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Mystery fossil from South France


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About 18 years ago, when I was on holiday with my family in the Cevennes in southern France, I found lots of ammonite fossils near a rivier. I also picked up this slap of stone with strange imprints in it. Tracks of a sea creature like a worm or arthropod? On the other side are the imprints of something that looks like a starfish. 

It has been a mystery for me since the day I found it. Any suggestions/ideas what i can be? 

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These look like ichnofossils, to me.  

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58 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said:

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These look like ichnofossils, to me.  

I would say yes.

Maybe the right one of the brightened picture may look like a part of Zoophycos.

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