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Undetermined brittle star

Dinwoody Formation, Triassic

Block Mountain, Montana:

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Asteriacites

South Bend Formation, Pennsylvanian

Kansas City, Missouri

Brittle star trace:

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Or was it from a starfish?

Starfish and brittle star traces:

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Great finds!!!!! I love those traces! :greenwnvy:

This is one of my favourite finds for sure :wub:

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She's a peunster, but a starfish none the less. :P Found in N.E. Illinois. Sugar Run formation. Silurian.

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On ‎2‎/‎21‎/‎2012 at 7:05 PM, Missourian said:

Asteriacites

South Bend Formation, Pennsylvanian

Kansas City, Missouri

Brittle star trace:

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Or was it from a starfish?

Starfish and brittle star traces:

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Another fun find from the Fossil Forum archives.

 

Some superior brittle star resting burrows, indeed. Great finds.

 

In addition to their Missouri occurrences, those same Asteriacites brittle star ichnofossils can also be found in upper Pennsylvanian strata of Kansas--For example: in the Rock Lake Shale (Lansing Group); Stranger (Tonganoxie Sandstone Member) and Lawrence Formations (Douglas Group); and, in the Kanwaka Shale (Stull Shale Member) of the Shawnee Group.

 

A superior reference to consult on the Kansas-Missouri brittle star ichnofossil occurrences is the 1999 technical paper: The Origin and paleoecologic significance of the trace fossil Asteriacites in the Pennsylvanian of Missouri and Kansas.

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Not 100% sure, but me and another member believe it's a possible starfish. Educate me! Haha found in St. Clair county, MO.

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Ophiopinna, france

 

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Asteriacites ichnofossils, france

 

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Geocoma, germany

 

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Argoviaster, france

 

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And a bad photo or two of a starfish from the Jurassic Solnhofen limestone.

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Ok I add a few images to this cool  thread. Also a plate of starfish from the Jurassic Solnhofen limestone.

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