Gilcor Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 I tried to ID a fossil I found, but I had no success. I found it along the coast of the Bay of Fundy, close to Moncton, Canada. It says online that the area where the fossil was found is in the late Devonian - late Carboniferous period. Anybody have any idea what this fossil is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 My first thought was Shark coprolite. But I'm not 100% on board with that assessment. Let's see what others say. Btw, welcome to the forum. 1 ~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...
NWGeoFan Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 My best guess is a horn coral like zaphrentis prolifica, but others will probably be able to give a more confident ID. 1 "I am going to dig up dinosaurs whether they are liquid or solid" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 Welcome to the Forum. This looks more geological to me - some sort of iron based concretion. @mstimson29 @redleaf101 2 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...
Rockwood Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 I can picture it being a lens that got rolled in a current. It would be an odd texture for a fossil. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 I don't think it's a shark coprolite, instead of the classic spiral, it has just a strip in the middle. I think it's geological, very strange though, nice find. 1 “...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...
FossilDAWG Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 My first impression is of a fossilized croissant. That being unlikely, I have to say it does not look like any organism I am familiar with. Certainly it lacks any structure one would expect of a coral. Ironstone concretion seems the most reasonable suggestion. There are a number of fossil sites along the Bay of Fundy shoreline. I have collected many Silurian corals at Quinn Point and Limestone Point. Somewhere here in the forum there is a thread about a fossil plant site near Bathurst; maybe search for "Bay of Fundy" to find it. I recall the author was "Redleaf". There is also an excellent Devonian site in Dalhousie. I realize these are not particularly near Moncton but they are within striking distance. I believe there are some sites for Cambrian trilobites near Moncton but I have not visited them. Oh and welcome to the Forum. Don C 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 I'm with FossilDAWG, my first thought was a croissant as well. It is not like any spiral/scroll coprolite I have seen. For lack of a better explanation, I'm in the concretion camp as well. Though, it seems strange that a concretion would form a spiral. Have you thought about prepping it out? 1 Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 (edited) If it will be a spiral coprolite, the way how it should be formed would be against the normal process of faeces extrusion, spiralling from one end to the other. If I see correctly, your specimen looks to be spiralling (if it is in that way) from both ends narrowing, somehow symmetrical, to a terminal point from the middle. I don't think it's a coprolite, but, I'm pretty sure that I've seen this kind of pattern somewhere (not in a supermarket as croissant), and I can't remember where. I'm in the geological camp by now, considering it as a geological wonder. Almost looks like a weathered brachiopod. Edited June 3, 2017 by abyssunder 2 " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 Well, it's not a fossil, but on the bright side it's the worlds only croissant-shaped concretion (: 1 “...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...
Gilcor Posted June 3, 2017 Author Share Posted June 3, 2017 Thanks a lot for the help everyone!! There is a lot of iron based concretions on the cliffs close to where I found it. Some of the pieces you'll see on the cliffs have an outer layer that looks a lot like the one on the croissant, then there's grey matter mixed with some kind of silver flakes, then pyrite & finally wood in the middle that almost looks like coal. On the cliffs you'll find mostly trees & branches. This piece was oddly shaped compared to anything I have ever found so far so I brought it home. I thought of breaking it apart to see if there was anything inside, but I was afraid I'd only find wood & I kind of think it looks nice the way it is. The attached pictures are what you'll typically find in the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 Concretions often form from or around organic material. The original material has been greatly distorted in the process and usually is unrecognizable, but does take a lot of strange shapes. 2 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 June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 2 hours ago, Gilcor said: The attached pictures are what you'll typically find in the area. Nice Liesegang Rings in the first picture. 3 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...
GeschWhat Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 2 hours ago, Gilcor said: I kind of think it looks nice the way it is. I would keep it as is too! 1 Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 1 hour ago, Fossildude19 said: Nice Liesegang Rings in the first picture. I agree, Tim! 1 " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilcor Posted June 6, 2017 Author Share Posted June 6, 2017 Would these be Liesegang Rings as well? This one I found in the middle of the woods by a brook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 1 hour ago, Gilcor said: Would these be Liesegang Rings as well? Yes they are. 1 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...
abyssunder Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 They are ironstone concretions, some of them (the concentric ones) resembling Liesegang rings . 1 " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 Could these two be similar? On 6/3/2017 at 3:48 AM, abyssunder said: I'm pretty sure that I've seen this kind of pattern somewhere (not in a supermarket as croissant), and I can't remember where. Could these two be similar? " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 They do look similar. Do you know what that is in your photo @abyssunder? Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 If it's true, it was collected in Monroe County, Indiana. The seller of the item supposed that it could be a geodized crinoid calyx and stem with heavy iron deposits and limonite or sandstone coating. I don't see the geodized crinoid, but I agree with the iron content. link 1 " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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