Rockwood Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 Found in an Emsian marine formation in northwestern Maine. This nodule, or concretion, is considerably darker than most found nearby. It was also in a layer with an accumulation of shells, where as many of the fossils are horn corals dispersed more randomly in what I think is muddy sandstone. Would this be a phosphate nodule that preserved a Lingulid ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 12 minutes ago, Rockwood said: Would this be a phosphate nodule that preserved a Lingulid ? Looks like a lingulid and that's the only way I find them in a Mississippian shale I visit a lot (plenty of calcite fossils in the shale itself). Nice specimen - I take it they're rare there? 1 Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted June 4, 2018 Author Share Posted June 4, 2018 10 minutes ago, TqB said: I take it they're rare there? The exposure is rare. It's a quarry blasted for crushing purposes. I had long worried the chunk this came from would crush me. It fell during last winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 A perfect outcome. Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 Yes, a very nice Lingulid. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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