pleecan Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 Annelid fossils are very rare as the soft tissue does not normally preserve... I do not have any worm fossils in my present collection. Would any one care to post a photo of their annelid fossil to serve an identification guide in the field. PL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleecan Posted December 13, 2009 Author Share Posted December 13, 2009 Finally broke down and bought a worm fossil Mazon Creek concretion..... will post images in the new year assuming it arrives in one piece. PL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Menser Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 Here's an Esconities from Mazon Creek. Be true to the reality you create. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmytee Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 i don't have any annelid fossils but i had live bristle worms in my reef tank. they were one of my favorite inhabitants. their skin had a rainbow metallic look to it and they always cleaned up any messes! they scared the heck out of my mother hehe I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day. ~ E. B. White Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleecan Posted December 13, 2009 Author Share Posted December 13, 2009 Here's an Esconities from Mazon Creek. Thanks for posting Frank.... amazing stuff. PL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleecan Posted December 13, 2009 Author Share Posted December 13, 2009 i don't have any annelid fossils but i had live bristle worms in my reef tank. they were one of my favorite inhabitants. their skin had a rainbow metallic look to it and they always cleaned up any messes! they scared the heck out of my mother hehe Amazing how adept annelids are... from fossils to modern day present. PL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkfoam Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 How about some hard bodied Annelids. The first three, Protula sp., Spirobis sp., and Rotularia leptostoma are from the Texas Eocene in Brazos County. The last one is Hamulus onyx from the Texas upper Cretaceous in Bexar County. To clarify, these are not the worm itself but the test or shell the animal made to live in. JKFoam 1 The Eocene is my favorite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleecan Posted December 13, 2009 Author Share Posted December 13, 2009 How about some hard bodied Annelids. The first three, Protula sp., Spirobis sp., and Rotularia leptostoma are from the Texas Eocene in Brazos County. The last one is Hamulus onyx from the Texas upper Cretaceous in Bexar County. To clarify, these are not the worm itself but the test or shell the animal made to live in. JKFoam Thanks for sharing those pic.... interesting stuff! PL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Menser Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 Here's some large ones from S. Florida Be true to the reality you create. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleecan Posted December 14, 2009 Author Share Posted December 14, 2009 Here's some large ones from S. Florida Thanks Frank for posting.... they are big in S. Florida. PL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 Pleecan....... I just have spirobis, upper carboniferous westphalian.... although its the tube not the worm... I presume.... Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleecan Posted December 14, 2009 Author Share Posted December 14, 2009 Pleecan....... I just have spirobis, upper carboniferous westphalian.... although its the tube not the worm... I presume.... Intersting stuff, thanks for posting. PL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 I don't have any soft tissue preservation, but here are a few Cornulites that I have collected from the Ord. Most researchers today consider that they were lophophorates or anthozoans; no one really knows as there has never been soft tissue recovered that can be associated with these curious little critters. Colony attached to a bryozoan Attachment to a brachiopod Another on a brachiopod Post-mortem attachment to a trilobite molt. If the above doesn't have a scale, they are little. Various scolecodonts(Arabellites sp. ???) from the Ord. If those don't have a scale, they are very small. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleecan Posted December 15, 2009 Author Share Posted December 15, 2009 Thanks Solius for sharing those photos... interesting stuff... the scolecodonts remnants of jaw assembly of annelids... intact articulated Silurian scolecodonts have been found at Eramosa Lagerstatte... a potential neat place to explore. PL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleecan Posted December 24, 2009 Author Share Posted December 24, 2009 Finally broke down and bought a worm fossil Mazon Creek concretion..... will post images in the new year assuming it arrives in one piece. PL Well folks the Ebay fossil arrived a day before Christmas... post man dropped it into the mail box.... Articulated worm complete with red jaws from Mazon Creek concretion... nice perservation... my very first fossil from Mazon Creek. Can any one supply an ID to this worm? PL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 I'm no use on an ID, but I wanted to congratulate you on your extraordinary acquisition! (I'll be checking back for an ID; maybe I'll learn something). "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleecan Posted December 24, 2009 Author Share Posted December 24, 2009 I'm no use on an ID, but I wanted to congratulate you on your extraordinary acquisition! (I'll be checking back for an ID; maybe I'll learn something). Thanks Auspex... I am really happy with this aquisition... PL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fig rocks Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 I don't have any Annelids either but nice stuff guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docdutronc Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 Pleecan....... I just have spirobis, upper carboniferous westphalian.... although its the tube not the worm... I presume.... I also have spirorbis who live on neuropteris leave ....Carboniferous from northern France .... Bruno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleecan Posted December 24, 2009 Author Share Posted December 24, 2009 I also have spirorbis who live on neuropteris leave ....Carboniferous from northern France .... Bruno Very nice detailed fossil... amazing fine preservation... Thank you Bruno for sharing. PL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmoceras Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 A fossil worm I found last year... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleecan Posted January 7, 2012 Author Share Posted January 7, 2012 A fossil worm I found last year... They remind me of in filled worm borrows... : ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmoceras Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 They remind me of in filled worm borrows... : ) Year, a worm tube thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCFossils Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 Astreptoscolex anasillosus from the Mazon Creek deposit. Collected at Pit Eleven Order Phyllodocida Family Nephtyidae Thought to be an Epifaunal carnivore or omnivore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCFossils Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 (edited) Didontogaster cordylina (tummy tooth worm) collected from the Mazon Creek deposit Pit 11 Order Phyllodocida Family Nephtyidae Thought to be a burrowing omnivore Edited January 7, 2012 by RCFossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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