IsaacTheFossilMan Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 I was just milling about, splitting Cotswold stone, when this caught my eye. In my swimming seas of gastropods, echinoids, crinoids, brachiopods, and bivalves, I've never come across anything like this! If anyone could shed some light, I would be much obliged. Early Oxfordian in ages, found in the Ancholme group. Around it were these fragmented plates of molluscs. It looks like a crushed stem of perhaps a crinoid? If it requires better photos, I can crack out the old camera and take a few! Cheers, Isaac ~ Isaac; www.isaactfm.com "Don't move! He can't see us if we don't move!" - Alan Grant Come to the spring that is The Fossil Forum, where the stream of warmth and knowledge never runs dry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsaacTheFossilMan Posted April 11, 2021 Author Share Posted April 11, 2021 ~ Isaac; www.isaactfm.com "Don't move! He can't see us if we don't move!" - Alan Grant Come to the spring that is The Fossil Forum, where the stream of warmth and knowledge never runs dry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 Hmm...not seeing crinoid, but not my area of expertise. Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thecosmilia Trichitoma Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 Wood? From what I know it's usually carbonized, but it might have just been preserved differently. Have you tried prepping it out further? It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt -Mark Twain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Hunter Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 Mineral vein? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsaacTheFossilMan Posted April 12, 2021 Author Share Posted April 12, 2021 11 hours ago, Thecosmilia Trichitoma said: Wood? From what I know it's usually carbonized, but it might have just been preserved differently. Have you tried prepping it out further? It's definitely not wood, all the wood found in this rock, and with other ones, are carbonised driftwood, and this is calcium... Very confusing! ~ Isaac; www.isaactfm.com "Don't move! He can't see us if we don't move!" - Alan Grant Come to the spring that is The Fossil Forum, where the stream of warmth and knowledge never runs dry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsaacTheFossilMan Posted April 12, 2021 Author Share Posted April 12, 2021 9 hours ago, Lone Hunter said: Mineral vein? It's not a mineral vein either, it's not within the rock, and it's a crushed 3d structure on the outside, like a stem of sorts... ~ Isaac; www.isaactfm.com "Don't move! He can't see us if we don't move!" - Alan Grant Come to the spring that is The Fossil Forum, where the stream of warmth and knowledge never runs dry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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