Mearwood Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mearwood Posted January 15, 2017 Author Share Posted January 15, 2017 I can post more pic if needed it appears to be a fossile bone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mearwood Posted January 15, 2017 Author Share Posted January 15, 2017 I can post more pic if needed it appears to be a fossile bone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Welcome to TFF ! It will help to give Us some information as to where it was found. It would also help if You can post closer more detailed pictures. Tony Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ramon Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 It's a crinoid stem. "Without fossils, no one would have ever dreamed that there were successive epochs in the formation of the earth" - Georges Cuvier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Sort of has the look of Horn coral. Except for the funny ridges going down the side. That is throwing me off. I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 That is why I asked for better pictures. It could also be a cephalopod. Tony Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ramon Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 It seems to have Horizontal lines, just like a crinoid. Here's a photo of a crinoid with what I mean And it has vertical lines on the edge of the fossil As in this photo In my opinion it is a crinoid stem. Sorry for the tiny photos!!! "Without fossils, no one would have ever dreamed that there were successive epochs in the formation of the earth" - Georges Cuvier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mearwood Posted January 16, 2017 Author Share Posted January 16, 2017 I see what you mean thank you for your help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mearwood Posted January 16, 2017 Author Share Posted January 16, 2017 Why so much bigger than a typical crinoid fossil? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Does not look like a crinoid to Me. Better close up pictures would help to make an id. Tony Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramon Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 It is possible it is just unusual. This photo came from this forum it is named How Wide Can Crinoid Columnals Get? Another photo "Without fossils, no one would have ever dreamed that there were successive epochs in the formation of the earth" - Georges Cuvier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Yes, it has a vague resemblance and is of a size to be a crinoid. But there are things that do not match up. To large of a cavity in the center is the most obvious one. It maybe a crinoid, but with the pictures provided I do not feel comfortable calling it a crinoid. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ramon Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Now, that looks weird!!! According to the geological maps of Tennessee the age of the rocks there is from the Ordovician (beginning 488.3 million years ago and ending 443.7 million years ago). And Mississippian (lasting from roughly 358.9 to 323.2 million years ago). "Without fossils, no one would have ever dreamed that there were successive epochs in the formation of the earth" - Georges Cuvier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Much better pictures! Thank You. It does not look like a crinoid. I think it maybe a solitary coral. Wait for some other opinions. Tony PS I think there are geodized fossils in that area which usually distorts the original shape. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoRon Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 I have seen similar fossils from east-central Kentucky that have been "geode-ized". While they display some aspects of the original fossil they are distorted and much larger than the original. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 I agree with Tony that this looks more like a large rugose coral fragment. LINK LINK The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 My first thought was 'beekitized' crinoid stem. Can't say for sure, but to me the radial lines seem more like those on a crinoid stem than coral; likewise the horizontal lines on outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Tried to crop and enhance these pictures: 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...
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