Bess Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 I found this fossil near a lake in Hamilton, Nj. The rock in the area is mostly Triassic and Crataceous exempt for a small section of rock that is from the Cambrian. I think that this is an imprint of a brachiopod because of all the ridges. Here's a picture. I hope that you can identify this. Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 That does look like the partial imprint of a brachiopod shell. Considering where you found it I'm guessing it was transported by the glacier (or humans) from somewhere up north. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bess Posted November 7, 2017 Author Share Posted November 7, 2017 Thank you for your reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bess Posted November 7, 2017 Author Share Posted November 7, 2017 This might help: the lake where I found this fossil is completely man-made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamalama Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 I agree that it appears to be a brachiopod shell imprint. The problem is that there isn't enough of the shell present to ID it. That and not knowing the exact rock formation it came from. -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...
Peat Burns Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 This might be a brachiopod imprint, but what bothers me is that (number corresponds with number on marked picture below): 1) the "imprint" seems to occur in more than one plane. The "plications" continue into a deeper cut into the rock. 2) The "plications" seem to have a cross-wall structure between them that continues into the rock 3) This area (3) looks again like the fossil continues into the matrix and appears to represent a cross-section of a more 3-dimensional fossil than a brachiopod imprint. Bryozoan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 There is a superficial (and essentially meaningless)similarity to a synrhabdosome,as figured by Koren(DGF,1976). Please note: i am not making a taxonomic assignment in any shape or form here (stratigraphy,morphology),etc. I always like to point out superficial similarities,because that might prevent future confusion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bess Posted November 7, 2017 Author Share Posted November 7, 2017 Thank you for our replies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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