Highlander Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Hello dear forumers! Yesterday i found something interesting. I think that it is a starfish fragments. It is realy rare for my region. For a years of our hobby we found about 10 pieces at all. Yesterday found about 50 fragments which lay under ground at square about 15x15x10 cm . Some of them layed one after another, but most of it chaotic. At picture 3 and 4 its my vision of how pieces are located one according another. Is it starfish or ordinary crinoid? Place: Russia/Crimea/Sevastopol/Balaclava Time: Jurassic system/Upper Jurassic series/Oxfordian(?) For the more accurate time determination - photo of belemnite, which i found there. Regards Link to post Share on other sites
Sacha Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Definitely starfish ossicles, and fairly large ones. Link to post Share on other sites
Al Dente Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Nice finds. It is hard to tell how the starfish looked. It could have long arms like this one from this website:http://41.media.tumblr.com/48400724491243d94451795e7406c990/tumblr_mk5gsh57JK1qhvtr9o1_1280.jpg or short arms like this fossil one from this website:http://www.chalk.discoveringfossils.co.uk/2metopaster%20hunteri.htm Link to post Share on other sites
enoscrawler Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Super cool finds and so many. Lucky Link to post Share on other sites
old bones Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Very nice find, Highlander. The ossicles are in great condition. The texture is wonderfully preserved. That would have been a big starfish! Link to post Share on other sites
Auspex Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 A rare and wonderful find! Link to post Share on other sites
Highlander Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 Somebody can say what type of Starfish is? I think that it is Astropecten sp. By the way today i had one more trip to that place and find 53 pieces from that same hole AGAIN! And preparing for one or two trips more to finish work and to be sure that all ossicles had removed from the ground, because possible next gale or heavy rain can ruin that place. Link to post Share on other sites
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