Giant Nine Foot High Fossil

[erose]

Some of Ron's other contributions:

http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2006NC/finalprogram/abstract_98594.htm

http://www.drydredgers.org/ronsbryos1.htm

[Missourian]

For reference:

 

http://drydredgers.org/godzillus.htm

 

http://drydredgers.org/godzillus2.htm

[Missourian]

I wonder if these structures have any similarities to Ediacaran fossils -- in terms of sedimentological or taphonomic processes, at least.

[doushantuo]

I think they do(for what it's worth) .

Could this stromatoporoid* have been covered by a giant microbial mat?

*Provided it is one.

Given the different genetics of clonal animals ,perhaps these are coalesced individuals

 

[piranha]

Here is the paper:

 

Meyer, D.L., Brett, C.E., Dattilo, B.F., & Fine, R. (2016)
Inverted trilobites: Key to complex preservation of an organically textured surface in offshore siliciclastic mudstone and carbonate facies: Kope Formation (Upper Ordovician), Kenton County, Kentucky, USA.
Palaios, 31:453-462

 

OPEN ACCESS PDF

[doushantuo]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Where would we all be without Palaios?(and Piranha)

edit:classic PALAIOS paper,BTW.

trilobite,graptolite, micmat ,add large dollops of taphonomy and sedimentology:hey presto

[piranha]

On 6/10/2017 at 10:05 AM, doushantuo said:

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Where would we all be without Palaios?(and Piranha)

 

 

This thread was started 5 years ago and the mystery is still not solved. To paraphrase Dr. Ian Malcolm: "Threads find a way." 

 

At least the paper arrives at 4 possible conclusions.  Perhaps we will have a better answer in another 5 years.   

 

 

 

 

[doushantuo]

Paleozoic paleoecology is rife with uncertainties.

What is 5 years,compared to the timescale of the Paleozoic?

Ya jest gotta love the incertae sedis and the mysteries

[old bones]

This was very interesting. Thanks for the paper.