Cat in the Hat Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 I found this fossil at the Penn Dixie site in Western NY (near the creek running through the center) . I've been all over their website, but I can't find anything that looks like this. Sorry the photo isn't larger, my microscope camera isn't set up yet. I think it has 5 part radial symmetry. The lines on the stumpy 'arms' are raised ridges that are small at the tips and get longer as they go towards the center of the beastie. The fossil is .35 Inches from the tip of one stubby leg to the approximate center. I have seen others at this site, but not often. I would rate this type of fossil in the "uncommon" category. I was looking for scoledont jaws when I saw it. Still looking for a scoledont jaw, sadly. If anyone knows what this critter is, I would appreciate the info. I think it is some kind of echinoderm, but that's just because of the symmetry. Thanks for the help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 Enlarged, cropped, brightened, and rotated: Unfortunately, I've got nothing on this one. I thought it looked a bit familiar to some crinoid ossicle imprints I have, but it is not quite there. Given the size, perhaps a conodont? Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobWill Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 The resemblance to this may just be coincidental but it is from the Devonian Haragan Formation of Oklahoma and thought to be a crinoid stem segment. 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 2 hours ago, BobWill said: crinoid stem segment. I'd give that a gold 'star'. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobWill Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 The closest crenella pattern I found in Moore & Jeffords 1968 attempt to name some of the more distinctive columnals is Pentaridica rothi but I don't know what age those were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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