| [Thread Prev] | [Thread Next] | [Thread Index] | [Date Prev] | [Date Next] | [Date Index] |
Hi! All of you,
Here are the pictures of a wormlike fossil I have found near
Miguasha this summer. I tried to identify it without succcess. I'm giving
you a small story of it's finding and some informations about the piece of
rock that host it.
The last morning of our camping week, just before we started our
trip back home, we decided to go walk a last time on the beach of the
Fleurantide camping site on the Cap Fleurant west of Miguasha, in the
Gaspesie region, Quebec, Ca.. This beach is full of small rounded rocks
eroded by the waves. Some big chunks of rocks on the base of the cliff
contained small fossilized shells. I've found this curious fossil rigth
there on the beach among the other ignous rocks.
- The rock is 6.3cm long, 2.3cm thick at the biggest point.
- Color: brown-beige
- Worm and other fossils seems to be cristallized.
This rock must be coming from the Fleurant formation that we could
see in the cliff. This formation is made of conglomerate containing rocks
of the same dimension and bigger, from about 3cm to 30cm, all "glued"
together with what looks like white-yellowish "Epoxy" glue.
- Like you will see on the pictures, on one side, there is a "worm
tail" measuring 2cm long by 1cm wide, with several other small fossils. On
the left side of the worm's rounded end there is another piece of worm,
about 5mm long by 1cm wide, and should fit to the flat end of the big piece.
On the other side of the rock is a piece of fossilized twig forming a 90
degree angle, along with few other small pieces.
- There are three pictures showing this fossil on my web site:
-http://www.virtuel.qc.ca/paleo/fossil1.bmp wich is a magnified
view of the wormlike structure.
-http://www.virtuel.qc.ca/paleo/fossil2.bmp is a view of the
other side of the rock with a ruler for measurements.
-http://www.virtuel.qc.ca/paleo/fossil3.bmp is a view of the
complete rock with a ruler.
-http://virtuel.qc.ca/paleo/mystery.htm is the same description of its finding.
Now, is there someone who could please tell me exactly what it is
and if not, where should I ask to have it identified?
Thanks for your help!
>From Denis Bombardier (:)>
Amateur Paleontologist
Que.Can. SMILEY@virtuel.qc.ca
WEB SITE:http://www.virtuel.qc.ca/paleo/acceuil.htm
Partial index:
