CreekCrawler Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 I found this a while back in the Pennsylvanian of Jack County Tx.I'm pretty sure it's a sponge,but would like another opinion! thanks B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 The second pic' shows a few Pyrite cubes and other Pyritic areas. It could be a sponge with Pyrite but I think it's a Pyrite nodule. KOF, Bill. Welcome to the forum, all new members www.ukfossils check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 It doesn't look like anything I've found in the Pennsylvanian of Jack County, and I can't see the surface well enough to see much texture that would look spongesque. What I have in my collection that I believe to be sponge samples don't look like that. Don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkfoam Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 Snake keeper, In the first photo, count the lobes that you can see. If you come up with twelve I suspect that what you have is a jellyfish. The photo shown below is a fossil jellyfish I found near Fife, Texas ( A Permian location) identified as Duodesimedusina typica. JKFoam The Eocene is my favorite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 Snake keeper,In the first photo, count the lobes that you can see. If you come up with twelve I suspect that what you have is a jellyfish.... Wouldn't that be cool! It can't be common for fossil jellies to be that 3-D. "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...
CreekCrawler Posted September 5, 2008 Author Share Posted September 5, 2008 I counted the lobes and there are exactly 12. I'ts hard to see on camere but the lobes are easy to see in hand!Maybe this is a little better.Pic taken without flash. I knew it was something special! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 Oh, I hope it's so (and it looks like it might be)! Amazing fossil!! "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...
tracer Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 drop it! quickly! i've heard those things can still sting you long after they're dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreekCrawler Posted September 5, 2008 Author Share Posted September 5, 2008 drop it! quickly! i've heard those things can still sting you long after they're dead. Yes,lets just hope it is not a Box Jellyfish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 If it were a sponge, you should be able to put some magnification to it and see the spicules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreekCrawler Posted September 6, 2008 Author Share Posted September 6, 2008 Snake keeper,In the first photo, count the lobes that you can see. If you come up with twelve I suspect that what you have is a jellyfish. The photo shown below is a fossil jellyfish I found near Fife, Texas ( A Permian location) identified as Duodesimedusina typica. JKFoam Looks the same as yours, but the lobes are not as defined!Funny, it has medusa in the name and I have a few medusa statues in my collection.Guess I'll just have to keep it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawooten Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 I found this a while back in the Pennsylvanian of Jack County Tx.I'm pretty sure it's a sponge,but would like another opinion!thanks B It looks like the sponges I have and I was going to ask if it is light weight? I agree with you on it. The best days are spent collecting fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreekCrawler Posted September 10, 2008 Author Share Posted September 10, 2008 It looks like the sponges I have and I was going to ask if it is light weight? I agree with you on it. No ,it's not light weight. It's not porous at all! thanks Barry Can you post a pic of one of your sponges for comparison? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawooten Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 It looks like the sponges I have and I was going to ask if it is light weight? I agree with you on it. Give me a day and I get it on in the morning The best days are spent collecting fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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