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ID on unusual impressions in Cretaceous clay please


Pearl

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Had a great day getting out this weekend and exploring some cretaceous clay outcroppings along the creek bed.  Lots off impressions of shells but other interesting things that I don't recognize.  Are they anything other than erosion patterns? I have more photos if needed.  Thank you!

 

 

 

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33 minutes ago, supertramp said:

I think you have some fracture related structures (fringe cracks, plumose structure...)

ciao

Yes!  I looked those up.  Exactly what it looks like.  So cool.  Thanks for getting back to me!  

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20 hours ago, Ludwigia said:

I concur with supertramp. That impression could also come from either an ammonite or a bivalve.

A large oyster perhaps?

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2 hours ago, Pearl said:

A large oyster perhaps?

Inoceramus perhaps. Your new strange something is made up purely of sedimentary stone.

 

Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger

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pic 5 could be a trigonia impression and suspect it's a bivalve for sure. Getting a nautiloid feel for the last one but it looks like the clay breaks with a conchoidal fracture which can make for interesting fossil-looking rocks. Pic 3 looks like chert which can have fossils in it if broken open.

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