Miocene_Mason Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 Hello everyone, today I went hunt in northern Frederick county, Thurmont to be exact, to look for fossils in Gettysburg shale. These are many interesting for sometimes preserving dinosaur and other reptile footprints. I ended up hunting in a river next to a trail that had abundant red shale, this may be new oxford or Gettysburg formation, either way Triassic material, (lean towards new oxford, abundant breccia) and I came across this strange thing. Is it a fossil or not? If a fossil what type and if not what is it? Tell me what you think. Btw I don't believe I found any tracks but I'm still looking at what I collected. “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 Looks like a worm burrow. A trace fossil. Tony 3 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...
Rockwood Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 Instinct tells me to resist the worm part of a burrow ID, but I suspect in this case the nature of the bend may be indicative of something worm like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted May 21, 2017 Author Share Posted May 21, 2017 Thanks @Rockwood and @ynot for the ID. Means I still have a chance to find something at that site. “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 I'm afraid worms sometimes inhabit mud flats where there is little else to fossilize, but at least it isn't completely barren. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted May 21, 2017 Author Share Posted May 21, 2017 @Rockwood yeah, I always seem to find the places with worms. I will keep looking though, probably closer to emmitsburg where people tend to find them. “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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