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I don’t have a clue. Fern? Snake?


Dustin TheWind

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I was looking at shale pieces that had some cool shells sticking out. I thought I would break the best piece off instead of toting the whole slab to the truck. I went to knock a chunk off and this was exposed. I first saw the snakeskin looking part and then I saw the red. I never would’ve know it was there if I hadn’t broke it. Can anyone tell me what it is and can it be saved? I think I managed to find the majority of the small bits. For reference it is only about 1.5in long.

 

I ended up toting the whole piece back. Now I gotta see if it was worth it. 

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Yes, bryozoa. 

The first picture shows a fenestellid 'little windows' bryozoan piece. 

And the second is probably a stony, ramose (branching) trepostome. the pink bit being where the outer part had broken away to reveal internal structure. 

 

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