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It is a crinoid calyx. The original calcite is dissolved away leaving a cast and sediment infill.

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Wow. You don't see these guys that far out on a limb often.

It definitely could be correct, but the indications are a bit thin, don't you think ?

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5 hours ago, Rockwood said:

Wow. You don't see these guys that far out on a limb often.

It definitely could be correct, but the indications are a bit thin, don't you think ?

Not really.  I think Eric @Al Dente is correct.  Here is a smaller one of similar shape.

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5 hours ago, Rockwood said:

It definitely could be correct, but the indications are a bit thin, don't you think ?

 

Did you enlarge the photo? It looks like there are impressions of the plates.

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The context does fit, and the shape is not inconsistent, so I'm not calling it wrong. I still call it weak though. 

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2 hours ago, Rockwood said:

The context does fit, and the shape is not inconsistent, so I'm not calling it wrong. I still call it weak though. 

 

I think it is a fairly strong case, with shape and size considered, as well as the associated lumen cast and columnal imprints.

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1 hour ago, FossilDAWG said:

I can't think of anything it might be, other than an internal mold of a crinoid calyx.

 

Don

I'm still not calling anyone wrong about the identification. Scientifically this is a weak argument, however.

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It looks like a crinoidal limestone with nice parts of crinoid elements. I'm in the camp of crinoid.

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Hi, because they don't have a hard wrap like, for exemple coconuts, strawberries can't fossilize in three dimensions.

I'm on the crinoid camp on this one.

Nice spécimen.

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14 hours ago, Rockwood said:

I'm still not calling anyone wrong about the identification. Scientifically this is a weak argument, however.

 

Do you have an alternative hypothesis which could be tested?

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1 minute ago, paleoflor said:

Do you have an alternative hypothesis which could be tested?

Sure, fossil strawberry (sorry, could not resist...) ;).

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Just now, FranzBernhard said:

Sure, fossil strawberry (sorry, could not resist...) ;).

Franz Bernhard

Walked right into that one! :heartylaugh:

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3 hours ago, paleoflor said:

 

Do you have an alternative hypothesis which could be tested?

No. I think it's most likely a crinoid calyx. I just find it entertaining the way everyone so resists that tiny bit of questioning.

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1 minute ago, Rockwood said:

No. I think it's most likely a crinoid calyx. I just find it entertaining the way everyone so resists that tiny bit of questioning.

 

Contesting a supposition is useful if you have an alternative idea or you are pointing out a flaw in the rationale for an ID. 

 

Doing it for amusement is often not appreciated as much online as it might be understood in person.  

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39 minutes ago, JohnJ said:

Contesting a supposition

You all seem to have created the contest. I think a little chill is in order.

 

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2 minutes ago, Rockwood said:

You all seem to have created the contest. I think a little chill is in order.

 

We're fine, Dale...just some observations.  :beer:

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Strawberry shaped fossilized internal mold of a crinoid calyx . :P

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