tzdoss Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 Hi, found this near Capon Bridge, WV, where I typically come across a whole lot of trilo-bits and crinoid. This one stands out and I thought I'd ask for any insight as to what this may be. It looks like plant (tiny leaves?) but the cylindrical shape of the imprint implies otherwise. Some coral perhaps? It appears this is Marcellus Formation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 I think that's a conularid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 I think bryozoan. 2 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 I think bryozoan too. 2 Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 What kind ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 I'm in the bryozoan camp. " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 Compare with Reptaria stolonifera, recently interpreted as "colonial, phoronid-like invertebrates with retractable lophophores." Taylor, P.D., Wilson, M.A. 2007 Morphology and Affinities of Hederelloid “Bryozoans”. Bryozoan Studies: Proceedings of the 14th International Bryozoology Conference, 15:301-309 PDF LINK 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 Even better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steffen Langusch Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 Is it an imprint of a surface? I think, a bryozoan it could only be, if the photo shows a section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 1 hour ago, Steffen Langusch said: Is it an imprint of a surface? I think, a bryozoan it could only be, if the photo shows a section. My take is that these are body fossils, but not really a sectioned colony .It is more just an exposed colony that is flatter than a bryozoan which would need to be sectioned to appear similar (but not the same) as this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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