pjullien Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 Found this today....The area never ceases to amaze me...always something new to find. Thanks to those below in identifying this as an arthropod trackway fossil. Would like to try to see if it can now be narrowed down to which type of arthropod if possible ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misha Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 Really cool find! I don't think this is a plant however, I am not really familiar with the lake skiatook fossils but this appears to be a beautiful arthropod trackway fossil. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 Nice! Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 I agree this is a beautiful arthropod trackway. Very cool. 2 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjullien Posted June 30, 2020 Author Share Posted June 30, 2020 Oh my gosh how cool is that Now I have to look up what a trackway is...footprints I assume? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randyw Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 That’s Exactly what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjullien Posted July 1, 2020 Author Share Posted July 1, 2020 Would like to try to see if it can now be narrowed down to which type of arthropod if possible ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westcoast Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 I think this is Protovigularia, a bivalve locomotion trace. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 1 hour ago, westcoast said: I think this is Protovigularia, a bivalve locomotion trace. Can't say I saw it, but I definitely agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 42 minutes ago, Rockwood said: I definitely agree. Primary indication: depth of sediment penetration. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjullien Posted July 1, 2020 Author Share Posted July 1, 2020 Thanks for all the info folks...Rockwood, great observation on the depth of sediment penetration. The mystery deepens for me. "Protovigularia is a plaited burrow consisting of obliquely arranged pads of sediment ..." I was looking over a research paper*(linked below) especially at the images. It had both arthropod trackways and bivalve locomotion traces. Couldn't find anything that really stood out to me clearly that was similar to mine. If anyone has an image that seems similar to mine would love a link...Thanks!!! https://www.researchgate.net/publication/27485416_Revision_and_description_of_Keuper_Middle_Ladinian_to_Rhaetian_invertebrate_trace_fossils_from_the_southern_part_of_the_Germanic_Basin_and_studies_of_related_material Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 Note the correct spelling: Protovirgularia Ekdale, A.A., Bromley, R.G. 2001. A Day and a Night in the Life of a Cleft-Foot Clam: Protovirgularia–Lockeia–Lophoctenium. Lethaia, 34(2):119-124 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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