fossil_lover_2277 Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 So I just made a trip to a publicly accessible creek that cuts through the Triassic Cumnock formation of North Carolina. Made a couple of nice finds. An unknown plant fossil, it’s worn down a bit, but anyone think they can ID? Also found a TON of what I believe are Cyzicus fossils, the largest are just shy of 1cm. Can anyone confirm these are Cyzicus? Thanks for the help!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connorp Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 Is the "plant" as three-dimensional as it looks in the picture? I think it is rather trace fossils, perhaps some kind of burrows. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossil_lover_2277 Posted September 10, 2021 Author Share Posted September 10, 2021 (edited) 10 minutes ago, connorp said: Is the "plant" as three-dimensional as it looks in the picture? I think it is rather trace fossils, perhaps some kind of burrows. Yes the structure is “3D” as you say. They are a raised structure on the rock, they’re not just flat traces i thought about burrows, but the structures have such a uniform shape, didn’t think that was it, but I could be wrong. Like they’re really straight and overlap one another Edited September 10, 2021 by Landon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 6 hours ago, Landon said: Also found a TON of what I believe are Cyzicus fossils, the largest are just shy of 1cm. Can anyone confirm these are Cyzicus? These have been called Cyzicus but are probably a different genus. The NC Fossil Club publication labels these as Euestheria. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossil_lover_2277 Posted September 10, 2021 Author Share Posted September 10, 2021 5 hours ago, Al Dente said: These have been called Cyzicus but are probably a different genus. The NC Fossil Club publication labels these as Euestheria. Thanks for the help, that makes a lot of sense! I was also wondering, does the fossil I called a “plant” look like burrows to you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 The burrows could be Thalassionides, but I'm not familiar with your area. 1 " 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...
LabRatKing Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 Those are in fact an ichnofossil. As for the name, I’m curious too as I have similar specimens from Utah from a few years back I have yet to identify. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossil_lover_2277 Posted September 10, 2021 Author Share Posted September 10, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, abyssunder said: The burrows could be Thalassionides, but I'm not familiar with your area. 59 minutes ago, LabRatKing said: Those are in fact an ichnofossil. As for the name, I’m curious too as I have similar specimens from Utah from a few years back I have yet to identify. I found a publication that referred to them as “Scoyenia”...and the fossil may actually be from the Pekin formation, not the Cumnock, the creek it’s from cuts through both formations https://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~polsen/nbcp/olsen_huber_98.pdf the “Cyzicus” compression fossils are definitely Cumnock formation shale Edited September 10, 2021 by Landon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossil_lover_2277 Posted September 11, 2021 Author Share Posted September 11, 2021 5 hours ago, LabRatKing said: Those are in fact an ichnofossil. As for the name, I’m curious too as I have similar specimens from Utah from a few years back I have yet to identify. 6 hours ago, abyssunder said: The burrows could be Thalassionides, but I'm not familiar with your area. Yup I found a matching pic from a publication online, definitely looks like Scoyenia https://www.researchgate.net/figure/14-Scoyenia-gracilis-GRCA-8538-from-the-Hermit-Formation-White-1929-Scale-bar-is-1_fig9_340493078 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabRatKing Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 Yeah, I’d agree to the genus for sure. I never trust ichnos with a species name, personally! good find thanks for the info! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 On 9/11/2021 at 6:51 AM, Landon said: Yup I found a matching pic from a publication online, definitely looks like Scoyenia https://www.researchgate.net/figure/14-Scoyenia-gracilis-GRCA-8538-from-the-Hermit-Formation-White-1929-Scale-bar-is-1_fig9_340493078 It could be a good match! 1 " 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...
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