EvanPenn Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Hi, are these inclusions fossils or just rocks? I have no clue. Thanks. Oh, I found this in Oneonta, NY...Devonian? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njfossilhunter Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Welcome to the forum.....It looks very interesting...it might be some kind of trace fossil. There are members here on the forum that have collected from this area that would know for sure what this is . Tony TonyThe Brooks Are Like A Box Of Chocolates,,,, You Never Know What You'll Find. I Told You I Don't Have Alzheimer's.....I Have Sometimers. Some Times I Remember And Some Times I Forget.... I Mostly Forget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billheim Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Evan, The markings could be graptolites. I hear they are quite common in some parts of New York.Particularly, the long straight marking in the upper right portion of your photo should show some of the anatomy of these creatures.For the most part, graptolites are preserved as black lines on the surface of rocks - this the name "Grapto-lites" (marking on rocks). Here is a photo of some Late Ordovician graptolites found on a Dry Dredgers field trip. For close-ups of this specimen, see http://www.drydredgers.org/fieldtrips/trip200410p5.htm. I also recommend doing a google search on New York Graptolites. Hope this helps. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 I think they are more likely to be bits of plant: plant hash in the parlance. I have found similar pieces in the Devonian of NY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 I also see a lot of plant parts.I agree with Carl. " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvanPenn Posted July 13, 2015 Author Share Posted July 13, 2015 Fossilized pieces of plants?(And a possible graptolite mixed in?) Cool! Thanks guys, I appreciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Plant "mulch", in my opinion. The matrix appears to be a fairly coarse sandstone; it would be unusual to find graptolites in that kind of deposit. "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...
Guguita2104 Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 I agree with bilheim.Graptolites were colonial organisms (each individual organism lived in a theca) that inhabited the Paleozoic seas.They assumed many forms, like in this attached photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvanPenn Posted July 13, 2015 Author Share Posted July 13, 2015 2 more pics if this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lissa318 Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 It reminds me of many carboniferous plant hash plates or as Auspex put it plant "mulch" pieces I have found around here. I bet if you look harder you could find some more detailed/better preserved specimens in the same area!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janislav Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 I agree. Looks a lot like Pennsylvanian plant debris in some IA rocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billheim Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Evan, your close-ups help. It looks less like graptolites to me. I don't know much about plant hash, so I defer to the others who have suggested that ID.Thanks for sharing this with us.Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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