Bone material from Seven Stars?

[Bringing Fossils to Life]

I have a fossil from Seven Stars (Mahantango Formation, Givetian of the Devonian) that is shiny and looks like some fish material I have. However, I am not an expert on bones and could use some help. Is this bone, and if not, what is it?

Edited August 2, 2022 by Bringing Fossils to Life

[val horn]

I dont think that i have ever seen bone from steven stars.  Can you provide some other pictures?  I dont know where i should look

[Brandy Cole]

This looks interesting, but I think Val is right and more pictures would be really helpful.

[Bringing Fossils to Life]

Hope these will help - this is so small the phone camera I'm using has a hard time with it.

Edited August 3, 2022 by Bringing Fossils to Life

[JohnJ]

Try taking a photo of a single object in natural light outdoors.  After you take some photos on your phone, zoom in on the details to see how well areas of the image are focused.  If the background has better focus, take new photos a little bit further from your subject.  

[Fossildude19]

This image makes it look like coalified/carbonized plant material.

 

[jdp]

Closer in-focus photos would be useful here. Don't worry about making collages of multiple photos; it's easier to see the fossil when each photo is posted separately. Thanks!

[Bringing Fossils to Life]

I tried taking pictures outside, and they turned out even worse. However, other carbonized plants I found at the site do look quite similar, though I admit I thought they were evidence of forest fires even older than those of Red Hill. There must have been quite a storm that led to the fossilization of Seven Star's flora and fauna - washing many plants from the Catskill coastal plain and delta.

Edited August 4, 2022 by Bringing Fossils to Life

[Bringing Fossils to Life]

I looked through my collection some more, and found this...It looks like the imprint of a placoderm bone, with the suture and everything. Is this some kind of placoderm?

[jdp]

That very well might be.

[Fossildude19]

Could also be part of a Dipleura trilobite - pygidium or cephalon.

[Bringing Fossils to Life]

In thinking about fish and plants, I forgot Dipleura! Thanks!