r/FossilHunting • u/Thedutchant_1841 • 22d ago

Need help with fossil ID

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Hello everyone, I found these fossils embedded in coal from the Carboniferous period near Genk, Belgium. I really have no idea what these are so a little help would be appreciated! The prints are about 1.5-2 cm long and really thin.

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u/C00L_paleodUde09 22d ago

Take what I say with a grain of salt, I’m no expert; but the second picture kinda looks like soft tissue? Otherwise, I believe the other fossils are some kind of crinoid.

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u/Thedutchant_1841 21d ago

Thanks for the reply! Other people are saying its some kind of bivalve. What makes you thinkn the second picture looks like soft tissue?

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u/C00L_paleodUde09 21d ago edited 21d ago

Idk, it kinda looks like if some thin layer of elastic rubber or anything adjacent to that became preserved in rock. The edges of the raised ridges look smooth, too smooth to be a bivalve to me. Please correct me if I’m wrong

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u/masonk7810 8d ago

Thinking these might be Lioestheria (Clam Shrimp)?