abyssunder Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Hello,TFF! I found this in one of my field trips in Caras Severin county,Romania,a few years ago,in the same place where I found the 66cm trace fossil(posted recently),and I don`t know what can be.I love to think thats a fossil,so I`m asking you to ID-it. Thank you. " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luluboo1 Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 I'm just not seeing a fossil. Looks like limonite. I hope someone sees what I maybe do not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Sorry -- I'm not seeing a fossil either. I'm with limonite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted February 23, 2015 Author Share Posted February 23, 2015 Thanks for your opinion,but there,on that site and nearby is no limonite,only sandstone and sand, washed by torrents(i caught once) that formed the relief. I don`t know what to think... Here some pictures from there: " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plax Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 it may be limonitic sandstone but perhaps some other fossils were found in the same stratum? It looks like the central raised portion could be popped away from the main rock. this may reveal an impression. Beautiful scenery! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted February 23, 2015 Author Share Posted February 23, 2015 Thanks, Plax. I found the specimen at the ground(top of the canion) and don`t know if was pulled out or washed out from a stratum,because the sample was an isolate one,nothing similar found in the area.You`re right, that the central portion looks like was popped away,and i think,because the material was much mellow than the rest beneath,and finally revealed the harder one,wich is my "subject". My question is: what is that? " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 It could be a coprolite. Could you post a picture of the entire sample (fossil and matrix), and maybe a picture from the end? What other kind of fossils are in the area? Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted March 1, 2015 Author Share Posted March 1, 2015 Sorry for I`m late with the pictures.I upload another 3. In that area I found only some echinoids(Clypeaster,Schyzaster,Scutella),brachiopods(Pecten sp.,Pinna,and others that I have not identified yet), big crustacean burrows and crab claws,all in sand and sandstone,making me to believe they belongs to the Miocene. Thank you. " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Since there are other marine fossils present and the top portion appears to have a slightly different mineral composition, I'm guessing it's a coprolite. It is hard to tell for sure and I'm not at all familiar the area or its geology. Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted March 2, 2015 Author Share Posted March 2, 2015 Thank you GeschWhat for your opinion.I dont know anything about coprolites, never had one. " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 I specialize in coprolites and see no good reason to ID this as a coprolite. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted March 2, 2015 Author Share Posted March 2, 2015 Thanks Carl for your answer, but in your opinion what could be this? " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Thanks Carl for your answer, but in your opinion what could be this? An accretion of siderite, perhaps. It seems to exfoliate in layers. Still, the incised 'wrinkles' are unusual. "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...
abyssunder Posted March 2, 2015 Author Share Posted March 2, 2015 Yes,the wrinkles make me to believe that is a triobite-shape fossil...but I don`t think is a trilobite,because the site (as i detected on what I found there)is from Miocene. " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Thanks Carl for your answer, but in your opinion what could be this? I still think limonite or possibly siderite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted March 2, 2015 Author Share Posted March 2, 2015 Maybe a fossil hunter brought it from other place to laugh at me... " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 The wrinkles (and textural difference) are what made me think coprolite. Carl, we'll have to shoot the (well, um, you know)...I specialize in coprolites as well, but always learning. Nice to meet someone who shares my sophisticated taste in the truest form of ick-nology Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted March 3, 2015 Author Share Posted March 3, 2015 Mystery and curiosity makes us progress.Thanks everyone for your precious time. " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 The wrinkles (and textural difference) are what made me think coprolite. Carl, we'll have to shoot the (well, um, you know)...I specialize in coprolites as well, but always learning. Nice to meet someone who shares my sophisticated taste in the truest form of ick-nology Few things are cooler than fossil poop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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