Hannah Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Found this in a concretion (nodule) that I collected in Coal City, IL. Any ideas on what it is? Dimensions are about 1.5" x 1". Thank you! "Through the study of fossils I had already been initiated into the mysteries of prehistoric creations." -Pierre Loti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 To me, it looks like an internal mold of some kind of shell; there is a gap around the margins that seems about shell-thickness. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannah Posted March 10, 2011 Author Share Posted March 10, 2011 That's what I was thinking too - thank you for your response! "Through the study of fossils I had already been initiated into the mysteries of prehistoric creations." -Pierre Loti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCFossils Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Hi Hanna, Welcome to the forum from another Illinois fossil nut. Your fossil is a bivavlve (clam) I would call it Solemya sp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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