Cheecheecago Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Hi, my kids and I are completely new to this, would love some help. Also if there is a paleontology version of "Let Me Google That For You", or Fossil ID for Dummies, etc., we'll gladly take those too! We found this one in Pit 11 of Mazon Creek a few weeks ago, on an eroded slope under heavy shrub cover. It was found as-is (exposed), this was not inside a nodule. The rock is harder than the sandstone of the nodules. To my untrained eye it looks like debris in pond muck: snail shells, and a twig. I found a very similar fossil last summer on a rocky beach of Lake Michigan, though much more worn down and polished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daves64 Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Crinoid stem segments (the disk's) & possibly a bryozoan (twig thing). 1 Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will add it to your regular duties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 I agree with Dave. "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connorp Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Interesting. I would guess it was dropped by a collector, it is certainly not native to the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Helpful LINK for newbies. EDIT: for Mazon Creek ID's you can look through RCFossils' Galleries. Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheecheecago Posted May 4, 2020 Author Share Posted May 4, 2020 wow, thanks for the quick responses, ponderings, and links--they're most encouraging! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 52 minutes ago, connorp said: Interesting. I would guess it was dropped by a collector, it is certainly not native to the area. Probably from one of the five limestone layers that sit above the Francis Creek Shale. I have found crinoid exposures in the upper stretches of Mazon Creek. 1 Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Russell Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 18 hours ago, Mark Kmiecik said: Probably from one of the five limestone layers that sit above the Francis Creek Shale. I have found crinoid exposures in the upper stretches of Mazon Creek. I’ve found a few cephalopod steinkerns out there myself. 1 Finding my way through life; one fossil at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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