the internet. A Paleontologist out of Canada told me it was a resting trace of a Xiphosuran. So for the next 15 years I've collected many, many more and then some and now Ichnologist are taking notice of the postings on FB. It's been quite sometime I've been able to take pictures of those finds and now starting this big project. Still got quite a ways to go and hopefully I can get er' done before the new year? Pictured are several samples from this site. As long as I'm able I will continue collecting because the site's future is in question as to where it will exist at all in several years? Conostichnus and burrow Diplichnites and call the second picture a figure 8 trace? Burrows Combo of Diplichnites and Resting Trace. Tonganoxichnus (hopping trace) and Selenicnhites (feeding trace) No idea what these are? I believe they call the first picture a Kouphichnium and the other have no idea? The first picture I call a horseshoe shaped resting trace and the second could quite be the impression of the thorax of a track maker? This one is called a Warvichnium trace fossil Nereites biserialis Resting trace and no idea what the trace at the top is?
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Hello All, been doing a lot of fossil hunting during the Covid shutdown. Finding lots of fossils and running out of room to store them. My trace fossil road cut continues to give and give and here are a few finds from that site. Most are Arthropod resting traces, a few Diplichnites, a 3D burrow and some showing some type of locomotion.
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Gorgeous Day For A Carboniferous Ichno Fossil Hunt!
Rockin' Ric posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Hello all! It was too gorgeous of a day to be indoors so I get out and go to my favorite ancient mudflat. I found several cool tracks of Xiphosurans and Diplichnites. Some day I hope to find a slab of shale with all the tracks I have found on this site so far...one big plate all of them on the same slab like they decided to party in one spot! I'm getting close...it could happen! Pic #1- Diplichnites and 3 Xiphosuran tracks on this slab Pic #2- Detail Xiphosuran track Pic #3- 4 Xiphosuran tracks Pic #4- Ripple marks?? Pic #5- One of the largest Xiphosuran tracks I've found so far...it's the size of a US 50 cent piece. Most have been smaller than a US quarter Pic #6- Pos/Neg impression of a Xiphosuran track Pic #7- This one is shaped differently than the other Xiphosuran's, a different species perhaps? Pic #8- Dunno what this one is? Pic #9- Larger leg marks made by a bigger Xiphosuran??? Always find one side leg marks and never the both sides? Pic #10- Diplichnites
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Howdy y'all! As fall sets in and lots of rain in the forecast, it makes for some good ichno/trace fossil hunting! The lower temps in the South just makes it idea. I got out last week after a weekend of rain on site with many rockslides containing goodies to be found. These fossils aren't your typical trace fossils of tetrapods or giant insects but of the small and tiny variety which are a joy to find! I love collecting them and they offer a glimpse into ancient mud flats of the Carboniferous period. Some of these fossils can be identified and others are in waiting and hopefully I will continue to find other mysterious tracks along the way. As I've mentioned before I hope to find the track maker of each fossil but at the moment content with what I'm finding. I will continue to post my finds and hope you guys and gals are just as fascinated by them as I! Pics #1, 2, 5, 7, 11- are identified as Xiphosurans...sometimes I find them single, double and sometime multiples. I've also been told they are some type of "hopping" insect (Toganoxichnus)? Pics #3, 6, 8, 10, 14- are identified as Diplichnites traces. Pic #4- Not sure what the fish/infinity impression is? Next to it is half of a Xiphosuran track. Pic #9- You will see a Xiphosuran track and next to it is a track shaped into a backward question mark. It appears a small arthropod got bogged down in the mud and struggled to find a firmer footing and did as you can tell toward the end...just my theory??? Pics #12, 13- not sure but there are a number of traces...maybe feeding traces on #12 and a single on #13? Pic #15- You will see two different Xiphosuran tracks with a Diplichnites overlapping them.
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Hello all! We've had a considerable amount of rain in the deep south for several months which means lots of erosion from the rock wall. Here are few samples found in the piles of stone at the bottom of those walls. This site produces a lot of small ichno fossils that I find fascinating, hopefully some day I will find some of the track makers? Both pics I guess would identify as Diplichnites. The first pic looks like the organism has some spiral movement to it??? Both of those pics are resting traces of some type of Arthropod? Both pics are some type of 3D burrows, pic #1 is a type of siphon burrow? Pic #2 has a textured surface as if the organism creating the burrow left it's tracks? Pic #1 Feeding traces? Pic #2 another textured burrow. Pic#1- impression of something, insect or feeding trace? Pic #2- Ichno expert suggests a stick, piece of wood created this impression? Pic #1- Close up shot of a resting trace. Pic #2- Scorpion that didn't want to be bothered... It's that time of year for the Creepy Crawlies, always check under the stone and on it before picking it up!
