Mylène Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 Hello! Someone I know found this rock close to his house. The rock is very hard, can't make no scratch on it. I though it could be a fossil, like a limpet track or I don't know...? Does someone know what it is? Thank you! Fossile patelle?.pdf Link to post Share on other sites
ynot Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 Welcome to TFF! You will get better response if You post pictures here rather than a link. Link to post Share on other sites
Mylène Posted June 17, 2017 Author Share Posted June 17, 2017 Fossile patelle?.pdf Link to post Share on other sites
DPS Ammonite Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 Welcome to The Fossil Forum. I cropped and rotated your photo so we can see it better. It is not a limpet track fossil since limpets only move slowly on solid substrates such as rocks and not in soft sediment that your rock probably was at one time. Your rock is interesting and might be a fossil such as a burrow or stromatolite that is exposed in a 3-D pattern on the rock. We should let others chime in to give us other ideas as to how the rock was formed. Do you know the age, name, locality and type of rocks that occur where the rock was found? Those facts might give us important clues for an ID. John 1 Link to post Share on other sites
WhodamanHD Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 Plus one vote for stromatolite! Beautiful find! Link to post Share on other sites
westcoast Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 Very nice columnar stromatolite! Link to post Share on other sites
GeschWhat Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Wow, gorgeous! Link to post Share on other sites
caldigger Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 That beast looks huge, I hope you didn't have to lug it too far. One more passenger for the Stromatolites train. It is quite the show piece! Link to post Share on other sites
Herb Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 that is a beautiful find! Link to post Share on other sites
jpc Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Stromatolite. I know there are similar ones from around Saratoga, New York, but did this come from the area of Montreal? I am going there tomorrow but that is irrelevant. Link to post Share on other sites
fossilsofnj Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Stunning! I'd be interested to hear how that beast was moved. john Link to post Share on other sites
Jeffrey P Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Another vote for stromatolite, though that is probably the best one I've seen. Big congratulations. Link to post Share on other sites
doushantuo Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Slightly Collenia-like The growth forms shown underneath have ecological relevance from the classic Walter text again,Russian field example Jurusania(Bertrand-Sarfati,1972/Mauretania) The taxonomy of stromatolites is not simple,and strictly speaking ,they are not organisms,but sediments. Link to post Share on other sites
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