BillyG Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Curious if this is a fossil or not and if so, what would it be? It’s quite interesting for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 It could be a coprolite. Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Mostly Cambrian, Ordovician, and Devonian rocks in that area according to Wikipedia, so it would have to be from some sort of fish. If it was, I would expect inclusions of plates from arthropods or placoderms. I think it’s more likely an iron concretion, but I hope I’m wrong Also, I don’t know any Canadian law but you might want to check whether it is legal to take fossils or even rocks from there. “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 19 minutes ago, WhodamanHD said: Also, I don’t know any Canadian law but you might want to check whether it is legal to take fossils or even rocks from there. Well Gros Morne is a UNESCO heritage site so it's definitely a problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyG Posted July 23, 2018 Author Share Posted July 23, 2018 I probably should have mentioned in the op, that i’m from and living in Newfoundland myself, so i know the law/rules. I was there on holidays to the west coast, and we found this on the beach at the world famous green point. I picked it up for a picture and placed it back where it was found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Ammonite Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 I do not know if it is a fossil but it looks like tarnished crystallized pyrite. @GeschWhat are pyritized coprolites common? My goal is to leave no stone or fossil unturned. See my Arizona Paleontology Guide link The best single resource for Arizona paleontology anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 7 hours ago, DPS Ammonite said: I do not know if it is a fossil but it looks like tarnished crystallized pyrite. @GeschWhat are pyritized coprolites common? It is hard to say. I have coprolites that are partially covered in pyrite. The problem is it is really hard to prove something is a coprolite without inclusions. Most examples of pyritized specimens that could be coprolites have been completely replaced by the mineral. Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 A google search shows most of the fossils there are soft body prints in the rock, not the type of replacement shown in this piece. Also they are from the ediacaran and therefore a coprolite is very unlikely. 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...
FossilDAWG Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 The only sedimentary rocks at Gros Morne are Cambrian and Lower Ordovician; the area was once proposed as the stratotype for the Cambrian/Ordovician boundary. Older metamorphic and igneous rocks make up most of the park. The potentially fossil-bearing rocks are too old for fish or large coprolites. The specimen in question seems to be a mass of oxidized semi-crystallized pyrite or similar mineral as DPS Ammonite suggested. Areas of the park, such as the Tablelands, are so rich in mangenese and heavy metals, and so low in calcium, that few plants can grow there. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyG Posted July 23, 2018 Author Share Posted July 23, 2018 Thanks everyone, that is what I was thinking, most or our rock only contain early sea life. Though some dinosaur fossils have been found during oil exploration on the grand banks in the north east atlantic. Here are two more we found for a pic in the same area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plax Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 was Newfoundland glaciated? If so this could've been transported. Almost looks like bony structure in the bottom section. I have very few coprolites with inclusions. Am surprised that condition is so common? Or perhaps it's not; it just is a good positive identifying characteristic. The "pyrite" crystals look too irregular to be such to me but am no mineral expert. I'd show the pic to a Devonian fish person. All of my comments are pure speculation of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyG Posted July 24, 2018 Author Share Posted July 24, 2018 Newfoundland was covered in glaciers yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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