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help with Devonian fossils


Doggeek

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Hi All,

 

Some of you helped me ID some fossils a few weeks ago, and I've been browsing around the forum learning lots ever since.  My mother-in-law really enjoyed seeing the fossils I found, so this morning she hiked out with me on our first official fossil hunt.  We found tons of crinoids and lots of great brachiopods, and a few mysteries that I'm hoping someone here can help us ID.  From looking at area geological maps these are from the Devonian period and the Foreknobs formation.  The first one here I am pretty sure is an intact crinoid, but would like confirmation: 

 

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Second: this textured area... coral?  bryzoan?  It's in a couple of spots on this rock.

 

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And mystery number 3 - another weird texture area:

 

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Thanks for any help!

 

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Your first one is the impression of a crinoid stem, calyx & feeding arms. 

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I see bryozoans in the second item, and a fenestrate bryozoan on the last item. 

 

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Thanks so much for the info! I've got one more that I'm not sure of - looks a little different than most of what we saw.  I didn't get great photos of this one, but thought I'd post it anyway in case someone has an idea.

 

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10 hours ago, Lone Hunter said:

I think it's a Brachiopod but wait for confirmation on that.

 

You are probably right - it would make sense since this area is so rich with brachiopod fossils.  I have really only seen them with radiating striations, so this one threw me, but after looking at more pictures I see there are some species that have circular striations like this.

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