Montana8 Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 What type of fossil is this? I've found specimens from 8inches to 30inches across in chalk cliffs in New Zealand. Thank you for any advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Hi there! Welcome to TFF! Where exactly in New Zealand was this found? And, looking at the geological map below, could you identify which period your find comes from (e.g., Cretaceous? Jurassic? etc.)? I'm thinking it could be a very weathered ammonite, but I am definitely not sure... Thanks for sharing - let's see what the others here on TFF have to say about it... Monica (from https://journals.lib.unb.ca/journalimages/GEOCAN/2009/Vol_36/No_04/geocan36_4ser01_fig1.jpg) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Based on the visual evidence it looks like an ichnofossil, namely Zoophycos . 8 " 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...
supertramp Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Abyssunder is right, you got a Zoophycos ciao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montana8 Posted December 31, 2017 Author Share Posted December 31, 2017 Thank you very much, yes, that fits exactly. Doubt I would have figured it out myself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave pom Allen Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 here in taranaki we find them this is a small one 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 Fine specimens all. Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 (edited) Yes, they are! The New Zealand Zoophycos was described and illustrated by authors in the sixties -seventies (Stevens (1968) , Webby (1969) , Lewis (1970) , Fordyce (1976) ). A more recent revision was A. A. Ekdale & D. W. Lewis .1991. The New Zealand Zoophycos revisited: Morphology, ethology, and paleoecology. Ichnos, 1: 183-194 . Thanks Dave for the specimens from the North Island. Edited January 12, 2018 by abyssunder 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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