Rockwood Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 I found this on a coal dump near Joliette, PA. I'm fairly sure they are coprolites. Wood borings insects would seem a likely suspect. They are only a couple mm. long. I did find fish scale fossils near by though. Any ideas ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil Foilist Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 I have no idea....but they are intresting Fossil Foilist -----)---------------------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vordigern Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 reminds me of my daughters hamsters droppings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted December 7, 2011 Author Share Posted December 7, 2011 I have no idea....but they are intresting reminds me of my daughters hamsters droppings The second quote illustrates well why I'm not a bit surprised by the first. I don't think an image search for Carboniferous mammal coprolites will go far though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullsnake Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Forams? Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Makes me think of shrimp pellets... "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...
Mike from North Queensland Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Looks to me more like medium filtered by a mollusc of some type Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas-Tunnel Rat Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Im voting forams. Scale fragments just doesnt solidify it for me. PUBLICATIONS Dallas Paleontology Society Occasional Papers Vol. 9 2011 "Pennsylvanian Stratigraphy and Paleoecology of Outcrops in Jacksboro, Texas" Author Texas Paleontology Society Feb, 2011 "Index Fossils and You" A primer on how to utilize fossils to assist in relative age dating strata" Author Quotes "Beer, Bacon, and Bivalves!" "Say NO to illegal fossil buying / selling" "They belong in a museum." Education Associates of Science - 2011 Bachelors of Science (Geology & Biology) - 2012 est. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted December 8, 2011 Author Share Posted December 8, 2011 Aren't forams marine and Pennsylvanian (the state as well as the period) coal swamps fresh. Coal miners probably do reap havoc on stratigraphy but I didn't see anything other than fish scales to suggest they could have dug into a marine formation. The fish scales are small (4-5 mm). I assumed them to be from a fresh water species. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indy Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Aren't forams marine and Pennsylvanian..... Forams are still with us today Fusulinida is extinct Wiki - Link Flash from the Past (Show Us Your Fossils)MAPS Fossil Show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted December 8, 2011 Author Share Posted December 8, 2011 Forams are still with us today Fusulinida is extinct Wiki - Link Forams are a marine animal. They would not be found in fresh water coal swamps is my point. I got tangled in the dual meaning of Pennsylvanian there. Am I mistaken ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indy Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Forams are a marine animal. They would not be found in fresh water coal swamps is my point. I got tangled in the dual meaning of Pennsylvanian there. Am I mistaken ? I'm really not qualified to discuss your question in depth However on the Wiki page (link) Modern forams are primarily marine, although some can survive in brackish conditions Flash from the Past (Show Us Your Fossils)MAPS Fossil Show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas-Tunnel Rat Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 If you want to talk forams, I can get you a contact. Im just learning about forams and not qualfied also. PUBLICATIONS Dallas Paleontology Society Occasional Papers Vol. 9 2011 "Pennsylvanian Stratigraphy and Paleoecology of Outcrops in Jacksboro, Texas" Author Texas Paleontology Society Feb, 2011 "Index Fossils and You" A primer on how to utilize fossils to assist in relative age dating strata" Author Quotes "Beer, Bacon, and Bivalves!" "Say NO to illegal fossil buying / selling" "They belong in a museum." Education Associates of Science - 2011 Bachelors of Science (Geology & Biology) - 2012 est. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 I doubt they are forams. What does amphibian or reptile poo look like? Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 What does amphibian or reptile poo look like? "Loose". "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...
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