fossils4fun Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Is this a fossil? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_ed Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Looks like it could be a fossil.. also looks like it could be several fossils .. the arc or part of a circle at 10:00 looks like a fossil.. the rock looks like fossil rock.. I am sure that there are others here that can tell you more.. They will need to know the size and where it was found. Cheers Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 I suspect it is a bryozoan fossil. I'm reluctant to be more specific as you have not informed us of the age, formation, or locality. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossils4fun Posted June 28, 2014 Author Share Posted June 28, 2014 I found this in Arkansas, here is a better picture. I don't know the age as I am new at this, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossils4fun Posted June 28, 2014 Author Share Posted June 28, 2014 The size is approximately 11cm x 8cm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 a squished archimedes bryzoan? www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the tatter Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 I agree, an archimedes bryozoan. 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...
RyanNREMTP Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 On the far right of the second piece there appears to be a crinoid stem piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadrunner Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 I see the crinoid, too. The entire shape of it puts me mind of a trilobite. But don't take my word for it, as I'm not familiar with trilobites or the archimedes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossils4fun Posted June 29, 2014 Author Share Posted June 29, 2014 Thanks so much for all the feedback, I really had no idea. Here are a few more pictures, I tried to do a little better on these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howard_l Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 The age is more than likely upper Mississippian Howard_L http://triloman.wix.com/kentucky-fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossils4fun Posted June 29, 2014 Author Share Posted June 29, 2014 Very interesting, thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 I'm on the bryozoan bandwagon. Cool looking piece! "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...
Herb Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 I would go with Archimedes also "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossils4fun Posted July 2, 2014 Author Share Posted July 2, 2014 On the second batch of pictures you can see what kind of look like legs, does anyone else see this, or are my eyes playing tricks on me? :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Bear in mind that these are 3-D objects, embedded in what was once seafloor mud (and is now rock). Abrasion has exposed these things in cross section, so the trick is to "see" like a CT Scan. "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...
fossils4fun Posted July 3, 2014 Author Share Posted July 3, 2014 I see what you mean, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Archimedes has my vote too. Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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