MrR Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Greetings all. I had forgotten about this piece of shale that I split while at Jalama a couple of weeks back. To my eye it looks like either a land insect, or possible a sea bug, like a shrimp. Then again, it may be nothing. But just in case it's just to the right side of almost nothing, I figured I'd post an image or two. Thanks for any input provided. Cheers. Rats, I forgot the size reference/index. Length is ~15mm. Exploding fish reference thread. Monterey formation in Santa Barbara, CA, USA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Looks like some sort of plant material to me. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrR Posted October 23, 2020 Author Share Posted October 23, 2020 1 minute ago, Tidgy's Dad said: Looks like some sort of plant material to me. Thanks, father of Tidgy. That sounds like a strong possibility. I've probably got an overactive pareidolia. I know they make pills for it, but that might be what gave me the overactive pareidolia in the first place. Thanks again. Cheers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 I enlarged it a little but I don’t know . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 1 hour ago, MrR said: Thanks, father of Tidgy. That sounds like a strong possibility. I've probably got an overactive pareidolia. I know they make pills for it, but that might be what gave me the overactive pareidolia in the first place. Thanks again. Cheers. I understand. Everything looks like a brachiopod to me. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notidanodon Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 might be my pareidolia but it slight looks like a mangled feather, some close up shots could help 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabRatKing Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 I see a shrimp-like invertebrate, but truth is I’d need some microscope time with it as I have some amazing algal specimens that try very hard to be shrimp to be sure. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeannie55 Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Looks like a shrimp to me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 I think this may be fish regurgitant, or coprolite, ... with the lines being small bones. 3 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...
MrR Posted October 23, 2020 Author Share Posted October 23, 2020 Thanks, all. Those are some interesting ID-eas. And fossildude19, that's a great effect on making the image a negative (?). Interesting. Maybe it's just evidence of a fish making "doo" with what it had, so to speak. I have one of those USB microscopes that a friend gave me. If I can get the software reloaded on my laptop, I'll see if I can capture some high-magnification images. Any particular area(s) that I should try to zero in on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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