JBkansas Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 (edited) My name is Jonathan and I just started fossil hunting with my 4 yo son, Gabe. Here's some shells we found at a flint hills rest stop: 1. Cluster of similar shells: 2a. Corals. 2b. Close up 3a. Larger brachiopod (per posts below) 3b. Same rock, probably same type of brachiopod. Edited May 18, 2022 by JBkansas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBkansas Posted May 18, 2022 Author Share Posted May 18, 2022 (edited) Some more from the "river rocks" the landscapers used in our flower beds. 4. Could this be a sea fan? 5. Lots of these rocks with too many fossils to identify a single shell 6. Doubting this is a star fish, maybe some sort of coral in cross section. 7. Other side of the same rock (byozoan per posts below) Edited May 18, 2022 by JBkansas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBkansas Posted May 18, 2022 Author Share Posted May 18, 2022 (edited) More "river rocks" 8. Lots of small spiral shells in cross section. 9. Not sure what this is, ring of whitish rock around a tan core: Edited May 18, 2022 by JBkansas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 Moved to FOSSIL ID. Welcome to the Forum. 1 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...
JBkansas Posted May 18, 2022 Author Share Posted May 18, 2022 2 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said: Moved to FOSSIL ID. Welcome to the Forum. Thanks, tried to do too much in one post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 4 hours ago, JBkansas said: More "river rocks" Lots of small spiral shells in cross section. Hello Jonathan and welcome to the forum, thats a nice collection you got there! I think the spiral things above may be foraminifera, like nummulites. Those where huge single celled organisms. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foraminifera The "starfish" I think is part of a crinoid or sealilly, relatives of starfish. Some other member may be able to tell you a more precise id. The netlike thing on the backside of the star is a fenestellid bryozoan I think. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryozoa Good fotos with measure! Putting numbers to the pieces makes it easier to answer posts with multiple items. Best Regards J 2 1 Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cngodles Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 The bivalves look like brachiopods to me, but I could be wrong. 1 1 Fossils of Parks Township - Research | Catalog | How-to Make High-Contrast Photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBkansas Posted May 18, 2022 Author Share Posted May 18, 2022 Better pictures of 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 I agree with the others: brachiopods, corals, crinoid ossicle, bryozoan... 4. Is strange for me 9. Geodized echinoderm? 1 " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 3 hours ago, JBkansas said: Better pictures of 4 With the new pictures it could be coral or bryozoan. (maybe the former) 1 " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBkansas Posted May 18, 2022 Author Share Posted May 18, 2022 Also a brachiopod? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 3 hours ago, JBkansas said: Also a brachiopod? Yes, a nice productid. Hello, Jonathan, hello, Gabe, and a very warm welcome to TFF from Morocco. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBkansas Posted May 19, 2022 Author Share Posted May 19, 2022 2 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said: Yes, a nice productid. Hello, Jonathan, hello, Gabe, and a very warm welcome to TFF from Morocco. Thanks for the order! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBkansas Posted May 22, 2022 Author Share Posted May 22, 2022 (edited) Duplicate. Edited May 22, 2022 by JBkansas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBkansas Posted May 22, 2022 Author Share Posted May 22, 2022 (edited) On 5/18/2022 at 3:17 PM, Mahnmut said: Hello Jonathan and welcome to the forum, thats a nice collection you got there! I think the spiral things above may be foraminifera, like nummulites. Those where huge single celled organisms. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foraminifera The "starfish" I think is part of a crinoid or sealilly, relatives of starfish. Some other member may be able to tell you a more precise id. The netlike thing on the backside of the star is a fenestellid bryozoan I think. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryozoa Good fotos with measure! Putting numbers to the pieces makes it easier to answer posts with multiple items. Best Regards J The KU museum has a star shaped fossil (#6) it has labeled as a sponge, I'm guessing mine is as well. Found a nice "mortality plate" of those foraminifera. Edited May 22, 2022 by JBkansas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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