Carboniferous Ichno Fossils from Bama!

[Rockin' Ric]

Hello All! It's been awhile since I posted latest pics of trace fossil finds. I usually go to my favorite site once every two weeks and usually walk away with 1 to 3 finds but never have the time to post all of them. Here are a few and I hope I haven't posted any of these previously on TFF...they definitely have been posted on the Facebook sites. Probably need to go through my boxes and sort through the others and take pics and post soon?

 

Pic #1- Have no idea what created this?

Pic#2- Resting trace with another set of tracks to the right.

Pic#3-6- Really cool tracks...Diplichnites, Protichnites?

Pic#7- U-shaped burrow.

Pic#8-10- Conostichus, side and top view

Pic #11&12- I find a lot of these, unfortunately they've been all one side not a complete set. From the looks of them, I'm assuming they are the track/claw marks of an arthropod???

 

[Miocene_Mason]

Those are some cool ichnos! No idea what the last one could be, except for the rare half-Myriapod of old

[RJB]

Im not into trace fossils, but those are purty dang cool!

 

RB

[Fossildude19]

Awesome as usual, Ric! 

[Plantguy]

Some more wild stuff Ric! I'm slow in reviewing everything. Working to murhc, getting old and some weather distractions. LOL. 

 

Continued hunting success. 

 

Regards, Chris 

[JUAN EMMANUEL]

Ooooh trace fossils from the Carboniferous! What formation do these come from? Are they also of marine origin? 

Not long ago when I use to live in Toronto, Ont. I use to find a lot of nice and diverse late Ordovician ichnfossils.

[Rockin' Ric]

On 9/16/2017 at 9:52 PM, JUAN EMMANUEL said:

Ooooh trace fossils from the Carboniferous! What formation do these come from? Are they also of marine origin? 

Not long ago when I use to live in Toronto, Ont. I use to find a lot of nice and diverse late Ordovician ichnfossils.

 

Juan, the fossils are part of the Carboniferous Parkwood Formation in central Alabama. Unsure they are of marine origin...however the layers of rock suggests a tidal environment of where there were lots of mud. Sorry, definitely not an authority on this.