xouley Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 Hi all, Need some help with this ID! I found this fossil years ago on a beach in eastern North Carolina and it's been a mystery to me since. The best answer I could come up with is that these might be some kind of foraminifera (maybe of the fusulinid variety, though these don't seem to have the tapering at either end), but I'm not sure how to go about researching other possibilities. My camera has a tough time with close-up pics, so this is probably as much resolution as I can get. Thanks in advance for the help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darbi Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 That looks like Ophiomorpha, a fossilized burrow, but the patterns on these 'pellets' got me stumped. I'm sorry I'm not familiar with NC fossils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xouley Posted July 20, 2020 Author Share Posted July 20, 2020 Thanks for the thought! I guess it will remain a mystery a little bit longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 fecal pellets of crustaceans often have a pattern of canals running through them. You can see the canals and patterns in some of these pellets. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xouley Posted July 20, 2020 Author Share Posted July 20, 2020 Crustacean coprolites—fascinating! Thanks for the ID. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darbi Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 2 hours ago, Al Dente said: fecal pellets of crustaceans often have a pattern of canals running through them. You can see the canals and patterns in some of these pellets. I didn't know that! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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