kurtdog Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 Don't know what else to call it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 Maybe a polychaete annelid; very cool! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 Nice preservation, but I have always steered clear of Mazon Creek stuff ... as I thought that I would never hunt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crinus Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 Many years ago I spent a lot of time at the Mazon localities and am a little familiar with the fauna. I have to say I have never seen anything like your specimen. I would highly recommend that you show it to someone at the Field Museum or Northern Illinois University. I think that is where Dr. Shabica is stationed. It is definitely something but I have no idea what. I do not think it is a worm but I could be wrong. Very nice specimen. Do you have both halves? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nicholas Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 Excellent find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtdog Posted August 12, 2008 Author Share Posted August 12, 2008 Many years ago I spent a lot of time at the Mazon localities and am a little familiar with the fauna. I have to say I have never seen anything like your specimen. I would highly recommend that you show it to someone at the Field Museum or Northern Illinois University. I think that is where Dr. Shabica is stationed. It is definitely something but I have no idea what. I do not think it is a worm but I could be wrong. Very nice specimen. Do you have both halves? Thanks everyone! Crinus, he's at Northeastern, I looked him up--thanks! I'll try and contact him soon. Just have that one half, though...that's how I found it. Very interesting to hear this from someone who is familiar with the fauna there, though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiphactinus Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 The more I look at this, the more I think it's some kind of seed cone. I have some from Kansas from a similar formation that are somewhat similar, but not exactly. I'll be curious to find out what it actually is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 The more I look at this, the more I think it's some kind of seed cone. I have some from Kansas from a similar formation that are somewhat similar, but not exactly. I'll be curious to find out what it actually is! Y'know, it does resemble a Lycopodium fruiting body... "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtdog Posted August 13, 2008 Author Share Posted August 13, 2008 I sent out an email this afternoon to Professor Shabica at Northeastern linking this thread so he could take a look at the specimen if he gets the time. All we have to do now is keep our fingers crossed. BTW...you all aren't released from the job just yet...more to identify when I get that camera back again and get in that photographic mood. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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