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[Garza]

OK I FOUND THIS ON MAY 22, THOUGT IT WAS A ARTIFACT, BUT THEY SAID IT COULD BE A FOSIL, SO HERE I AM, THE LIGHER COLOR SIDE WAS FACEING DOWN AND HAS MORE DETALES, SO IF IT IS A FOSIL WHAT WAS IT AND HOW OLD COULD IT BE, IF NOT ANY IDEAS ARE WELCOME, IM STUMPT, THANKS IN ADVANCE IF YOU NEED MORE PICS JUST ASK

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[Xiphactinus]

Not knowing the age of the rock....it looks like the impression from the top of a horn coral.

[Ordovician_Odyssey]

how did you post all those pics....i could on attach 1

[Garza]

WELL ITS MY FIRST POST AND I HAD 2MB FOR PICS

[Mr. Edonihce]

Garza, on 02 September 2010 - 05:21 PM, said:

OK I FOUND THIS ON MAY 22, THOUGT IT WAS A ARTIFACT, BUT THEY SAID IT COULD BE A FOSIL, SO HERE I AM, THE LIGHER COLOR SIDE WAS FACEING DOWN AND HAS MORE DETALES, SO IF IT IS A FOSIL WHAT WAS IT AND HOW OLD COULD IT BE, IF NOT ANY IDEAS ARE WELCOME, IM STUMPT, THANKS IN ADVANCE IF YOU NEED MORE PICS JUST ASK

Some of the indentations within the larger 'rings' look like they may have been carved or chiseled out by human craftsmanship.

Xiphactinus, on 02 September 2010 - 05:58 PM, said:

Not knowing the age of the rock....it looks like the impression from the top of a horn coral.

Did you notice how these indented 'rings' are on both sides of the item?
I'm not sure how it could be a horn coral.

On the other hand, when I (accidentally) disolved some horn corals too far down in vinigar one time, they did end up with a center piece sticking out from both ends.....so, I don't know.

Garza, on 02 September 2010 - 07:46 PM, said:

WELL ITS MY FIRST POST AND I HAD 2MB FOR PICS

I don't mean to be a ninny, but is there a legitimate reason for your use of ALL CAPS?
It's actually annoying to look at, and harder to read through for many folks out there.

[Garza]

sorry for the caps, but i was exited my bad wont happen again, it dose look like human made it, there is even line on both sides,

[Garza]

first thougtht whene they said posible fosil was millipede but its to small, cus i have seen some dead ones when im walking around and they form a circle to die and when scared jusst a thought

[MOROPUS]

I agree with rugose coral print, although from your pics is quite difficult to see, some septae can be distinguish...

[MOROPUS]

...or it could even be an archaeocyatha! This could be really interesting, because they are exclusively Cambrian fossils...
See their stucture, HERE!

[Nandomas]

MOROPUS, on 03 September 2010 - 06:01 AM, said:

...or it could even be an archaeocyatha!
See their stucture, HERE!

This is a really cool hypothesis

[MOROPUS]

Well, it`s only a theory...Whith that pics, or is it a horn coral, or tyhe cool stuff, or....

[Nandomas]

some kind of sponge remain?

or just strange inclusion?

where did you find it?

[Mr. Edonihce]

without better photos, I just don't see how we could be seeing an Archaeocyatha here.
I still think it's either a concretion of some sort or possibly hand-made by humans.

Any chance of some better photos....or maybe even a good quality video?

[frozen_turkey]

i think i know what this is. there was someone else with a similar fossil.

must search site.................

[Auspex]

Why is this not what's left of a large crinoid stem, passing through what is now a water-worn cobble of matrix?

[Garza]

here is a little video im not a pro so please understand

[Garza]

oh yea here is were i found it, its south of the border little black X in botom left corner

[frozen_turkey]

this is vary curious...... I dont think its a crinoid stem it looks really big..........could it be some tip of burrow.........i need to find that other topic that had something exactly the same but better presurved........

[fowells]

My first thought - it is a cephalopod with the umbilical core preserved and pronounced. Look at Garza's first photo. It very much looks like a section through a coiled cephalopod. Can anyone give an age to the strata in that part of Mexico?

[frozen_turkey]

no Ithink it looks like a base to one of thoughs plant like things.......what called??????