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I found this piece of gravel a while back with a bunch of crinoids and the pygidium of a trilobite sticking out. Been curious ever since as to what the oval with the ridge running through the center and small hole in the middle is.

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Another crinoid colunal, I think. 

Like these :  

For those interested in more crinoid info : fossilid

Nice finds. :)

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3 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

Another crinoid colunal, I think. 

Like these :  

For those interested in more crinoid info : fossilid

Nice finds. :)

That's pretty surprising. I've never found nor seen an example of an oval crinoid. Then again I've found hundreds of fossils out of this gravel and never another example of a trilobite. I've found a few gems however like a small chunk of colonial horn coral and this trilobite.

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Here is an excellent paper describing similar fossils from the gravel deposits of Mississippi:

 

Dockery, D.T., Starnes, J.E., Thompson, D.E., Beiser, L. 2008

Rocks and Fossils Found in Mississippi's Gravel Deposits.

Mississippi Geological Survey, Circular, 7:1-25  PDF LINK

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10 minutes ago, piranha said:

Here is an excellent paper describing similar fossils from the gravel deposits of Mississippi:

 

Dockery, D.T., Starnes, J.E., Thompson, D.E., Beiser, L. 2008

Rocks and Fossils Found in Mississippi's Gravel Deposits.

Mississippi Geological Survey, Circular, 7:1-25  PDF LINK

Thank you so much for this. I have examples of 90% or more do this fossils. Its awesome to finally be able to put a name and age to them.

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