hitekmastr Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Are these crinoid pinnules? My wife (the one in our family with the "fossil eye") found this on August 10 on our trip to central New York - we were looking in a very low strata (about 20 feet lower (deeper) than the Devonian "Tully limestone" strata) - this lower strata was a thick (15 foot) layer of very hard blue-grey and orange rock (lots of iron in the shale). There were very few fossils in the layer, a few shells and crinoid stems. We had given ourselves 10 more minutes and I told Nancy, "Let's try to find something really special before we go." A few minutes later she came up to me and said, "How about this?" Again, her keen fossil eye had found something unusual. These look like a really good preservation of crinoid pinnules, but I would appreciate confirmation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Are these crinoid pinnules?... That, or even brittle stars... Fabulous, either way! "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...
rejd Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Very nice finds. A fossil hunter needs sharp eyes and a keen search image, a mental template that subconsciously evaluates everything he sees in his search for telltale clues. -Richard E. Leakey http://prehistoricalberta.lefora.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indy Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Appears to be crinoid arms with very well preserved pinnules Flash from the Past (Show Us Your Fossils)MAPS Fossil Show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the tatter Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 WOW Those are soooo nice Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen, and thinking what nobody has thought. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roz Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Excellent find! I have not seen them preserved before! Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwilson Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Yes, certainly crinoid arms arms with very well preserved pinnules. Great find! Karl A. Wilson (NY Paleontology): http://bingweb.binghamton.edu/~kwilson/home.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mediospirifer Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Very nice! I think you (and others here) are right about this ID. I've never found any crinoid pieces other than stem sections. Looks like you had a very good trip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadrunner Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 (edited) Nice!! It's good to have someone in the family with a keen eye for fossils. And Mediospirifer - I'm with you. That is all I've ever found, also....stem sections of all different sizes. Edited August 12, 2013 by Roadrunner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hitekmastr Posted August 12, 2013 Author Share Posted August 12, 2013 We did have an incredible trip - only a day and a half but the first day we found a dozen trilobites, a large branching bryozoa, cephalopods with shells and internals, a really interesting large bivalve internal (at least that's what we think it is), and some beautifully preserved soft tissues - including the crinoid pinnules shown here and these strange fossils that have the same shape as Neuropteris fern leaves: Here is the branching bryozoan: Here are the 3 separate leaf shaped fossils - these are all on the same large stone we collected, along with other marine creatures: We also revisted our Devonian tree site and found more Devonian tree shoots including one fossil in situ that included a vertical stem with a long branching stem (or root) coming off of it and other stems/roots. Will post more on that later - am cleaning and processing those finds now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadrunner Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 It sounds great! Congratulations on all the finds. I'll bet you'll be back for more.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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