Seamonkeyh42 Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 My 9 year keeps coming back with these fossils and we need help identifying the type! We live in upstate NY next to Lake Ontario. Thank you all this group is amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 That appears to be bits of bryozoa (the "branches") and I see some brachiopod impressions and perhaps also some coral. This is a so-called "hash plate". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil_hash Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raggedy Man Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 Beat me to it! +1 for Ludwigia's conclusion. ...I'm back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KCMOfossil Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 This looks a lot like the branch bryozoa and brachiopods that I find in hash plates here in the Kansas City area in parts of the Pennsylvanian subsystem. I, too, vote with Ludwigia. Russ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossiling Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 totally agree. Keep looking! They're everywhere! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Very nice hash plate. I love picking these up when I find them. Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 I agree with Ludwigia. "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seamonkeyh42 Posted October 22, 2016 Author Share Posted October 22, 2016 Thank you everyone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonianDigger Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 +1 Ludwigia Jay A. Wollin Lead Fossil Educator - Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Reserve Hamburg, New York, USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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