stxhunter Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Found this yrs back on TX coast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 It looks like a mass of invertebrate coprolites to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indy Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Not like any coprolite I've ever seen in the field or in images on the Net. Flash from the Past (Show Us Your Fossils)MAPS Fossil Show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Invertebrate coprolites never get any Web time. That's why no one knows what they are... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indy Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 (edited) Invertebrate coprolites never get any Web time. That's why no one knows what they are... Do you have some comparable images of invert coprolite ?? Edited July 1, 2013 by Indy Flash from the Past (Show Us Your Fossils)MAPS Fossil Show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 This item looks kind of like some Ophiomorpha I have seen. Images HERE. On this webpage, if you scroll down to the Ophiomorpha statement, the link to fecal pellets shows a great pic of modern ones that look very similar to the example posted in the original post. Regards, 3 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batty Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Yup it's poop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indy Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 This item looks kind of like some Ophiomorpha I have seen. Images HERE. On this webpage, if you scroll down to the Ophiomorpha statement, the link to fecal pellets shows a great pic of modern ones that look very similar to the example posted in the original post. Regards, Copied from the website ... Vertical burrow reinforced by fecal pellets. Today, Ophiomorpha is made by the ghost shrimp Callianassa. Flash from the Past (Show Us Your Fossils)MAPS Fossil Show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stxhunter Posted July 1, 2013 Author Share Posted July 1, 2013 Thanks for the info. I found it about 10 yrs ago on a fossilized beach, It is hard as a rock, even the sand is hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Here are some more examples. From the Late Cretaceous of New Jersey. And from the Pliocene of California (These are almost certainly from galatheid crabs) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 But the burrows of callianassids (like Ophiomorpha) are not composed of fecal pellets. They are studded with shaped balls of sediment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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