leporidae Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 Hi, everyone! I am new here and know almost nothing about fossils. I found this rock on the coast of the Baltic Sea in Latvia and was wondering if someone could tell me anything about it. I have previously found stones with marks or even fossilized snails, but this one seems really interesting (if it is a fossil at all). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 What you have are impressions made by rhynchonellid brachiopods. Interesting pattern, it looks quite nice. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leporidae Posted June 24, 2019 Author Share Posted June 24, 2019 8 minutes ago, FossilDAWG said: What you have are impressions made by rhynchonellid brachiopods. Interesting pattern, it looks quite nice. Don Thank you for the answer! Yes, it looks so nice that at first I thought it's something artificial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bguild Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 Yep, these are impressions of brachiopods. Very cool looking piece! They aren't the remains of the actual animals themselves, but the next best thing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leporidae Posted June 24, 2019 Author Share Posted June 24, 2019 28 minutes ago, Bguild said: Yep, these are impressions of brachiopods. Very cool looking piece! They aren't the remains of the actual animals themselves, but the next best thing. Thanks! What about the other side of the stone? It seems like there are some markings as well, or is it nothing really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bguild Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 5 minutes ago, leporidae said: Thanks! What about the other side of the stone? It seems like there are some markings as well, or is it nothing really? These markings look like they may be cross sections of shells. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leporidae Posted June 24, 2019 Author Share Posted June 24, 2019 3 hours ago, Bguild said: These markings look like they may be cross sections of shells. Thank you for the explanation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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