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Is this a bryozoan colony or something else ?

 

Sorry for the photo, but there are no visible details on the branches, I can't do better

Quebec, Ordovician, Nicolet River Formation

 

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These are tool marks on the base of a bed, so geological, sedimentary structures.

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or perhaps imprints of an ichnofossil

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36 minutes ago, westcoast said:

These are tool marks on the base of a bed, so geological, sedimentary structures.

I understand you're saying that it is geological in nature, but I'm not clear on how it was formed.

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22 minutes ago, rocket said:

or perhaps imprints of an ichnofossil

That would be my guess but I'm not an expert :shrug:

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Is this a part and counterpart or two specimens?

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9 minutes ago, Rockwood said:

Is this a part and counterpart or two specimens?

 

Photos 2 to 5 are all close-ups of image 1

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Sole markings/tool marks sound correct.

 

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3 minutes ago, Denis Arcand said:

 

Photos 2 to 5 are all close-ups of image 1

For some reason I was seeing 1 as being concave. This really scuttles my original thought. It is hard to imagine this variety of traces being on a single plate. Tool marks does seem like the best explanation. 

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The vertical lines on this one feature seem too uniform to be geological, but I am no expert.

 

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Maybe i am just seeing  things.  For the most prominent features , it look like current flowing in one direction (in red) , excepted where there are obstacles (in blue). This is in agreement with "tools mark",  I don't think we would see that with ichnofossils.  

 

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Furthermore, the saw like features, could be form by water currents, the same features can sometime be seen on top of snow bank  formed  by wind. 

 

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Thanks everyone for helping me learn new things and vocabulary.

 

It's still an interesting rock with features I can now name.  :P

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2 hours ago, Sagebrush Steve said:

The vertical lines on this one feature seem too uniform to be geological, but I am no expert.

A bryozoan with maculae on its surface touching briefly would probably do it. 

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