Carboniferous Period Tracks

[Rockin' Ric]

This particular resting traces was the find of the day! Several different traces from different species. This site seems to produce after every rain. A unique fossilized slab containing at least two identifiable track left by a Xiphosuran and Eurypterid. Carboniferous Period, Parkwood Formation, Southeastern USA.

 

Edited January 20 by Rockin' Ric

[Jeffrey P]

Very impressive rock with all of those prints! Big congratulations on an excellent find and thanks for sharing it. Love to visit that site after a good rain.  

[FossilDAWG]

I really like it when there is such a diversity of tracks on the same slab.  I plan to join the Alabama Paleo Society this year, and I hope to get out to the Union Chapel Mine again.  Hopefully I’ll see you there.

 

Don

[MarcoSr]

Very interesting piece.  I'm not familiar with Carboniferous tracks, and there are lots of impressions on this piece.  I've identified five areas (1 and 1a look like the same track type, and 4 looks more like random impressions) on the piece with impressions.  Can you identify the track types in each area, if any?  And there are impressions outside the areas that also look like tracks.  Anything different there?

 

 

 

 

Marco Sr.

Edited January 21 by MarcoSr
added outside areas

[Rockin' Ric]

13 hours ago, MarcoSr said:

Very interesting piece.  I'm not familiar with Carboniferous tracks, and there are lots of impressions on this piece.  I've identified five areas (1 and 1a look like the same track type, and 4 looks more like random impressions) on the piece with impressions.  Can you identify the track types in each area, if any?  And there are impressions outside the areas that also look like tracks.  Anything different there?

 

 

 

 

Marco Sr.

 

Marco Sr. Red- Eurypterid foot prints. Orange- Diplichnites, arthropod. Yellow- Xiphosuran. Green, not sure... could be air bubbles. You left one out between #3 and #4. Bottom of thorax of some type of arthropod?

[MarcoSr]

12 minutes ago, Rockin' Ric said:

 

Marco Sr. Red- Eurypterid foot prints. Orange- Diplichnites, arthropod. Yellow- Xiphosuran. Green, not sure... could be air bubbles. You left one out between #3 and #4. Bottom of thorax of some type of arthropod?

 

Thank you.  It really helps to understand what tracks are on the piece.

 

Marco Sr.