Allenz Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Hi all found this yesterday braidwood club have to clean up but looks like a scorpion what do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TheRocksWillShoutHisGlory Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 I haven't seen a mazon scorpion first hand, but I think this is more likely a trace fossil or possibly a worm. The angles of the "tail" seem too smooth and not the right proportion compared to the "body" for a scorpion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Fossildude19 Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Sorry Allen, ... I have to agree. Scorpions from the Mazon Creek area are not usually preserved 3-dimensionally. Wait, and let the experts weigh in. @RCFossils @fossilized6s 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...
fossilized6s Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Scorpions from Mazon do preserve three dimensional...ish. Kind of like shrimp or insects from Mazon they preserve the same. But they are extremely rare. I don't see any fossil present in your piece. Sorry. Rob has a few in his collection. He can shed more light on Scorpions from the Francis Creek shale. Edit: i also highly recommend the Mazon Creek Fauna and Flora books from ESCONI. Money well spent for a Mazon hunter like yourself. 3 ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenz Posted April 27, 2017 Author Share Posted April 27, 2017 Yes thank you guys was looking at Fossil pages on Mazon like the shrimp suggestion though but know it would be rare either way I will try cleaning more mabey vinegar bath.Thanks you guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenz Posted April 27, 2017 Author Share Posted April 27, 2017 God I hate these fossils if it is, well stuck in vinegar now looks totally different I give up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMP Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 4 hours ago, Allenz said: God I hate these fossils if it is, well stuck in vinegar now looks totally different I give up. That is a burrow, or maybe a coprolite. I'd assume Geschwhat would know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 I am not seeing any type of fossil here. The concretion that you found is just having some of the outer shell breaking off, which is very common. The bumps that are shown are just that, and they occurred at the time that the concretion was forming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vieira Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 I don't see a fossil there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenz Posted April 28, 2017 Author Share Posted April 28, 2017 Thanks guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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