Is it a fossil or just an interesting shape

[The QCC]

A surprising shape in a thin section of a black coloured stone I picked up during a walk.
The link is to a zoom and pan of the full specimen of the black stone.

Click the photo to see the full scan.

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There are a few other interesting area in the specimen.

This is a close up of what I think is a fossil.

Is it a fossil?

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[Rodney]

Post it over at the fossil forum, someone will tell you what it is. They may ask for a little more info.

Rodney

[The QCC]

Fossil forum?

I do not have any more information other than it is a thin section I made of a black coloured stone found along a community trail.

[billbillt]

Hi QCC,

Here is the link to the Fossil Forum... A very interesting and informative site...

http://www.thefossilforum.com/

BillT

[billbillt]

That certainly LOOKS like a fossil....

[The QCC]

billbillt:

Thanks for the link.
I have registered and posted in the ID thread.

[billbillt]

Maybe you will get some replies... It certainly looked like a fossilized worm or larvae to my untrained eyes...

[SteveSteve]

What size is that?

It looks very like a fragment of an Ostracod shell.

Cheers,
Steve

[Rodney]

I notice one identification of your fossil over at the fossil forum at this time.

Rodney

[The QCC]

The size of the "worm" is approx .65 mm wide and 3mm long.

[SteveSteve]

3mm is probably too big for an ostracod fragment so "Shelly debris" is probably what I would have put it down as.

What was the suggestion on the other forum?

Cheers,
Steve

[The QCC]

This is the replay from Fossildude19
"It is actually multiple fossils.

The item on the right appears to be a Bryozoan. Maybe a Coral.

The other item appears to be a cross section through a valve of a brachiopod, or pelecypod.

The dark roundish object middle left may be an internal mold of a brachiopod.

This looks to be what we would call a "Hash Plate", or a mixture of different species of sea animals/critters from an ancient sea. "

[SteveSteve]

I didn't realise the top image zoomed when I was looking at it on my phone - doh!

I would agree with everything that Fossildude19 said there. A nice section.
Cheers
Steve

[Rodney]

We have a section over at the fossil forum called micro-paleontology, where members use microscopes at times to look at small sections of samples. A few of the members of the forum are paleontologist and seem to be very good at what they do. The ID section seems to be a big favorite. I noticed a section on evolution a few minutes ago.

Rodney