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New Albany shale Nodule find, 1c is 1 cm, 1b is about 3mm of the same speciman showing some small spines, 1a showing spines in the right endof the same speciman, any info appreciated. I am assuming a fish tooth.

I checked out a friend's creek north of Indy, near whitestown. The bedrock is supposedly new albany shale, however the creek bed was primarily mud, with no bedrock exposed. I honestly was not expecting to find any fossils but was surprised and confused to find just a few. I've spent time trying to identify them and some have stumped me. I have no idea what this is. The other fossils, which ill show later, are clearly marine fossils. I've found some stuff about spiky devonian trees. The outside is reminiscent of bark and the inside seems to have a curling ring pattern. It kind of reminds me of a pineapple. This next one I assume to be a crinoid calyx, although I am not very familiar with echinoderms. \ I found a single spirifer brachiopod The rest are probably corals:

1-LOCATION Near Shepardstown, Bullitt County, Kentucky. 2- GEOLOGY Courtesy of the Kentucky Geologic Map Information Service at http://kgs.uky.edu/kgsmap/kgsgeoserver/viewer.asp# Map Symbol: MDna KGS Formation Code: 341NALB Geologic Quadrangle Number: 740 Formation Name: New Albany Shale KGS Formation Sort Code: 3410300 Youngest Age: Lower Mississippian Oldest Age: Middle Devonian 24K Quadrangle: Shepherdsville 100K Quadrangle: Elizabethtown County: Bullitt Dominant Lithology: black shale 3- FORMATION Courtesy of the Kentucky Geologic Map Information Service at http://kgs.uky.edu/kgsmap/kgsgeoserver/viewer.asp# Map Symbol: Mdna KGS Formation Code: 341NALB Geologic Quadrangle Number: 740 Formation Name: New Albany Shale KGS Formation Sort Code: 3410300 Youngest Age: Lower Mississippian Oldest Age: Middle Devonian 24K Quadrangle: Shepherdsville 100K Quadrangle: Elizabethtown County: Bullitt Dominant Lithology: black shale 4- ASSEMBLAGE Crinoid stem segments (white, short cylindrical, ¼” to ¾”) are very common in this area. 5- DISCOVERY Specimen was found loose, in a small creekbed. Very prominently displayed. Most likely washed downstream from higher elevations, although this creek is unlikely to flood (location was only a mile from the source) 6- CHARACTERISTICS I believe, based on my research, that this is a specimen of Callixylon Newberryi, however I have my doubts do to its size in comparison to specimens I’ve seen on the internet, as well as it's location (ancient New York vs. Kentucky)- however there's a theory out there http://www.fallsoftheohio.org/Primitive_Plants.html that proposes this may be fossilized driftwood. My specimen is ~17” high x 7” wide x 3” deep and ~20LBS, other pictured specimens are much smaller – however the segmentation and overall characteristics are very similar. I was visiting this area with my Fiance’, who searched the area for “Indian Beads” (crinoids) as a young girl while on picnics. We found quite a few crinoids stems, but once I found one, I had my mind open for other fossils. I saw this specimen from 20 feet away, and it was very obviously different from the surrounding rock in the creekbed. Please see attached pictures – I’m looking for anyone who may be able to verify my research.

I'm trying to get an id for a friend, it was in his rock garden.This was found in Southern Indiana in the New Albany Shale, Upper Devonian. The only plants we have found so far in this formation are "Archiopteris" and "Callixylon" . Any ideas, plant or fish parts?