Carboniferous Ichno Fossils

[Rockin' Ric]

Hello again! Here are some ichno fossils found last month. The coolest thing about finding these type fossils is most can be held in the palm of your hand. Mostly found in singles because the stone are in sheets, when they hit the ground it shatters into smaller fragments. The bigger slabs can contain one or more traces.

 

 

Arthropod resting trace

 

I'm guessing this is part of a burrow-tube?

 

Diplichnites

 

Not sure what this is, dunno if it is a big tetrapod or arthropod??

 

Multiple resting traces?

 

Overlapping resting trace

 

Diplichnites near the top and near the bottom a resting trace

 

Protichnites

 

This one is quite interesting...it appears an arthropod of some type got 

struggled through the mud, found a dry spot and hopped away?

 

Protovirgularia

 

I rarely find any flora at this site...here some that I have found. I was told 

this was a Cordaites Principalis?

3D Calamite Stem Cast

 

Calamite Stem Cast

 

A large Limulid resting trace with a diplichnites running thru the middle 

of it

[Fossildude19]

Wow! What a variety, Ric!

Love these ichnos.  

Regards,

[EMP]

Great finds! They're all really well preserved. 

 

I don't think that's a tetrapod track, but rather the marks made by the toes of one while it was digging/clawing through the mud.

 

[barefootgirl]

Those are great !

[Wrangellian]

Wonderful stuff.

[Rockin' Ric]

Thanks ya'll for the kind comments. I'm fortunate that this site is 5 minutes from where I live that I can visit any time during the week.