AngelaB Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 My son and I found this while looking for fossils on our stone fence. We are located in Baileys Harbor Wisconsin. Can anyone tell us what we've found? Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Fossildude19 Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 They possibly look like the inside of brachiopod shells to me, but honestly, are much too worn/weathered to tell anything aside from the fact that they may have been something. 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...
AngelaB Posted March 14, 2017 Author Share Posted March 14, 2017 Thank you for looking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelaB Posted March 14, 2017 Author Share Posted March 14, 2017 There seems to be a couple more on the other side. My eight-year-old is thrilled that at one time this was something. I believe we have a new hobby! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 I agree that they are very weathered brachiopod shells. The linear structure up the middle suggests that they may be from a group of brachiopods called "pentamerids", after the most prominent genus Pentamerus (but there are other genera as well). Pentamerid brachiopods are characteristic of some Silurian aged marine limestones and dolomites, and I believe there is a lot of Silurian exposed in parts of Wisconsin. Don 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 I really don't know what to say on this, but one is sure, the matrix is full of crinoid remains, mostly tiny columnals. " 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...
fifbrindacier Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 27 minutes ago, abyssunder said: I really don't know what to say on this, but one is sure, the matrix is full of crinoid remains, mostly tiny columnals. Sure, i also see this. "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 looks like a part of a brachiopod to me also "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...
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