dirtdauber Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 An interesting piece of lignified wood with sediment- or mineral-filled bivalve borings (Teredolites longissimus). Collected in glauconitic sediments of the Eutaw Formation, Upper Cretaceous in central Alabama. Sample is about 5 inches long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest N.AL.hunter Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Interesting piece. Have you ever been to the site below the Heflin Dam? The wood there almost disentigrates before you very eyes when it is exposed and starts drying out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtdauber Posted October 25, 2010 Author Share Posted October 25, 2010 Thanks. No, I haven't visited the site below the Heflin Dam, but this piece was very fragile also. Had to put a little Super Glue on it before moving and wrapping for transport home. After drying, I applied a thin mixture of Acryloid B-72 as a consolident. Still fragile, but not disentigrating. George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 That I like Very nice, and (to me) very unusual. "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...
MikeD Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 That is a great example of teredo boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 George, Interestng example and preservation. Does the Eutaw yield other types of fossils? Regards, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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