bucky Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Any thoughts? fern or precambrian creature? found in a creek in Saucon Valley near Hellertown, PA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmaier Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 My guess is coral. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 To me, it looks like a very worn imprint from a rugose coral. Regards, 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...
drobare Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 I concur. It doesn't appear plant-based to me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Looks like Rugose coral to me, but im not 100% sure. Edit: ah Tim beat me....haha ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilcrazy Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Looks like an impression of a Spirifer Brachiopod; probably Devonian in age. Close to this uncrushed shell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 I had considered a spiriferid brachiopod, but the lack of any beak or sulcus kind of threw me. Plus, the imprint seems to be angled in towards the rock, which I wouldn't expect from a brachiopod, but would from a horn coral. We may not be able to narrow it down as the specimen is so water worn. Regards, 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...
tmaier Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Please wear these goggles and stand back whilst I activate the "Way-Back" machine... Entering coordinates of Hellertown.... Dialing in space cooridinates, USA... http://www.paleoportal.org/index.php?globalnav=time_space Dialing in space cooridinates,PA... http://www.paleoportal.org/index.php?globalnav=time_space§ionnav=state&name=Pennsylvania Mmmmmm... we seem to be in the Cambrian to Devonian age. Stand back, opening view portal... found something familiar, but had to go to Carboniferous period. http://www.paleoportal.org/index.php?globalnav=fossil_gallery§ionnav=search&taxon_id=55&period_id=12 Hey, that Zaphrentis looks familiar... see the radial septa along that line? It might not be a Zaphrentis, but that is a clue we can follw when we get back to the proper space time. There, we're back. Everybody OK? Except that guy back there who lost his hat in the Devonian, I think we all made it OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmaier Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Hey, look... Somebody found a hat fossil. http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/48899-something-from-the-silurian/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmaier Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Now that we are back in the 21st century, we can get an iced Starbucks and use the internet for more research. Here's a publication about common fossils found in Pennsylvania... http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/cs/groups/public/documents/document/dcnr_014599.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilcrazy Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 I think the coral people might be right. I saw some zig-zag patterns on the second photo. That would rule out Brachiopod and enter rugose septa marks as a possibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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