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Mooftress

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Hello. My name is Michele. My father in law gave me a chunk of rock from a creek in Medina Ohio that has some plant fossilized in it. I was wondering if it could be identified and roughly how old it may be?

 

I tried to put an image in but had some issues so here is a link to my Facebook image of it:

 

https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154324036140248&id=586335247&set=a.499883895247.271699.586335247&source=48

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I'll post the photo here for posterity. 

 

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Not plants - looks like invertebrate trace fossils, ... or Ichnofossils.

Burrows made by worms, shells, crustaceans, ... etc. 

Maybe something similar to Arthrophycus.

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Oh neat! Thank you for identifying this. Any idea how old this would have to be to be fossilized?

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4 minutes ago, Mooftress said:

Oh neat! Thank you for identifying this. Any idea how old this would have to be to be fossilized?

 

According to this generalized bedrock geologic map of Ohio, the are is Devonian-Mississippian in age.

So, roughly 408-320 million years old. :)

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Fantastic! Again, thank you so much. I have passed this information to my father in law and he is intrigued. Very fun stuff!

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