Rayminazzi Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 Haven't really been able to do much fossil hunting between my job and a herniated disc that meant I couldn't bend down for many months now but finally felt good enough to go to a fairly easy location. This is a spot where the Buda formation meets the del Rio clay. Not sure which this came from but I think del Rio is more likely. Apologies for the image quality. My light died and I had to use a flashlight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 Looks like a pith cast. The Cretaceous would be too young for Calamites, but perhaps one of the survivors of the clade. I lived through a lateral herniation at L 3-4 in 1999. I know the road. It's no fun. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 Maybe a piece of a gorgonian. Here’s a similar one from the Cretaceous of Texas-http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/17990-campanian-marine-mystery/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 2 hours ago, Al Dente said: Maybe a piece of a gorgonian. In a marine setting the taphonomy would make a pith cast less likely. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayminazzi Posted January 30, 2021 Author Share Posted January 30, 2021 Also picked up this piece with what looks like tracks maybe? I don't really know. Other side has shell hash with maybe a ptychodus tooth. looks like some kind of shale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 I think those are chondrites in a manganese spotted matrix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 4 hours ago, Rayminazzi said: I think this is an ichnofossil similar to ones we can find on the Basque coast, like those : 1 "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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