Ianindiana Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 (edited) This is a fossil I found on the bank of a creek in southern Indiana. I’ve long suspected it to be a small turtle shell due to the pattern on the top side. In addition, there are many nicely preserved patterns on the sides of and underneath the outer shell. I think this could be tissue or something that was fossilized with the creature. I’m no expert, so I’d love to know from the community Edited June 24, 2019 by Ianindiana Photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonianDigger Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 Without a photo, I can't say it's not a turtle, lol 1 Jay A. Wollin Lead Fossil Educator - Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Reserve Hamburg, New York, USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ianindiana Posted June 24, 2019 Author Share Posted June 24, 2019 1 minute ago, DevonianDigger said: Without a photo, I can't say it's not a turtle, lol Ack they didn’t post with it let me fix that xp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonianDigger Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 To be 100% honest. I personally probably won't be tell you whether or not it's a turtle even with a photo, but someone who knows such things will be able to help for sure! Jay A. Wollin Lead Fossil Educator - Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Reserve Hamburg, New York, USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ianindiana Posted June 24, 2019 Author Share Posted June 24, 2019 3 minutes ago, DevonianDigger said: To be 100% honest. I personally probably won't be tell you whether or not it's a turtle even with a photo, but someone who knows such things will be able to help for sure! Well you’re still quick on the draw, even now it only let me upload two photos due to file size, do you know how I can get around this and post more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ianindiana Posted June 24, 2019 Author Share Posted June 24, 2019 Since I’m technologically inept, here’s some more photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonianDigger Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 4 minutes ago, Ianindiana said: Well you’re still quick on the draw, even now it only let me upload two photos due to file size, do you know how I can get around this and post more? After you post a photo refresh the page. For some reason it totals the file sizes per page load. 1 Jay A. Wollin Lead Fossil Educator - Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Reserve Hamburg, New York, USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoNoel Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 I think it's probably a bryozoan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonianDigger Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 I see what looks like bryozoan in your photo personally. 2 Jay A. Wollin Lead Fossil Educator - Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Reserve Hamburg, New York, USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 Welcome to TFF! Sorry, it is not a turtle. The patterns in the last picture are byozoan. 2 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...
Ianindiana Posted June 24, 2019 Author Share Posted June 24, 2019 16 minutes ago, ynot said: Welcome to TFF! Sorry, it is not a turtle. The patterns in the last picture are byozoan. I definitely see it. What do you make of the outer shell? I see that the breaks are uneven and only vaguely turtle-like but I don’t know how it could have formed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 20 minutes ago, Ianindiana said: What do you make of the outer shell? I see that the breaks are uneven and only vaguely turtle-like but I don’t know how it could have formed. A small concretion. Layering is typical of many types of concretions. 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...
ClearLake Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 Ditto on the concretion with impressions from fenestrate bryozoans on the inside. A neat looking piece though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 Wow! I can certainly see how you would think 'turtle', but with the bryozoans there it tells me its not a turtle. Interesting though. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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