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Unrecognized fossil from Middle Devonian


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Hello all. 

Found this oddity in a small piece of shale, adjacent to the northern branch of Smoke Creek. 

I believe this is Windom Shale, Hamilton Group, Middle Devonian.

It reminds me of something, but I can't place it. 

Any ideas are welcome. 

Pelecypod was my first impression, but ... ? 

 

EDIT: to add size. 

6 mm in length.

 

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:zzzzscratchchin:

Following on this one. The outline says bivalve to me, but the patterns look like trilobite. If you rotate the bottom picture, it looks like half a pydigium, but it doesn't match anything in my books.

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Perhaps a piece of some sort of spiny Brachiopods 

“...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin

Happy hunting,

Mason

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10 minutes ago, WhodamanHD said:

Perhaps a piece of some sort of spiny Brachiopods 

Brachiopods don't generally mix textures like that. COuld be two different animals superimposed, though.

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Hall, J. & Clarke, J.M. 1888

Palaeontology VII. Containing Descriptions and figures of the Trilobites and other Crustacea of the Oriskany, upper Helderberg, Hamilton, Portage, Chemung and Catskill Groups. Geological Survey of New York, Natural History of New York, Palaeontology: Volume 7:1-236

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I think Scott has it right! Cool find Tim! :D 

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2 hours ago, piranha said:

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Hall, J. & Clarke, J.M. 1888

Palaeontology VII. Containing Descriptions and figures of the Trilobites and other Crustacea of the Oriskany, upper Helderberg, Hamilton, Portage, Chemung and Catskill Groups. Geological Survey of New York, Natural History of New York, Palaeontology: Volume 7:1-236

 

Thanks for solving that for me Scott.  :) 

 

You're the man!  :dinothumb:

    Tim    VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER

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