Cool Trace Fossil

[Rockin' Ric]

Hi y'all, the past two months has been a flurry of fossil hunting! One of my favorite to hunt are trace fossils. I found this shale slab with a partial exposure of a track  (pic#1) made what is suggested an Eurypterid? There was a layer covering the other half and with a lil' patience and time I was able to remove that layer by the use of freeze/thaw method. Since that crack was there I soaked the stone and put into the freezer a number of times and after about a month of this process the slab slid right off exposing the other half of the track (pic#2) and (pic#3) pos and neg of track!

 

 

[rocket]

wow, never seen a trackway like this one before , very cool

[Sjfriend]

That is a cool track way! Love it.

[Wrangellian]

Good job! Interesting track... I can't help with ID but it would be nice to know you had a Eurypterid ichno.

[RJB]

Im not much of a 'trackway' guy but have to say, thats one cool trackway!

 

RB

[Johannes]

Dimorphichnus? (edit: cf. juchemi?)

Edited August 1, 2023 by Johannes

[EMP]

@Dean Ruocco has a lot of collecting experience with eurypterids from the Appalachian region. 

[Dean Ruocco]

1 hour ago, EMP said:

@Dean Ruocco has a lot of collecting experience with eurypterids from the Appalachian region. 

This is definitely a good canadate for being a ichno fossil belonging to a eurypterid. I  think you may even be make out impressions of fixed distal spines on the podomeres. Do you know the age of the Strata?

 

On 3/3/2023 at 12:30 PM, Rockin' Ric said:

Hi y'all, the past two months has been a flurry of fossil hunting! One of my favorite to hunt are trace fossils. I found this shale slab with a partial exposure of a track  (pic#1) made what is suggested an Eurypterid? There was a layer covering the other half and with a lil' patience and time I was able to remove that layer by the use of freeze/thaw method. Since that crack was there I soaked the stone and put into the freezer a number of times and after about a month of this process the slab slid right off exposing the other half of the track (pic#2) and (pic#3) pos and neg of track!