Bronzviking Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 I found this grayish sedimentary rock on the shore in Dunedin Florida, USA. It has a white grooved oval imprint on it like some critter fossilized on it. Could it be a Chiton? (Ruler is in inches) Thanks All. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innocentx Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Seems to be the outline of a bivalve? with traces of burrowing. Also possibly some foraminifera in other areas of this. 1 "Journey through a universe ablaze with changes" Phil Ochs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 I agree with bivalve cross section. Chiton have segmented shells that fall apart after death. 1 Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peat Burns Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronzviking Posted June 28, 2018 Author Share Posted June 28, 2018 So does this classify as a fossil? Thanks so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peat Burns Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 4 minutes ago, Bronzviking said: So does this classify as a fossil? Thanks so much! Yes, definitely fossil. Nice find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronzviking Posted June 28, 2018 Author Share Posted June 28, 2018 Thanks! I was hoping for a tribolite, Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 Here is a recent chiton from my own collection. Chitons have always 8 plates. On the bottom you can see them, it is only these parts that we can find as fossil. Coco 4 ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronzviking Posted June 29, 2018 Author Share Posted June 29, 2018 That's fascinating Coco. Great specimen and photos. Thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 Thanks. If you are interested in chitons, have a look on my signature : "My PDF library 2", you will find some publications about recent chitons Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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