frueschluft Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 What kind of fossil is this? Found it in a river in switzerland (muota). Limestone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brevicollis Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 That might be an eroded Belemnite. The Siphon end is clearly visible on one side. I don't know which species it is, but its kinda hard to tell on belemnites, because the housing looks nearly the same on all species, and because yours is very eroded. But nice find, I never found one this big ! Are good signatures really that important ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 I don't think this is an eroded belemnite. Any other fossils found nearby? Any idea of the age of the finds in the area? 2 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...
Ludwigia Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 I agree with Tim. If this is a belemnite, then it should be showing defining patterns, which I'm not seeing here. It's too undifferentiated for my eye to be able to be defined. I don't think I'm seeing a sipho, just a funny white blob on the left. For your information, belemnite housings, although one should rather say rostra in this case, can be very different in size and shape from each other. 1 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 Looking more and more to be a mineral, rather than a fossil. Please have a look at this website: LINK Only one fossil site listed, and the fossils found there are brachiopods. 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...
Ludwigia Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 Also the age of the geology in Muotatal is too young to contain belemnites, who went extinct at the end of the Cretaceous. 3 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 My first thought was mineral vein. 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...
TqB Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 (edited) I've seen a lot fossil wood in limestones that looks like that, with shrinkage cracks filled with calcite. Edited March 24 by TqB 1 Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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