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purplefossil

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Hi all,
I'm not even sure it's fossil... It's from Northern Spain. Thank you in advance!

 

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Thank you! Location:. (GPS coordinates removed)
The fossil is on a rock that was put there by a local person along with other rocks near a very small fountain. So I don't know the origins of the rock.

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My first impression is orthocone nautiloid -- but I'm not 100% positive.

 

 

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My first impression was also orthocone, however this could be flattened cordaites pith preserved as Artisia, if you happen to be in Pennsylvanian aged rocks..

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12 hours ago, purplefossil said:

Thank you! Location:
The fossil is on a rock that was put there by a local person along with other rocks near a very small fountain. So I don't know the origins of the rock.

That means no location, no geological age, unfortunately. :(

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4 hours ago, Ludwigia said:

I think that it tapers too much to be a crinoid stem.

It could be an oblique cut and the taper is only apparent.

 

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4 hours ago, abyssunder said:

That means no location, no geological age, unfortunately. :(

unless you have a geology map of Spain.  But in this case, it is not the GPS coordinates that mean nothing. it is the fact that it is part of a fountain and it came form somewhere else.  Probably local rock, though. 

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GPS coordinates have been removed. 

 

When members request a location, they are trying to figure out the geologic setting.  "Exact" GPS locations are not needed.  In complicated geologic areas, members may offer maps to assist in identifying the local geology.  That information can help to identify a fossil and attempt to keep the actual location private, if necessary.

 

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9 hours ago, fossilus said:

It could be an oblique cut and the taper is only apparent.

 

my first impression too;

agree with crinoid

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Yes, it's a crinoid, I have seen a big amount of them in the same area.

They are from Alba formation, Namurian, Upper Carboniferous. Marine environment.

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