worthy 55 Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 Is this what this looked like when it was alive ? It's my bone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatorman Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 Sort of yes, and it would have had thousands of little soft feeder tubes. http://www.discoveringfossils.co.uk/echinoids.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOROPUS Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 yes, but the spines of the Cidaris fossil members sea urching,have had a lot of different spines (like little ballons, with a bullet form,leaf form...),although the living forms (there are a lot!) have mainly strait but final rounded spines.They actually live in almost every sea,including FL and Caribbean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy 55 Posted March 28, 2008 Author Share Posted March 28, 2008 Ok, thanks I was just wondering what the one on the forums heading looked like. These are the kind that I have come in contact with, they are cool to look at but do not touch they will stick you !!! It's my bone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 The regular echinoid in the rotating picture carousel is Phyllacanthus texanus. I found it a couple years ago near San Antonio in the Salenia texana zone. I have found isolated and a few articulated plates before that, but complete specimens are extremely rare here. It comes from the Cretaceous Glen Rose fomation, Albian, about 108 million years old. There is a similar species, P. tysoni, also in the Kgr in my area. It has a similar test but the spines are like little upside down bowling pins. I'm not sure what the spines of P. texanus look like. The best part is that when I took my buddy there to introduce him to the site, he rushed in front of me, missed this specimen, and I got to call him back to show him what he walked right past...MUHAHA!!! Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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