kingedwards Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 I found it while digging out a small gravel pond with a backhoe in Byron, New York. The pond is only about 50ft by 50ft, but has been there forever. When digging there was nothing but gravel. The area is was digging was already about 4ft under water and another 4ft depth in gravel. The pattern at the bottom center of the photo repeats itself dozens of times all over the fossil. I have no idea what it could be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 My guess is they are some sort of shells which have been eroded away leaving just the edges. Whatever it is it's really beautiful. Welcome to the forum 2 John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 Hi and welcome to the forum. They look like sections through brachiopod shells, pentamerids I think. 4 Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 (edited) I add my vote for sectioned/eroded brachs. Compare with this image of pentamerids: https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS-Y3Gtvu4e3oKIH4N9nMYZsaVBskrwsP41bxp222G7jX1Q23hIqA Edited August 23, 2016 by Kane 1 ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 Neat find! Welcome to the forum! I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigHyatt Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 (edited) It's an eroded chunk of a "hash plate". http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/8826-show-us-your-hash-plates/ Welcome from South Texas! Edited August 23, 2016 by CraigHyatt Info: Craig Hyatt, retired software/electrical engineer Experience: Beginner, fossil hunting less than a year Location: Eagle Pass, TX USA on the border with Mexico, hot dry desert Formation: Escondido, Marine, Upper Cretaceous Materials: Sandstone, Mudstone, Shale, Chert, Chalk Typical: Thalassinoides, Sphenodiscus, Exogyra, Inoceramus Reference: http://txfossils.com/Txfossils.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 I can see them in the matrix. Good ID ! " 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...
FossilDAWG Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 I agree with pentamerid brachiopods. Don 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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