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Marine fossil ID please


Bradley Flynn

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Any ideas on these two fossils? Found at a local pit just outside of my town, marine deposits near Karoo basin.

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First looks like a brachiopod imprint. 

The others look like internal molds of bivalves. 

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Quick question. Are imprints and internal molds trace fossils? None of the actual organism is there, no shell in this case, just a negative and positive mold of the organism that was. 

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no, they are simply impressions.  Trace fossils record some sort of movement (footprints) or behavior (burrows).

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Thanks for making it clear. Learning so much, really enjoying it. 

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