Yasei Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 Hey, I was fossils hunting in Ohio and found some pretty neat stuff, but one Rock in particular had some strange fossils in it, it almost looks like a little trilobite plus some other stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kane Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 The branching piece in your second post is a bryozoan, and not too far from it is a brachiopod. I'm not seeing any trilobites here, though. Perhaps indicate where you see it, as my eyes are a bit blurry in the morning. 1 ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yasei Posted October 28, 2018 Author Share Posted October 28, 2018 This black roundish part here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 Thanks! I don't think that is a trilobite as it doesn't seem to have the morphologic features of one. ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 22 minutes ago, Kane said: Thanks! I don't think that is a trilobite as it doesn't seem to have the morphologic features of one. Agreed. Perhaps some mineral stain from early diagenesis that became incorporated in the bryozoan fossil ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 I do see what could be a trilobite piece on the block, though. 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yasei Posted October 28, 2018 Author Share Posted October 28, 2018 Hmm, I sure I saw other stuff like that on this rock and some others, I'll send pics if I regonize something... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yasei Posted October 28, 2018 Author Share Posted October 28, 2018 Here is a good picture of the front! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innocentx Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 You have a nice bryozoan with mamelons in the crook of your thumb. "Journey through a universe ablaze with changes" Phil Ochs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yasei Posted October 28, 2018 Author Share Posted October 28, 2018 What Is this noodle thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innocentx Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 The edge of something is revealed but not enough for ID. Maybe a close-up photo would show details. "Journey through a universe ablaze with changes" Phil Ochs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rockwood Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 46 minutes ago, Yasei said: What Is this noodle thing? These pictures are clearer. I can imagine it being the edge of a piece of a gastropod, or similarly coiled shell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 You might have to be content with the fragmentary nature of the fossils as the deposition pattern seems to point to a high energy environment. I don't think you mentioned where in Ohio you found this, which might help narrow it down to a formation or at least an age with the aid of a geologic bedrock map. I know there are considerable parts of Ohio that are Devonian in age, but not exclusively. ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yasei Posted October 28, 2018 Author Share Posted October 28, 2018 Around Dayton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 That would put this piece, in Montgomery Cty, as being highly probable of being Ordovician in origin (unless it is an erratic from elsewhere, or from a Silurian deposit). Here is a simplified geologic bedrock map of Ohio: ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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