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Fossil ID - help with age/type of a shell


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Found this, what looks like a shell in granite. Riverbed in Wallonia, south of Belgium. River, the Ourthe (or Semois). Any chance this could be named or roughly dated?20200515_100448.thumb.jpg.4bf33d7af04d7a6805202889134c43e4.jpg

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According to this geologic map: 

 

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It looks like maybe the area is mostly Lower Devonian in age - so around 400 million years old. 

 

The brachiopod looks like it may be a productid, but without better views, that is about all I can say. 

 

Pictures of the fossil from directly above, and from the bottom would be more helpful.

Example: 

 

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2 hours ago, Stimon said:

Found this, what looks like a shell in granite. Riverbed in Wallonia, south of Belgium. River, the Ourthe (or Semois). Any chance this could be named or roughly dated?20200515_100448.thumb.jpg.4bf33d7af04d7a6805202889134c43e4.jpg

Why do you say it is in granite?

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Definitely not granite - looks to me like limestone or dolostone.

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Looks like limestone to me. I have similar rocks locally, a black limestone. The dark color suggests an organic rich environment, which I believe means low oxygen.

 

That brachiopod likely was buried in sediment at the bottom of a warm shallow sea.

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Not sure why I wrote that ; ) Took another look at what is usually found in that area and Limestone/Dolostone would indeed be the closest match. Thanks

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1 hour ago, Stimon said:

Not sure why I wrote that ; ) Took another look at what is usually found in that area and Limestone/Dolostone would indeed be the closest match. Thanks

I figured it was an aberration!

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