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It's the best fossil fish head, that's not a fish head, that I have ever seen.
----- Original Message -----
From: Henry
Date: Friday, August 8, 2008 8:21 am
Subject: [NEPaleo] Re: footprint id help...
To: NEPaleo@yahoogroups.com
> Yep, that's the one.
> >
> > Hey Henry, Is it the one you showed me, thats in your
> basement? i
> am
> > not sure if it's a fish head but it sure looks like one!)
> >
> > --- In NEPaleo@yahoogroups.com, "Henry"wrote:
> > >
> > > I own the fish head.
> > > http://digsfossils.com/fossils/misc_fossils.html
> > > And I still think it's a fish head. LOL
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Big Brook has produced some pretty neat pseudofossils.
> Anybody
> > > remember that amazing iron concretion "fish head?" It had
> eyes,
> > > gills and pouty fish lips. It really, really looked like a
> fish
> > > head. But, alas, it was just one of nature's little jokes.
> I
> > still
> > > have a handful of concretions that look like teeth,
> ammonites and
> > > other just plain weird shapes. Both the darker iron
> (hematite or
> > > limonite?) and the siderite concretions take on many bizarre
> > forms.
> > > >
> > > > The conditions at Big Brook in the Late Cretaceous were
> not
> > > conducive to terrestrial footprints. That water was deep.
> But
> > there
> > > have been footprints found in the soft clays of the
> Raritan(?)
> > > Formation. Those were found many years back while mining
> for
> > brick
> > > clay.
> > > >
> > > > Erich Rose, Exhibit Designer
> > > > 807 The Living End
> > > > Austin, TX 78746
> > > > 512-382-7197
> > > >
> > > > --- On Thu, 8/7/08, Henrywrote:
> > > >
> > > > From: Henry
> > > > Subject: [NEPaleo] Re: footprint id help...
> > > > To: NEPaleo@yahoogroups.com
> > > > Date: Thursday, August 7, 2008, 4:53 AM
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Sorry, but it couldnt be a dino print. But it is an
> interesting
> > > looking
> > > > concretion.
> > > > >
> > > > > hey all...i went to big brook collecting last weekend.
> along
> > with
> > > a
> > > > > bunch of shark teeth and other fossils, i found a dino
> track.
> > im
> > > not
> > > > > sure what type of dino made it, but it is very cool. ive
> > posted
> > > pics
> > > > of
> > > > > it in the album titled big brook footprint. mabye
> someone out
> > > there
> > > > can
> > > > > id it for me.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
>
>
----- Original Message -----
From: Henry
Date: Friday, August 8, 2008 8:21 am
Subject: [NEPaleo] Re: footprint id help...
To: NEPaleo@yahoogroups.com
> Yep, that's the one.
> >
> > Hey Henry, Is it the one you showed me, thats in your
> basement? i
> am
> > not sure if it's a fish head but it sure looks like one!)
> >
> > --- In NEPaleo@yahoogroups.com, "Henry"
> > >
> > > I own the fish head.
> > > http://digsfossils.com/fossils/misc_fossils.html
> > > And I still think it's a fish head. LOL
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Big Brook has produced some pretty neat pseudofossils.
> Anybody
> > > remember that amazing iron concretion "fish head?" It had
> eyes,
> > > gills and pouty fish lips. It really, really looked like a
> fish
> > > head. But, alas, it was just one of nature's little jokes.
> I
> > still
> > > have a handful of concretions that look like teeth,
> ammonites and
> > > other just plain weird shapes. Both the darker iron
> (hematite or
> > > limonite?) and the siderite concretions take on many bizarre
> > forms.
> > > >
> > > > The conditions at Big Brook in the Late Cretaceous were
> not
> > > conducive to terrestrial footprints. That water was deep.
> But
> > there
> > > have been footprints found in the soft clays of the
> Raritan(?)
> > > Formation. Those were found many years back while mining
> for
> > brick
> > > clay.
> > > >
> > > > Erich Rose, Exhibit Designer
> > > > 807 The Living End
> > > > Austin, TX 78746
> > > > 512-382-7197
> > > >
> > > > --- On Thu, 8/7/08, Henry
> > > >
> > > > From: Henry
> > > > Subject: [NEPaleo] Re: footprint id help...
> > > > To: NEPaleo@yahoogroups.com
> > > > Date: Thursday, August 7, 2008, 4:53 AM
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Sorry, but it couldnt be a dino print. But it is an
> interesting
> > > looking
> > > > concretion.
> > > > >
> > > > > hey all...i went to big brook collecting last weekend.
> along
> > with
> > > a
> > > > > bunch of shark teeth and other fossils, i found a dino
> track.
> > im
> > > not
> > > > > sure what type of dino made it, but it is very cool. ive
> > posted
> > > pics
> > > > of
> > > > > it in the album titled big brook footprint. mabye
> someone out
> > > there
> > > > can
> > > > > id it for me.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
>
>
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