Possible crinoid? We’re new to this!

[pompeyhomeschool]

Hi there, thanks for your help. My son, eight years old, found this great rock while out on a hike in Central new York. We are trying to identify if it is an imprint, and some basic search is seem to point to a crinoid imprint. Can anyone give us more information about this?  
 

Thank you!

[Kane]

Welcome to the forum.  

Your son found more than just crinoid imprints, I would say. The tapering imprints might be tentaculites. Nice find!

[pompeyhomeschool]

Thank you! He’s very excited and off to look for more and do some reading!

[Kane]

That’s awesome! An early appreciation of the natural world, making lifelong memories, thrill of the hunt in the field and in research, and time spent together. 

[minnbuckeye]

Also a trilobite bit in the upper part of the specimen!!!

 Nice find. 

 

Mike

[Top Trilo]

That's really cool is there anything on the other side?

[pompeyhomeschool]

Nothing on the back, it is just smooth. We found a few more stones with small crinoid imprints, but nothing like this one. We’ll be back up tomorrow to search for more. This treasure is currently proudly displayed on his dresser. I’ll be sure to return if we find anything else!

[Kane]

Please do, and know we are all here to help.  

[Paleome]

What an impressive first fossil! My first fossil was a very tiny imprint of a partial brachiopod, and that was enough to get me started.  I don't have it anymore, but I wish I did.  Your son found a real keeper!  Congratulations!