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I think that the pattern on this rock is geological and not a fossil.

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Slim chance a pile of bivalve steinkerns, but @Darktooth is probably correct. 

The thing that interests me are what look like trackways on the lower part. Inked20180929_100009.jpg.d2f8413922b969e6748ec181ab7029f7_LI.thumb.jpg.73d52a22949b103717e815828ef3baee.jpg

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On 9/29/2018 at 12:48 PM, Innocentx said:

Slim chance a pile of bivalve steinkerns, but @Darktooth is probably correct. 

The thing that interests me are what look like trackways on the lower part. 

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I noticed that as well but didn't think much about it at the time. But now that you mentioned it, maybe a close-up of that would be in order.:)

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Could they be sort of bivalve steinkerns, but more in line with poorly preserved teredo borings ? The "trackways" being a different angle of sectioning.

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I have similar that are  bivalve steinkerns. However, I think what @Godrel has is an actual trackway and not borings, as this appears to be the top of bedding plane.

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6 hours ago, Innocentx said:

The thing that interests me are what look like trackways on the lower part.

Maybe it's a bilobate locomotion trace.

I'm trying to compare these two pictures:

 

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comparative picture from M. G. Mangano et al. 1998. Contrasting Behavioral and Feeding Strategies Recorded by Tidal-Flat Bivalve Trace Fossils from the Upper Carboniferous of Eastern Kansas. PALAIOS 13: 335-351

 

Maybe the other features, visible in the lower-right area in picture D, are similar to the ones in question.

 

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19 hours ago, Innocentx said:

Tidal flat sounds right. Thanks for this link, it's helpful to me.

You're welcome, Patty! :)

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