Hollie Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Hello All! I am new here, recommended to visit this site, for help Identifying what I found, by someone named The Fossil Guy, who I found on Facebook by following the site Fossilera. My name is Hollie and I am from Long Island, New York. The object in question that I need help identifying was found by myself about ten years ago on the north shore of Long Island in a town called Lloyd Harbor and on the beach. Long Island was formed by a glacier 13,000 ago and is a terminal moraine. The north shore beaches are very rocky with large glacial rocks everywhere and the south shore beaches are all sand. I was told by the fossil guy that my piece is an imprint of a mollusk or worm in sandstone. I am hopeful you all can give me an idea to what it may be. Thank you and happy holidays!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Welcome to the Forum, Hollie. I think this may be a piece of water eroded geology, and not a fossil. The lack of symmetry to the deeper imprints remind me of Cone in Cone structures, rather than a bivalve, which would be much more symmetrical. Still looks like a very cool specimen. Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "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 December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 I agree that the symmetry doesn't really shout fossil. I can't quite see it being cone in cone though. The grain/texture in what remains seems wrong. Are there any clues on the other side ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 I was thinking something like a very water worn version of this: image from HERE. Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "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 December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Notice that these cones are in cones though. It would need to be the final cone, and somehow it seems too well defined for it to be. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 I just replied to this on the FF Facebook page, where there are more photos. It looks like it's weathered laminated sandstone, with the flats between the features caused by being ground and/or broken off. The back is less extreme: 3 Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plax Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 that last picture definitely tells the tale. Sharp observation Tarquin. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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