Fossildude19 Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 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. 1 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...
Rockwood Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 A hem . . . We usually advise folks to include something for scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I_gotta_rock Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 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. I refuse to give up my childish wonder at the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I_gotta_rock Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 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. 1 I refuse to give up my childish wonder at the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 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 Hall & Clarke 1888 text Hall & Clarke 1888 plates 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilNerd Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 I think Scott has it right! Cool find Tim! The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. -Neil deGrasse Tyson Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't. -Bill Nye (The Science Guy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 Is that an ostracod? No wonder it had me stumped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 29 minutes ago, Jeffrey P said: Is that an ostracod? No wonder it had me stumped. Armored worm 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 Oh. Even more interesting and very rare besides. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted July 12, 2020 Author Share Posted July 12, 2020 2 hours ago, piranha said: 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 Hall & Clarke 1888 text Hall & Clarke 1888 plates Thanks for solving that for me Scott. You're the man! 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...
Misha Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 Wow! Super cool find Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nautiloid Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 That’s super awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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