Nautiloid Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 I found this last year in north-central New York. It is from the Ordovician whetstone gulf formation and is about 1cm wide. I’m thinking it may be a crinoid calyx base but I may be wrong. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connorp Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 Can you post a couple clearer pictures? It's hard to tell given only this picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 Picture is too blurry when blown up. If you are using a phone, try taking pictures outside. Make sure your Focus is on the fossil, rather than anything else. Crop your photos to just show the fossil. It may take a number of tries. I use a free app. called Magnifier for smaller specimens. Works pretty well. 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...
Nautiloid Posted May 21, 2020 Author Share Posted May 21, 2020 I can take some better pics of the fossil in a day or so, it’s at my dads house and I won’t be there until tomorrow night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nautiloid Posted May 22, 2020 Author Share Posted May 22, 2020 Here are some better pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Nautiloid Posted May 23, 2020 Author Share Posted May 23, 2020 @Fossildude19 Hopefully these images are a little better and will help to identify this fossil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westcoast Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 They are better images, the circular object looks like crinoid ossicle, so the larger piece could be calyx base, different lighting angles might show the basal array better. Isn't that formation where those exquisite pyritised trilobites are found? That's what I'd be looking for 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 If I were doing crash site reconstruction I would get out the nautiloid blueprints for comparison. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 I can't really get a read on this one. The angle it is preserved at, and the slight crushing are making this difficult, at least for me. Could be crinoid, could be nautiloid, could be bivalve, ... I just can't tell. Sorry. 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...
Nautiloid Posted May 23, 2020 Author Share Posted May 23, 2020 @Fossildude19 It’s alright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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