Rockpit Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 After cleaning off some already opened nodules and freezing a few dozen others I have a few that might be fossils. (I haven't been too good at figuring what is and is not a fossil so I'm not feeling very confident.) The first nodule pictured I cleaned in vinegar and am thinking is a jellyfish? The second I found as is and haven't found anything that looks like it. I checked out The Mazon Creek Fossil Flora by Jack Wittry and Richardson's Guide to the Fossil Fauna of Mazon Creek from the library to help better understand this but I still see a lot of confusing images in my nodules. I don't know if those are the famous jellyfish blobs or just nothing. I have another sample of a nodule I split that may be a fossil, I will attach the photos next. Thanks for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockpit Posted August 9, 2017 Author Share Posted August 9, 2017 I forgot to add that the size of both the other nodules are about .75 and 1.25 inches. This one is also about 1.25 inches across. This is a different angle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 1 hour ago, Rockpit said: After cleaning off some already opened nodules and freezing a few dozen others I have a few that might be fossils. (I haven't been too good at figuring what is and is not a fossil so I'm not feeling very confident.) The first nodule pictured I cleaned in vinegar and am thinking is a jellyfish? The second I found as is and haven't found anything that looks like it. I checked out The Mazon Creek Fossil Flora by Jack Wittry and Richardson's Guide to the Fossil Fauna of Mazon Creek from the library to help better understand this but I still see a lot of confusing images in my nodules. I don't know if those are the famous jellyfish blobs or just nothing. I have another sample of a nodule I split that may be a fossil, I will attach the photos next. Thanks for your help. Hi, Maybe jellyfish for those ones. "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...
fossilized6s Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 As blobby as some jellys are from Mazon i can't say i see any here. Your first one is the closest, but i think their all duds, unfortunately. 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...
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