dialout Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Found this partial while fishing just south of Lake erie. Had a hard time focusing the camera but it appears to taper to a point. Looking at some other pics I was thinking this is possibly a partial snake? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dialout Posted February 21, 2017 Author Share Posted February 21, 2017 It's about 2.5 inches long and is broken off on the right side of the pic, with the tapering end obviously being on the left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnbuckeye Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Trace fossil?? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glu Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Not a snake but a nice ichnofossil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Looks similar to the trace fossil (ichnofossil) Cruziana. Cruziana is a trace left by trilobites travelling on the ocean floor. Very cool. Regards, 7 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...
dialout Posted February 21, 2017 Author Share Posted February 21, 2017 Yea was just looking at that after google searching ichnofossil. Didn't know what that was...noob here First find of anything other than fern leaves. Super fast replies too much appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerogrower Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Awesome find! Welcome to the forum!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDudeCO Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Wow that is COOL! I do not have any trilobite swim marks, but I do have a fish swim mark from the Green River Formation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 2 minutes ago, FossilDudeCO said: Wow that is COOL! I do not have any trilobite swim marks, but I do have a fish swim mark from the Green River Formation! I'd love to see a picture of your Undichna, Blake. I'm sure others would, too. 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...
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EMP Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 I do't think that's from a trilobite, but rather a terrestrial arthropod, likely a millipede type insect. You said you've found fern fossils, so does this piece come from that same area? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Great find...ichnofossil are the best! I would love to see your Undichna as well, Blake. Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 46 minutes ago, EMP said: I do't think that's from a trilobite, but rather a terrestrial arthropod, likely a millipede type insect. You said you've found fern fossils, so does this piece come from that same area? I agree with this, it just looks the millipede tracks I have seen. Tony Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 I'm not sure.... Compare this millipede trackway From: http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1371 With this trilobite (Cruziana) trackway: From: http://www.trilobites.info/trace.htm The OP's item looks more like the Cruziana, to my eye. 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...
ynot Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 3 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said: The OP's item looks more like the Cruziana, to my eye. I have to disagree with this. the Cruziana track looks like a brushed row, where the other tracks (OP's and Yours) look more like a row of divits. The millipede track is also sets of divots where the trilobite track lacks any "sets" in its layout. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 I'd actually like to see a more detailed, better lit photo. I'd also like to know where exactly it was found - the stratigraphy would be helpful in this instance. If it was found in an area of Pennsylvanian aged rocks, I would lean towards millipede. If Devonian, I would lean toward trilobite. More Cruziana images: Millipede: 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...
piranha Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 28 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said: More Cruziana images: None of the images in this thread show the typical scratch marks associated with Cruziana. Cruziana figures from: Mángano, M.G., & Buatois, L.A., eds. (2016) The trace-fossil record of major evolutionary events: Precambrian and Paleozoic Springer Scientific Publishing - Topics in Geobiology, 39:1-358 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 3 minutes ago, piranha said: None of the images in this thread show the typical scratch marks associated with Cruziana. This one isn't Cruziana , with a Rusophycus at the end? I think that website should be changed, then. Well, I defer to your extensive knowledge on this, Scott. Thanks for chiming in. I would still like to see better pictures of the OP's trace fossil. 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...
Monica Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Hello everyone! This thread reminded me that I have a specimen that I collected last summer (Humber River in Toronto, Georgian Bay Formation, Upper Ordovician) that someone suggested might be a trace fossil made by a trilobite, but I'd like to get other peoples' input on it, too - please find the photos below: @piranha and others, what do you think? Thanks so much! Monica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 37 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said: This one isn't Cruziana , with a Rusophycus at the end? I was actually commenting on the other images, not this obvious example from: http://www.trilobites.info. With the exception of this one, the other images in this thread do not appear to match well with Cruziana. Higher resolution photos would be helpful. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnbuckeye Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 The key question to me is where the fossil was found. The land just south of Lake Erie is too general of a statement. Land to the west under water, Silurian, no millipedes. Land to the east, a possibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 @dialout can You please be more specific about where this came from? Thanks, Tony Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dialout Posted February 21, 2017 Author Share Posted February 21, 2017 I was somewhere around Fairview or Girard had been hiking the creeks all day. So that would be about 10-15 miles or so south west of the city of Erie. More west than south I was probably only a mile or so from the lake itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMP Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Is this where you've found the ferns? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Looks like the area is Devonian to me: 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...
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