Thaddeus410 Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 This fossil was found in a creek bed in southern Missouri. I don't know much about fossils, but usually I can use the web to identify them. No such luck in this case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 I think you have an impression of a crinoid or cystoid calyx. The ornament corresponds to the raised ridges on the calyx of numerous such echinoderms. Unfortunately, I don't think enough is preserved to confidently identify the genus or species. Don 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 That is an interesting piece,but I don`t recognize yet what can be. " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 I'm with FossilDAWG. Such a cool specimen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 echinoderm impression. "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...
PennyT. Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Cool find! When I found a crinoid fragment a bit like this, I thought at first it was just the imprint of my boot tread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PennyT. Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Mine was similar to this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PennyT. Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Found mine. Forum folks identified it for me as carabocrinus. Herb, so can you explain more about your echinoderm idea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 It looks to be a cystoid calyx imprint,as FossilDAWG said,so it is an echinoderm,as Herb said. " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PennyT. Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Ah, thanks for the clarification. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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