KCMOfossil Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 I have found quite a number of these ranging from 1-4 mm or so. They are from the Kansas City Group of the Pennsylvanian Subsystem. I don't know the name of the strata, but for the locals, these come from the road cut about 1/4 mile west of I-49 on Route 150 near Belton, MO. I have found them in large (three to six inch) nodules. I will appreciate any help you can give me with identification? Russ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobWill Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 It looks like a brachiopod to me. Most everything starts out pretty small so at some point they may have been about the size of a foram. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KCMOfossil Posted January 2, 2017 Author Share Posted January 2, 2017 Thanks, BobWill. I too thought it looked just like a miniature brachiopod. My confusion came from the resource I use which said the smallest brachiopods from my area are .25 inch. So, I thought perhaps it was a foram. As you said, however, most everything starts small. Russ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westcoast Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Agree with Brachiopod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 I also agree with that identification. 1 "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Those probably are Crurithyris. The beds are the Argentine Limestone. 3 Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 BobWill was right, also Missourian. Foraminiferans don't have this kind of morphology. " 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...
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