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Hello All! Ichnology has to be a fascinating field of study. I don't know bout you guys but as a citizen scientist/ fossil collector I definitely find them fascinating and when I post them on The Fossil Forum or the other social networks. I enjoy hearing the different discussions about them. Alabama is known for it's fossil diversity and these are no exception. The samples presented here are overshadowed by the specimens coming out of the Union Chapel Mine northwest of the my present location. http://kudzu.astr.ua.edu/apsmono1/paper19_APS_MONO_1_Hauboldetal.pdf Union Chapel produces all sorts of tracks from tetrapods, horseshoe crabs and a plethora of insects as well as plants specimens. Not to say the site I visit is the same because it's not but still provides a glimpse into an ancient mudflat during the Carboniferous Period teeming with life. Thanks to all the professionals who have help me identify some of these trace fossils. My goal and hope will be to eventually find impressions of the track makers. I have been visiting this site for over ten years and it still eludes me!
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Ichno Fossils from the Carboniferous Period, July 2018
Rockin' Ric posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Howdee y'all! It was a hot 91 degrees with humidity yesterday when I decided to get out of the home to do a little ichno fossil hunt. Life had been a tad bit rough for the past 3 months and needed some Fossil Therapy. Here are a few interesting samples. The second pic appear to be tadpole shaped resting traces. I thought they were small horseshoe crabs?? I placed these on the FB Ichnology page and have two experts having a dialog about them. From my observation, the tadpole like images and the maker are still a mystery?? This is a partial burrow that I find a lot. About half the finds are 3D tubes with texture on them. It appears that the organism created the texture from tracks inside the tubes? Definitely not a Ichnology expert, just a guess.
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Howdee Ya'll! Here are some recent Trace Fossil finds after all this rain we've gotten...Tropical Storm Alberto has brought more which means a lot of eroded rocks from the wall that keeps on giving! I find they are the most fascinating fossils and the least noticed especially the smaller specimens created by arthropods. The mystery with most trace fossils is what kind of ancient life form left behind its tracks eons ago. The first three pics are inconclusive so far...no body fossil have been found of the track maker, yet??? The fourth pic is a Conostichus, bioclast burrow. I have no idea what the last pic is? Anyone out there know? I did notice a faint resting trace, leg imprints on the plate of the mystery fossil?
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Hello All! Here are some ichno fossils finds from several weeks ago after days of rain we got down here. I love hunting these things and find them fascinating since there is a mystery that surrounds the maker of the trace fossils. Finding the track maker has eluded me although one of these pics might shed some light on one possible track maker...I found an impression of what appears to be the underside of an arthropod? Either way, hopefully someone somewhere might take up the challenge of writing a paper about them in the near future.
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Hello All! It's been awhile since I posted latest pics of trace fossil finds. I usually go to my favorite site once every two weeks and usually walk away with 1 to 3 finds but never have the time to post all of them. Here are a few and I hope I haven't posted any of these previously on TFF...they definitely have been posted on the Facebook sites. Probably need to go through my boxes and sort through the others and take pics and post soon? Pic #1- Have no idea what created this? Pic#2- Resting trace with another set of tracks to the right. Pic#3-6- Really cool tracks...Diplichnites, Protichnites? Pic#7- U-shaped burrow. Pic#8-10- Conostichus, side and top view Pic #11&12- I find a lot of these, unfortunately they've been all one side not a complete set. From the looks of them, I'm assuming they are the track/claw marks of an arthropod???
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We had a pretty good amount of rain fall last week. With that said, it's a sure bet I was gonna find Ichno fossils...that I did! Here are a few really nice specimens...I still haven't found the body impressions of the track makers...yet?
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Some type of trace fossil created by an organism or plant debris blown across the mud?© RPM
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Yep! Me thinks I need to be a lot more careful fossil hunting now that the weather is getting warmer! I encountered a Dinosaur cousin (2-foot Copperhead) I didn't want tangle with...don't know how I missed him the first time...I walked by where it was once, I had come back to the area and was on my knees inspecting a fossil about 3 feet from where it sat. Whew, close call, a hobby that has its dangers! I did find several trace fossils though... Central Alabama Carboniferous, Parkwood Formation.
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Hello again! Here are some ichno fossils found last month. The coolest thing about finding these type fossils is most can be held in the palm of your hand. Mostly found in singles because the stone are in sheets, when they hit the ground it shatters into smaller fragments. The bigger slabs can contain one or more traces. Arthropod resting trace I'm guessing this is part of a burrow-tube? Diplichnites Not sure what this is, dunno if it is a big tetrapod or arthropod?? Multiple resting traces? Overlapping resting trace Diplichnites near the top and near the bottom a resting trace Protichnites This one is quite interesting...it appears an arthropod of some type got struggled through the mud, found a dry spot and hopped away? Protovirgularia I rarely find any flora at this site...here some that I have found. I was told this was a Cordaites Principalis? 3D Calamite Stem Cast Calamite Stem Cast A large Limulid resting trace with a diplichnites running thru the middle of it
