Nautiloid Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 A month or so ago I found these while trout fishing in a creek in the lower Champlain valley. I have no idea what they are, so any info would be very helpful. They were from Ordovician rock that was pretty barren except for a few brachiopods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nautiloid Posted May 13, 2020 Author Share Posted May 13, 2020 These fossils are only about the length of my pinkie nail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelivingdead531 Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 @Tidgy's Dad may be able to help. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 Maybe a bit big for ostracods. Dunno. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nautiloid Posted May 14, 2020 Author Share Posted May 14, 2020 Is it possible they might be weirdly shaped Bryozoa? They have a bumpy texture to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 there are some large ostracods in the Ordovician of KY, some the size of a small fingernail. 2 "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 Hard to tell from the picture, but maybe Praspora, the bryozoan. I have a collection of those I found near Port Henry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nautiloid Posted May 14, 2020 Author Share Posted May 14, 2020 @Jeffrey P I can post some better pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Nautiloid Posted May 14, 2020 Author Share Posted May 14, 2020 I’m starting to think that they may be a bryozoan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhiguita Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 They might be parts of the shells of lingulid brachiopods, When I was up there I found a large amount of those in shale and they looked like that on the underside of the reflective crossection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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