R0b Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 (edited) I brought a piece of marl from my trip to France that had some interior bits sticking out. The location is Pointe du Chay (south of La Rochelle) and age Kimmeridgian - Jurrassic. Two of the pieces I prepped out this weekend (first successful attempt in doing so despite too much glue). The tube like structure and what I first expected to be a bivalve from the outside but I don’t know any with a hexagonal pattern. thanks in advance for your help Edited January 3, 2022 by R0b 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
val horn Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 i guess that the first is a worm tunnel and the other a bryozoan i expect more knowledgeable people will come by and give more information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 I don't claim to be more knowledgeable about this, but I have a feeling this is something different. The shapes are familiar. The arrangement and time period are just strange though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R0b Posted January 3, 2022 Author Share Posted January 3, 2022 (edited) 17 minutes ago, Rockwood said: I don't claim to be more knowledgeable about this, but I have a feeling this is something different. The shapes are familiar. The arrangement and time period are just strange though. what are you considering? Edited January 3, 2022 by R0b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R0b Posted January 3, 2022 Author Share Posted January 3, 2022 1 hour ago, val horn said: i guess that the first is a worm tunnel and the other a bryozoan i expect more knowledgeable people will come by and give more information. The worm tunnel has texture and the flat object seem to lack any pores / openings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 1 hour ago, R0b said: what are you considering? The hexagonal pattern is seen in Paleozoic corals and deep water trace fossils, but it seems out of place on a shell like this. The tubes look kind of like worm tubes, but there is a plant like quality to them as well. I'm not sure what to make of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R0b Posted January 3, 2022 Author Share Posted January 3, 2022 6 minutes ago, Rockwood said: The hexagonal pattern is seen in Paleozoic corals and deep water trace fossils, but it seems out of place on a shell like this. The tubes look kind of like worm tubes, but there is a plant like quality to them as well. I'm not sure what to make of it. The site is rich in corrals probably a reef like environment so deep water can be ruled out at least. Could the “worm” be a Bryozoan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 (edited) I would guess there may be a tube worm and a Paleodictyon, but probably I'm wrong (at least about the latter). Edited January 3, 2022 by abyssunder " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R0b Posted January 3, 2022 Author Share Posted January 3, 2022 (edited) Found this @Al Dente @FossilDAWG @MikeR what do you think? indeed I don’t think it is Paleodyction Edited January 3, 2022 by R0b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 I’m not very familiar with Jurassic fossils. No idea on IDs for your fossils. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R0b Posted January 4, 2022 Author Share Posted January 4, 2022 5 minutes ago, Al Dente said: I’m not very familiar with Jurassic fossils. No idea on IDs for your fossils. Thanks for looking into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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