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Ohio Glacial Till Fossil


DavidK

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Hi

I’m not knowledgeable in fossils, but I have quite a few I have found while mineral mining. I have come across my first bone fossil on one of our clubs private leases and wanted to share with you all to see if anyone could get me close to an ID. 
It was found on private property and is obvious it was pushed with glacial till in a creek in north central Ohio. We all usually find marine fossils and this one is not an ordinary find. 
Thank you all and enjoy the pics.

David

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there is an area below the joint that has small black spike like remains and obvious soft tissue outline. I can see them incredibly vivid with my jewelers loop. I have tried to zoom in as close as I can for you all in the event it can help with an ID.

Thanks again!

David

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It is not a bone, but a winged brachiopiod spirifer-type, likely Devonian in age. They are very commonly distributed in Devonian marine deposits spanning Michigan, Ohio, New York, and southern Ontario. Here is an example I've encountered in mid-Devonian material in my area:

 

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I agree it's a spiriferid.

There's no soft tissue preservation but the black, spiky stuff is a section through the brachidium which in this type of brachiopod consists of a pair of 3D spirals. It was the support for the soft lophophore.

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2 hours ago, TqB said:

I agree it's a spiriferid.

There's no soft tissue preservation but the black, spiky stuff is a section through the brachidium which in this type of brachiopod consists of a pair of 3D spirals. It was the support for the soft lophophore.

Thank you all again!

 

If it’s not too much trouble….

Another prospector found a pretty nice fossil of what may be horn coral or very similar. We’re prospectors, not really fossil hunters although like them a lot, but the inside what appear to be slit gill looking pieces are delicate. He likes it. I think it’s nice too. What can he (and others like us) use to that’s affordable to sort of keep it together? Is thinned out elmers glue a huge no-no or okay for things like that?

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