indominus rex Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 Today I visited an island not far from Hong Kong, it was a stunning place with beautiful Geological rock segments. It had beautiful mountains and lovely nature and some of the best variety of corals. It is also the only place in Hong Kong that has fossils. I saw this today on the beach and it looks a lot like algae fossils, I know it is uncommon to find fossils there but is this really a algae fossil? Sorry for if the photos were not good enough. Life started in the ocean. And so did my interest in fossils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indominus rex Posted May 5, 2018 Author Share Posted May 5, 2018 Life started in the ocean. And so did my interest in fossils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 The photo's not very clear, but I can't see anything obviously organic. Mineralogical, if you mean the black bits, I think. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indominus rex Posted May 5, 2018 Author Share Posted May 5, 2018 I have another picture and the piece that resemble fans at the bottom with the lines is the one that I think is algae. Not the black dots but thanks for your help, still could just be geological. Life started in the ocean. And so did my interest in fossils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innocentx Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 I definitely see lines radiating out from a point here. I can't tell what it is, though. 1 "Journey through a universe ablaze with changes" Phil Ochs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 Really interesting. Try to compare with Zoophycos . They look like that. 1 " 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...
indominus rex Posted May 6, 2018 Author Share Posted May 6, 2018 Have Zoophycos been recorded from that area? The segments of rock are about 55 million years old, should I get this examined by a specialist? Life started in the ocean. And so did my interest in fossils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 Have you compared with Zoophycos ? I don't know if it were ever recorded from that area, but I'll not exclude the possibility of being a good candidate for the ID. It's good to get more than one opinion. " Ping Chau (Tung Ping Chau) The rocks exposed on Ping Chau (Tung Ping Chau) comprise a sequence of gently north- to northeastward-dipping, thinly bedded dolomitic and calcareous siltstones with rare chert interbeds (Lai, 1991). They have a minimum thickness of 450 m and belong to the Ping Chau Formation, which is the youngest known rock unit in Hong Kong. The Ping Chau sediments are thought to have been originally deposited in a lake under semi-arid conditions during early Eocene Epoch (c. 55 to 50 million years ago). The lake periodically dried up, allowing salts to crystallise. A diverse assemblage of fossil insects and bituminised plant fragments have been described from the rocks on Ping Chau (Tung Ping Chau) (Lai et al, 1996; Lee et al, 1997), including the insect Coleoptera sp. (Williams, 1943), and angiosperm, gynosperm and pteridophyte plant genera. " - R. J. Sewell & D. L. K. Tang. 2013. Expert Report on the Geology of the Proposed Geopark in Hong Kong. Geo Report 282: 1-99 1 " 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...
abyssunder Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 Well, I've found these: one of your specimens picture from here picture from here 2 " 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...
indominus rex Posted May 7, 2018 Author Share Posted May 7, 2018 4 hours ago, abyssunder said: Well, I've found these: one of your specimens picture from here picture from here Thank you so much for your help Life started in the ocean. And so did my interest in fossils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyhen Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 On 2018/5/5 at 9:27 PM, indominus rex said: Today I visited an island not far from Hong Kong, it was a stunning place with beautiful Geological rock segments. It had beautiful mountains and lovely nature and some of the best variety of corals. It is also the only place in Hong Kong that has fossils. I saw this today on the beach and it looks a lot like algae fossils, I know it is uncommon to find fossils there but is this really a algae fossil? Sorry for if the photos were not good enough. Welcome to Hong Kong! Tung Ping Chau is a UNESCO Global Geopark in Hong Kong and fossils are present there. According to the Geopark's information, the presence of plant, spore powder and insect fossils within Ping Chau Formation generally points to a history between the Late Cretaceous and Tertiary. As certain plant fossils are unique to the Early Tertiary, it can be confirmed that sedimentary took place during that time. Tung Ping Chau is however not the only site in Hong Kong in which fossils were found, other places such as Ma Shi Chau and Lai Chi Chong in the area also have fossils. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indominus rex Posted May 7, 2018 Author Share Posted May 7, 2018 6 minutes ago, Crazyhen said: Welcome to Hong Kong! Tung Ping Chau is a UNESCO Global Geopark in Hong Kong and fossils are present there. According to the Geopark's information, the presence of plant, spore powder and insect fossils within Ping Chau Formation generally points to a history between the Late Cretaceous and Tertiary. As certain plant fossils are unique to the Early Tertiary, it can be confirmed that sedimentary took place during that time. Tung Ping Chau is however not the only site in Hong Kong in which fossils were found, other places such as Ma Shi Chau and Lai Chi Chong in the area also have fossils. Thank you, I didn't know there were other places in Hong Kong that had fossils. Life started in the ocean. And so did my interest in fossils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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