Birds in shale

[mclean]

Hi There,

I found this little rock inside a piece of shale which has some fossils on it like trilobites, I think the rock looks like an osprey on one side and a small bird or fish on the other, do you think it could be a piece of art or has it just happened naturally.

 

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[tamrock]

Not sure I see a bird in there. My guess you have some kind of ancient fossilized sea creatures. If it was a bird fossil. Paleontologist & Ornitologist would be going ape Sh** . I'm sure someone on this sight will know what it is you have. Can you tell us the location of your find?

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Piece of a shell or coral. As Tamrock said - biological and earth science would be astonished as you'd have put birds on earth 350 million years sooner than the rest of the fossil record shows if one was in a layer with trilobites.

 

[mclean]

I was thinking that maybe the bird was painted on the stone, not a fossil.

Surely you would agree it looks like a osprey

 

[Jeff H]

Are you suggesting it is a 350 million year old piece of art ?

 

[Mekong Mike]

Artwork has been found in rocks dated to millions of years ago. This would suggest the dating methods are way off. It looks like a magpie, not osprey. The curve of the beak is more gentle, not a hook.

 

[austin]

Hey, forget the rock. Go for the trilobites. They are worth more...

 

[desertmoons]

it might be an iron concretion

 

[mclean]

Are these fossils worth something? there very small, this is one next to a 2 pence piece.

 

[mclean]

Thanks for all your advice by the way.

 

[tamrock]

I'm Sorry..... I now see the bird. Pretty cool how nature can arrange itself. I'm with Mekong Delta Mike. I see a Magpie there.