JBkansas Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 (edited) From the Kansas River levee in Lawrence, along a jogging trail. Should be Pennsylvanian period. Thank you in advance. I told her it's a dancing chicken fossil but she doesn't believe me. Sorry for not having a ruler. Edited June 1, 2022 by JBkansas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 Cross section of some sort of shell. Any idea the age of the rocks? If not what county did it come from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 Tags say Kansas River, Lawrence, and Pennsylvanian. I agree with cross section of something. Not sure you can say much more without trying to remove some surrounding matrix. 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...
jpc Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 Am I the only one here does not notice the tags? This is not the first time I have been called out for asking questions whose answer is right therein front of me. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.C. Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 30 minutes ago, jpc said: Am I the only one here does not notice the tags? This is not the first time I have been called out for asking questions whose answer is right therein front of me. Tags are under the topic title. Easy to miss if you scroll right to the post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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HuckMucus Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 I know it's not, but it looks like a cross section of a vert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 50 minutes ago, jpc said: Am I the only one here does not notice the tags? This is not the first time I have been called out for asking questions whose answer is right therein front of me. I only check after I see no info in the post. So, no, ... you are not the only one who misses them. That is why it is always best to put the location information in the body of the post as well as the tags. Tags help with searches, posts help with getting a proper ID. 1 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 June 1, 2022 Author Share Posted June 1, 2022 2 minutes ago, HuckMucus said: I know it's not, but it looks like a cross section of a vert. Thought the same thing but the lateral spines seem too long and the edges of the "body" too sharp a curve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 I'm in the dancing chicken camp. I'm trying to envision the brachiopod or other shell position that might yield this cross section and coming up with nothing. Perhaps two separate organinsms that just happened to fortuitously line up in this relation to each other? Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 Enrolled trilobite ? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Rockwood said: Enrolled trilobite ? That's seems possible. Edited June 1, 2022 by Mark Kmiecik 1 Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBkansas Posted June 1, 2022 Author Share Posted June 1, 2022 3 minutes ago, Rockwood said: Enrolled trilobite ? I would love that, it would be our first trilobite find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 Just now, JBkansas said: I would love that, it would be our first trilobite find. This one is a tough call. Let's wait and see if any other members might recognize the shape. 1 Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Ammonite Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 (edited) Might be a cross section of a bellerophontid gastropod. https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Bellerophontid-gastropods-in-Lechuguilla-Cave-in-cross-section-These-gastropods-could_fig12_342461289 Edited June 1, 2022 by DPS Ammonite 2 My goal is to leave no stone or fossil unturned. See my Arizona Paleontology Guide link The best single resource for Arizona paleontology anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBkansas Posted June 1, 2022 Author Share Posted June 1, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, DPS Ammonite said: Might be a cross section of a bellerophontid gastropod. https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Bellerophontid-gastropods-in-Lechuguilla-Cave-in-cross-section-These-gastropods-could_fig12_342461289 I think @DPS Ammonite may have solved it, we found crystalized (?quartz) gastropods in a spiral orientation in the same rock formation. Some of the Bellerphonids have larger openings that might explain the "lateral spines": I wanted to share my wife's response to the mystery being seemingly solved: Edited June 1, 2022 by JBkansas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Ammonite Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 1 hour ago, JBkansas said: I think @DPS Ammonite may have solved it, we found crystalized (?quartz) gastropods in a spiral orientation in the same rock formation. Some of the Bellerphonids have larger openings that might explain the "lateral spines": I wanted to share my wife's response to the mystery being seemingly solved: Don’t bother trying to chisel it out; it will be destroyed. If the fossil is silicified and the matrix is limestone, you might be able to partially etch it out with pool acid. 1 1 My goal is to leave no stone or fossil unturned. See my Arizona Paleontology Guide link The best single resource for Arizona paleontology anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBkansas Posted June 1, 2022 Author Share Posted June 1, 2022 1 hour ago, DPS Ammonite said: Don’t bother trying to chisel it out; it will be destroyed. If the fossil is silicified and the matrix is limestone, you might be able to partially etch it out with pool acid. Thanks, I think we'll leave that one there to confuse anyone else who finds it but I might try to extract some of our other silicified fossils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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