KompsFossilsNMinerals Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 (edited) Hi everyone, I recently checked out a spot in Danube, NY for trilobites. I made sure to take a ton of shale home for further examination, and I split a piece and found this. This is the best picture I could get at the moment, hopefully it is sufficient. It does not come off after running under some water. Edited May 8, 2021 by KompsFossilsNMinerals 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 Better pictures are required. Too much detail is lost with enlarging the photo: 2 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 May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 As Tim has indicated, better evidence is needed. I have little confidence that it will prove to be an actual worm however. Trace fossil is much more likely. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KompsFossilsNMinerals Posted May 10, 2021 Author Share Posted May 10, 2021 On 5/8/2021 at 7:52 AM, Rockwood said: As Tim has indicated, better evidence is needed. I have little confidence that it will prove to be an actual worm however. Trace fossil is much more likely. On 5/8/2021 at 7:29 AM, Fossildude19 said: Better pictures are required. Too much detail is lost with enlarging the photo: Here is a better photo, I can get some more soon with my microscope. This is the best side, the other side's photos are not coming out well. The spot I collected in is in Danube (Little Falls, I made sure to not collect where posted), and a website that I use for Fossil sites in NY says that worms can be found at the spot I was in (donaldkenney.x10.mx) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 I don't think a determination can be made from these photos. I'm not seeing any tell-tale segmentation or intestinal tract. It could just as easily be a coprolite, sedimentary structure, or an ichnofossil. 1 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...
KompsFossilsNMinerals Posted May 10, 2021 Author Share Posted May 10, 2021 2 hours ago, Fossildude19 said: I don't think a determination can be made from these photos. I'm not seeing any tell-tale segmentation or intestinal tract. It could just as easily be a coprolite, sedimentary structure, or an ichnofossil. I'll try and get some photos with my microscope soon, hopefully the photos will have some higher detail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 This is perhaps best determined with the piece in hand. Does this line represent one structure avoiding the other, or does it instead pass under to join a continuous coil ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KompsFossilsNMinerals Posted May 10, 2021 Author Share Posted May 10, 2021 1 hour ago, Rockwood said: This is perhaps best determined with the piece in hand. Does this line represent one structure avoiding the other, or does it instead pass under to join a continuous coil ? 2 hours ago, Fossildude19 said: I don't think a determination can be made from these photos. I'm not seeing any tell-tale segmentation or intestinal tract. It could just as easily be a coprolite, sedimentary structure, or an ichnofossil. As promised, here are some (hopefully) more detailed photos from my microscope. The good side ^ Not so good side ^ If you need more photos please let me know, I should be able to get more if requested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 Oh ! Oh ! Oh! I get to use the word . . . I think this represents a palimpsest in ichnology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilNerd Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 Maybe something similar to Helminthopsis? Not a worm, but an inchofossil of what is believed to be a feeding trail? 1 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...
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