Kelleyack Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 Every time we go fossil hunting - we live on the coast of South Carolina - I find these little bowl shaped fossils with imprints of shells or other marine life inside the depression. Can someone tell me more about them? I always bring them home because I think they are neat but don't really know how they are formed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squalicorax Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 Looks like worn pieces of limestone with scallop molds (two shells) and possibly a coral (lower right). I think what happens is the animal dies and is buried in sediment, and at sometime (ie during very low sea level, the shell dissolves and all you are left with is a mold. My Flickr Page of My Collection: http://www.flickr.com/photos/79424101@N00/sets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plax Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 have seen these here in NC. Most are bryozoan coatings over fossils. Sometimes the fossil is dissolved away leaving only it's impression in the bryozoan colony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelleyack Posted February 18, 2013 Author Share Posted February 18, 2013 Thank you both! I like them because they are dainty and the impressions are often beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastofthecooper Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 love these! where do you fossil hunt in s.c.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 5 minutes ago, eastofthecooper said: love these! where do you fossil hunt in s.c.? This is an old post, i'm afraid, and member @Kelleyackhasn't logged on for more than six years. Still, you may get lucky. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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