Alice K Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 So I took a small rock from Vojak peak of Ucka (Uchka) mountain in Croatia. Later I noticed interesting (well, it's interesting to me, since I know close to nothing about fossils) shape on it. I wonder is it a fossil at all and if it is, what was it fossilized there? The rock is limestone: http://www.pp-ucka.hr/en/natural-heritage/geology/ I would appreciate your help in identifying it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westcoast Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Yes it is a fossil..but not sure what it is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alice K Posted December 31, 2016 Author Share Posted December 31, 2016 1 minute ago, westcoast said: Yes it is a fossil..but not sure what it is. Thank you. I wasn't sure if it is, let alone what it is, so I'm happy for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Welcome to the Forum ! I would say it is a rudist lower valve in longitudinal section view, embedded in the limestone matrix, similar to the one represented in Figure. 6/e. excerpt from Skelton, P. W. 2013. Rudist classification for the revised Bivalvia volumes of the ‘Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology.’ Caribbean Journal of Earth Science, volume 45, 9-33. Nice find, BTW ! 3 " 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...
Alice K Posted December 31, 2016 Author Share Posted December 31, 2016 7 minutes ago, abyssunder said: Welcome to the Forum ! I would say it is a rudist lower valve in longitudinal section view, embedded in the limestone matrix, similar to the one represented in Figure. 6/e. Nice find, BTW ! Thank you! Wow, rudist... you just gave me work to do, like I said I knew nothing of fossils and now I simply have to look it up at least a little Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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