New Members Horsefeathers Posted December 26, 2014 New Members Share Posted December 26, 2014 (edited) I found this fossil in a fresh water stream bed in the Finger Lakes region of NY (Schuyler County by Seneca Lake). The lakes in this area were originally formed by glaciers. The fossil was found in a stream on a hill 3 miles to the east of Seneca Lake. It is about 10" long and 6" wide and the surface is smooth. A picture of the fossil is attached. I would appreciate any help in identifying it. Many thanks in advance. Horsefeathers. Edited December 26, 2014 by Horsefeathers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cluros Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 It looks like an ichnofossil to me. As far as what left the trace behind, I have no idea. Is it limestone or sandstone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members Horsefeathers Posted December 26, 2014 Author New Members Share Posted December 26, 2014 I think that it is in limestone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 I agree, this looks like some kind of feeding or farming trace fossil made by some invertebrate. What made this, however, is beyond my ability to discern. Very cool trace, or ichnofossil, though. Thanks for posting this. Regards, 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...
MarleysGh0st Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 (edited) I agree that this is a trace fossil, although I can't identify it any more specifically than that. Very interesting! Incidentally, while the Finger Lakes were carved out by the glaciers, the bedrock and fossils are a lot older than that! On the east side of Seneca Lake in Schuyler County, they would be Middle to Upper Devonian, approximately 380 million years old. Edited December 26, 2014 by MarleysGh0st Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 My impression (is that a pun?) is that it may be a cast of a surficial locomotion trace, rather than an infaunal burrow. "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...
Herb Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 invertebrate roadkill? :popcorn:very cool! "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamalama Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 I'ma go out on a limb here and say it may be a plant rhizome from a horsetail type plant (no pun intended). It's in sandstone, white sandstone, which is usually indicative of beaches so maybe something fell over or washed ashore during a storm? -Dave __________________________________________________ Geologists on the whole are inconsistent drivers. When a roadcut presents itself, they tend to lurch and weave. To them, the roadcut is a portal, a fragment of a regional story, a proscenium arch that leads their imaginations into the earth and through the surrounding terrain. - John McPheeIf I'm going to drive safely, I can't do geology. - John McPheeCheck out my Blog for more fossils I've found: http://viewsofthemahantango.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 I'ma go out on a limb here... No pun intended, I'm sure! "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...
squali Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 (edited) Shamalama's idea is growing on me. horsetails and beaches aren't far apart. Edited December 29, 2014 by squali It's hard to remember why you drained the swamp when your surrounded by alligators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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