fossilfinder Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Found this fossil inside of a large boulder I spilt open! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuko Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Found this fossil inside of a large boulder I spilt open! Well, the cylindrical bits on the fringes are crinoid stems, but I don't know what that beehive-looking piece is. Maybe it's a kind of coral. That stone looks like a kind of flint. Do you remember what kind of boulder it came from, and where it's from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kauffy Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 wow to me that beehive thing looks like a rather nice crnoid cup/calyx? what does everyone else think? "Turn the fear of the unknown into the excitment of possibility!"We dont stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 ^Looks like a tabulate to me, maybe Favosites? What period is it from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilfinder Posted April 24, 2008 Author Share Posted April 24, 2008 Well, the cylindrical bits on the fringes are crinoid stems, but I don't know what that beehive-looking piece is. Maybe it's a kind of coral.That stone looks like a kind of flint. Do you remember what kind of boulder it came from, and where it's from? This came from n.central ark. The rock is flint or quarts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilfinder Posted April 24, 2008 Author Share Posted April 24, 2008 wow to me that beehive thing looks like a rather nice crnoid cup/calyx? what does everyone else think? Still waiting on more info from others, jury is still out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Still waiting on more info from others, jury is still out! It looks like you are in Ordovician rocks. It is a favostella. Here are some that I picked up recently They're out of focus, but you get the ideal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilfinder Posted April 24, 2008 Author Share Posted April 24, 2008 ^Looks like a tabulate to me, maybe Favosites? What period is it from? I,m in the learning mode on fossils! I'll need to look up these names, Thanks ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilfinder Posted April 24, 2008 Author Share Posted April 24, 2008 It looks like you are in Ordovician rocks. It is a favostella.Here are some that I picked up recently They're out of focus, but you get the ideal. Take a look at the crinoid calyx posted by Roz, this came from my same fossil bed which my help indicate period they came from, Thanks for the info! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 It is a type of tabulate coral. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilfinder Posted April 24, 2008 Author Share Posted April 24, 2008 It is a type of tabulate coral. It strikes me as odd I'm finding ocean life and fossil nut husks in the same bed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Look in one of these maps for the age/period. http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?showtopic=407 I could be wrong on the age, but without knowing, I would say Ord. or Sil. Whatever the Period it is from, I'm fairly certain it is a tabulate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 It strikes me as odd I'm finding ocean life and fossil nut husks in the same bed! Your not, post a pic of what your thinking is a fossil nut husk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 "Joe" sounds good to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilfinder Posted April 24, 2008 Author Share Posted April 24, 2008 Your not, post a pic of what your thinking is a fossil nut husk.I am unable to post more than 1 photo per day! rest assured I have bivales (clams) and undoubtably NUT HUSK! I have made wax modes of the fossil which clearly show a husk which opened to eject a nut, like an hickory nut! It don't add up to me either, but its so ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 I am unable to post more than 1 photo per day! rest assured I have bivales (clams) and undoubtably NUT HUSK! I have made wax modes of the fossil which clearly show a husk which opened to eject a nut, like an hickory nut! It don't add up to me either, but its so ! Looks can be quite deceiving ... especially when dealing with fossils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilfinder Posted April 25, 2008 Author Share Posted April 25, 2008 Looks can be quite deceiving ... especially when dealing with fossils. Send me an email to where I can send you photos to prove it! Its unquestionable its an nut husk! Ive studied it long and hard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilfinder Posted April 25, 2008 Author Share Posted April 25, 2008 Send me an email to where I can send you photos to prove it! Its unquestionable its an nut husk! Ive studied it long and hard!I also have 3 or more nut husk and even fossil nuts that match the husk all coming from the same bed as ocean life! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rain1950 Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Why? Haven't you seen plant matter being carried downstream? SOmetimes the current is strong enough to carry it out into the saltchuck. Where did you think all the driftwood came from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilfinder Posted April 25, 2008 Author Share Posted April 25, 2008 Why? Haven't you seen plant matter being carried downstream? SOmetimes the current is strong enough to carry it out into the saltchuck. Where did you think all the driftwood came from? Sounds to me like it could fit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Send me an email to where I can send you photos to prove it! Its unquestionable its an nut husk! Ive studied it long and hard! Can you post it on a hosting site like photbucket, or send it in a PM. The angiosperms did not evolve until the Cretaceous ... If you are in Cenozoic rocks, there could be the possibility that a "nut" floated out to sea, sank, and got buried, but to find several ... Too, from the look of the stuff you posted, the rocks are Paleozoic. I think that I have seen some seed pods from the Paleozoic, but they were found with plant material, not marine stuff. Whatever it is you have, I would love to see them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kauffy Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 me too im very interested to see it! PM me! i have found bits of wood and leaves in marine sediment before....lots of little bits, poorly preserved but still there in the same beds. I found it as quite a nice suprise when i spotted a small glossopteris leaf next to a clam ! interesting too as all the other permian beds seem to be either marine or remains of a swamp.....i guess theses came out of a swamp like enviroment through an estuary into the open ocean, very neat indeed. "Turn the fear of the unknown into the excitment of possibility!"We dont stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archimedes Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Hi, the specimen in question is an internal cast of a camerate crinoid cup, Class Crinoidea, Subclass Camerata, it would be very difficult to put a genus name on it because it is a cast with no plate characters for identification, keep looking you may find some better fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest N.AL.hunter Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 "Can Anybody Give This Fossil A Name?" I can. Let's call it Charlie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Hi,the specimen in question is an internal cast of a camerate crinoid cup, Class Crinoidea, Subclass Camerata, it would be very difficult to put a genus name on it because it is a cast with no plate characters for identification, keep looking you may find some better fossils I think you are right. When I first saw it, I was thinking something like Eucalyptocrinus, but then, I opened it up, and saw the pattern. I guess the sutures fossilized while the plates dissolved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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