Steph Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 Found last week in small stream in my yard south of Bham, AL which contains mainly early/mid Paleozoic era and potentially some late. This specimen resembles a crab fossil specimen from AL, but the time period doesn’t match up. Encyclopedia of AL Thus, what could it be? IMO, does not resemble the pics I find for Eurypterus pinchers. Another possibility is that it could have been mixed in with landscape river rocks rocks uphill from the stream? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 What is the size of this item? 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...
Steph Posted June 21, 2022 Author Share Posted June 21, 2022 1 hour ago, Fossildude19 said: What is the size of this item? Oops - I went to print a new ruler & forgot to add. Roughly 5cm x 2cm x 2.5cm. Photo added. Thanks for looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 @MB @JohnJ 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...
FossilDAWG Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 Looks like an ironstone concretion or some similar geological object to me. Don 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted June 22, 2022 Author Share Posted June 22, 2022 1 hour ago, FossilDAWG said: Looks like an ironstone concretion or some similar geological object to me. Don Ironstone would make sense here. I can see how this could have formed around another stone to get that shape and it feels like iron. The tapered segments and little bumps reminded me of marine orgs and threw me. Thanks for your help! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Hunter Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 If I had a nickel for every piece of ironstone I picked up thinking it was something I would almost be rich. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 I'm not seeing any crab parts. 2 The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caterpillar Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 Sorry but no crab 1 http://www.paleotheque.fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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