coled18 Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 Hi all, I was walking around NE Kansas when I started finding a bunch of coral pieces, neospirifers, neochonetes, derbyia, chinois stems and various other parts and pieces when I found this. I was wondering if it is some kind of plant or what? I initially thought they were small fusulinid imprints but I could be wrong. Any help is welcome. PS the pictured piece is approx 6 inches wide CD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth929 Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 Cool looking. Maybe hash plate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 The area on the lower right suggests that this may be oolithic in nature. Sometimes this comes from a slurry of broken pieces of fossil material. There appears to be fenestrate bryozoan included. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 The branching stuff (apart from the fenestellid) looks like a Chondrites- type ichnofossil. Not sure about the oolitic looking bits. 3 Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 They could be ichnofossils, I agree with Tarquin. Chondrites would be a good candidate. " 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...
coled18 Posted June 9, 2017 Author Share Posted June 9, 2017 Thanks all. Now that I look up chondrites, there were definitely some chondrites in other specimens nearby. CD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 I agree it looks like ichnofossils. "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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