Rick_Bakker Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 Good afternoon, My name is Rick, and last summer I purchased a big box of fossils. I got the box mainly for the ammonites that where in there. The box containted about 50 fossils. I was wondering if you could help me with the names of the following fossils. I know some of them are crinoidea and brachiopoda, but I don't know which crinoidea or brachiopoda they are. I hope you can help me out! This a the link for an online album, containing every unknown fossil (11) Album Kind regards, Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 Welcome to the Forum. I'm posting the pictures here, for continuity and for those who do not wish to leave the Forum to view them. Temporal links are not a good source for archival purposes. 1 - Gastropod 2 Rugose, or "Horn Coral" 3 Crinoid stem - articulated columnals. 4 - Rhynchonellid Brachiopod 5 - Favositid Coral 6 - Atrypa or pseudoatrypa Brachiopod 7 - Another Gastropod steinkern 8- and - 9 - Orthocone cephalopods 10- Unknown...Stromatoporoid??? 11 - Bryozoan? Regards, 4 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick_Bakker Posted November 9, 2016 Author Share Posted November 9, 2016 Thanks a lot! Do you know what type of crinoid it is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 I agree with Tim. Good work! Geological age, location of the finds might help narrowing down to the genus/species level. 3 - It is a nice crinoid column (stem) with cirri scars. 11 - Looks to me a colonial coral, probably scleractinian. 1 " 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...
Rick_Bakker Posted November 9, 2016 Author Share Posted November 9, 2016 I have no idea about the age unfortunately. I bought them in Germany and the woman who sold them told me that a lot came from Germany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 4 could be Torquirhynchia, but it's hard to say for sure without knowing the geological and stratigraphical circumstances. 2 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick_Bakker Posted November 10, 2016 Author Share Posted November 10, 2016 So, if I understand it correctly, we are not going to get any further? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Correct. Unfortunately, without location information, it is near impossible to narrow down where these came from, what age they are, and therefore, what genus or species. Regards, Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick_Bakker Posted November 10, 2016 Author Share Posted November 10, 2016 That's okay. I have enough information! Thank you all for your help! Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 I think 11might be a rugose coral, Phillipsastraea sort of thing. It does occur in the German Devonian and similar Moroccan specimens are widely available. 2 Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 2 minutes ago, TqB said: I think 10 might be a rugose coral, Phillipsastraea sort of thing. It does occur in the German Devonian and similar Moroccan specimens are widely available. Did you mean 11 Tarquin? I can see your ID fitting for that one. Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 2 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said: Did you mean 11 Tarquin? I can see your ID fitting for that one. I did indeed, edited it just as you were writing that. 1 Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 My intuition* say this might be an Eifelian(Mid-Devonian) assemblage. * which is wrong 99,5 % of the time Coral looks vaguely like Roemeripora OR Roemeria,but I can live with Favosites . You'd need Stukalina(1988) for the crinoid columnals. maar wat weet ik ervan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 That will be a good match, I agree with Tarquin about Phillipsastraea. †Phillipsastrea = Phillipsastraea Looks to be Givetian/Frasnian if it is from Germany, Spain; Givetian if it came from Morocco, Western Sahara, UK; Frasnian if it was found in Poland, Belgium. 2 " 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...
abyssunder Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Supposing that the crinoid column came from Devonian sediments (as I think all of the specimens in question), I could see a resemblance maybe with Laudonomphalus, although it's hard to make a conclusion without any additional information related to at least the geographical location. The genera was described from different locations of US , Brazil, Europe (Poland, France, Germany). Here are few pictures you could compare with your specimen: Laudonomphalus regularis Ferques (Pas-de-calais, France) Musée d'Histoire Naturelle de Lille Your specimen 1 " 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...
Rick_Bakker Posted November 11, 2016 Author Share Posted November 11, 2016 It looks like it, abyssunder, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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