Corkscrew Or Phone Cord Shape
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michaelbaribeau
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Corkscrew Or Phone Cord Shape
Corkscrew Or Phone Cord Shape fossil. Found in a rockgarden in Grand Rapids Michigan. There are also shell type fossils on it. Just curious about what it could be. Photo of close up of the end with the 'head'. Measuring from the squiggly 'tail' to the bend near the head it's just under 2.5 inches.
http://www.keenedgephotos.com/gallery/m ... lclose.JPG
http://keenedgephotos.com/gallery/misc/ ... ossil2.jpg
Michael
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Fossilraptor
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Re: Corkscrew Or Phone Cord Shape
Don't know, maybe some sort of plant, angiosperm?
[Editted by Fossilraptor on 16-11-2011 at 08:44 GMT +1]
[Editted by Fossilraptor on 16-11-2011 at 08:44 GMT +1]
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Re: Corkscrew Or Phone Cord Shape
Looks like a moluusk shell in cross-section - possibly. But the fact that the units are separated is at odds with that ID...
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Smaug
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Re: Corkscrew Or Phone Cord Shape
After checking the geology of the grand rapids bedrock on the following link http://0.tqn.com/d/geology/1/0/C/I/michmapbigold.jpg you could asume that the rock is from the upper mississipian wich corresponds with the carboniferous. Looking at the shape of the rock and taking in the age of the bedrock in GR I think you have collected a cross section of a trilobite. For a cross section of a trilobite follow this http://commonfossilsofoklahoma.snomnh.o ... ctions.jpg .
But.
If you found it in a rock garden it can quite possibly be that the rock is not local and imported from somewhere else. It can have a different age and therefore it could be something else.
But.
If you found it in a rock garden it can quite possibly be that the rock is not local and imported from somewhere else. It can have a different age and therefore it could be something else.
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Re: Corkscrew Or Phone Cord Shape
I must have missed this topic, thanks Smaug to pointing that out. For what it's worth after a couple of months: this is definitely a longitudinal cross-section of a trilobite.
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Re: Re: Corkscrew Or Phone Cord Shape
Trilobite! That's it! That explains the separated units. Thanks for the lesson, Smaug!
[Editted by Coprolite on 11-01-2012 at 14:35 GMT +1]
Smaug wrote:
After checking the geology of the grand rapids bedrock on the following link http://0.tqn.com/d/geology/1/0/C/I/michmapbigold.jpg you could asume that the rock is from the upper mississipian wich corresponds with the carboniferous. Looking at the shape of the rock and taking in the age of the bedrock in GR I think you have collected a cross section of a trilobite. For a cross section of a trilobite follow this http://commonfossilsofoklahoma.snomnh.o ... ctions.jpg .
But.
If you found it in a rock garden it can quite possibly be that the rock is not local and imported from somewhere else. It can have a different age and therefore it could be something else.
[Editted by Coprolite on 11-01-2012 at 14:35 GMT +1]