Futurefossil Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 I was doing some landscape work today and found these hoof like impressions in a few pieces of flagstone. I believe it to be sandstone. And I know for sure it’s from Oklahoma, U.S.A. Any thoughts? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westcoast Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Could be the ichnofossil Selenichnites 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Cole Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 @westcoast Never heard of that one before. I learned something new! Very cool. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 I second the Selenichnites ID. 5 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...
Auspex Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Very, very cool! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Agreed! One of the most interesting ichnofossils I've seen in quite a while. Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Very cool. You don't see that in everybody's collection. Nice find. 2 Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPrice Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Being a noob...still...I had to look it up. Selenichnites = "They are interpreted as feeding burrows (fodinichnia) or hiding depressions of Xiphosurids or Limulids (horseshoe crabs) on a sandy carbonate substrate beneath a veneer of muddy deposits. " 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilNerd Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 22 hours ago, Brandy Cole said: @westcoast Never heard of that one before. I learned something new! Very cool. The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. -Neil deGrasse Tyson Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't. -Bill Nye (The Science Guy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPrice Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 Here's a link to Rockin'Ric's photo album with this type of Ichnofossil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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