Thrift store finds

[peystone]

While travelling in British columbia I picked up a couple of fossils, one has something like a fish or strange leaf on it with tiny little oval shapes and shells. Whatever was the focal point of thus fossil appears to have been damaged. I am very interested in what the small oval shapes are as there are many of them and they are on both sides and visible in the cross-section of the stone. If I wet the ovals I may be able to get a better contrast picture.

 

The other is possibly a fossilized sea sponge. Although there is no surrounding stone,  The Pink piece seems way too heavy for its size and I was able to match it somewhat to a piece someone found in florida but they were unsure as to what it was. The seller has had it for about 40 years apparently as it has belonged to her mother.

 

Neither seller had any information on them. Also got two pieces of fossilized wood, working on cleaning them up

 

[Xiphactinus]

The little ovals are called fusilinids.  Single-celled animals that made the shells you found. We called them “rice rock” when I was a kid. 

[peystone]

5 hours ago, Xiphactinus said:

The little ovals are called fusilinids.  Single-celled animals that made the shells you found. We called them “rice rock” when I was a kid. 

Oh excellent that is great thanks! Im so happy it was something living as opposed to mineral formations.

[abyssunder]

19 hours ago, peystone said:

The other is possibly a fossilized sea sponge. Although there is no surrounding stone,  The Pink piece seems way too heavy for its size and I was able to match it somewhat to a piece someone found in florida but they were unsure as to what it was. The seller has had it for about 40 years apparently as it has belonged to her mother.

Are you referring to this one?

 

picture from here

 

I think, somebody on TFF said that it is a bryozoan, not a coral-sponge.

[peystone]

1 minute ago, abyssunder said:

Are you referring to this one?

 

picture from here

 

I think, somebody on TFF said that it is a bryozoan, not a coral-sponge.

That is indeed the one, I would have linked it but in the guide it said no links sorry. The colour is very close to what I have. I will look into bryozaoans , they seems to be very cute colonies.

[abyssunder]

Sorry, I found the topic... Eric said there:

" I'm fairly confident the item in the photo from Fossil Lady is not a sponge. Looks like a very worn modern coral or calcareous hydrozoan. "