wekiwa66 Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 (edited) This fossil was found in a stream in Huntingdon County, PA. I think the rock is a shale. I am not very familiar with geology or fossils so any identification help is greatly appreciated. My initial thinking (guessing) is that it is a coral or a fern-like plant. Thanks in advance! Edited December 9, 2015 by wekiwa66 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZiggieCie Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 OHH OHH, no photo yet. Welcome to the Forum, happens all of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wekiwa66 Posted December 9, 2015 Author Share Posted December 9, 2015 I see that. Haha! I uploaded some photos but apparently they aren't attached. Let me try again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZiggieCie Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 In yoour reply box on the lower right, more reply options, Than on left upload. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wekiwa66 Posted December 9, 2015 Author Share Posted December 9, 2015 Thanks! I had to resize the photos so they could be uploaded (file size of each was > 2MB) but now the photos look tiny... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Looks like it may be a trace fossil, or ichnofossil. Despite the tiny pictures, I think it looks likethe ichnogenus, Arthrophycus sp. Neat find. 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...
ZiggieCie Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wekiwa66 Posted December 9, 2015 Author Share Posted December 9, 2015 Here is a larger photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 very nice "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 yeah, trace fossil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Definitely Arthrophycus, I agree with Tim, probably Arthrophycus alleghaniensis. http://www.baldeaglegeotec.com/geonotes/fossils/arthrophycus.htm 2 " 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...
wekiwa66 Posted December 10, 2015 Author Share Posted December 10, 2015 Thanks everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wekiwa66 Posted December 11, 2015 Author Share Posted December 11, 2015 So I have another question... It seems that we don't know what animal made the burrows in this fossil, and yet the fossil has been given a scientific name (Genus and species). So it seems like the name is for the type of fossil and not for the animal that made the fossil. If that is correct, is this typical for trace fossils or is there something else going on that I'm missing? Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 Yes. You are correct. " 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 December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 "Ichnospecies" are form names. It is generally impossible to determine exactly what critter(s) made them, so they are named independently. This allows study, comparison, and associations to be made and published. Body fossils rarely tell us much about an organism's activity and immediate living environment; ichnofossils do that, but tell us little about the maker (except by inference). 1 "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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