MichellePonds Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 Hi all, would love some help please 1st - One of the rocks on the edge of my pond has these 3 raised mounds, 1 has something across it too I've highlighted. 2nd - small ocean fossil approx 1cm round zoomed in 3rd - worm like fossil approx 3cm long All from the Lower Hunter Valley area, Australia, Many thanks Chelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 The second image looks crinoidal to me. 2 ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 Kane is right! There are crinoid and bryozoan fragments. " 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...
MichellePonds Posted May 21, 2017 Author Share Posted May 21, 2017 Thanks Kane & Abyssunder, every Crinoid I looked up was either bigger or alot more complex, would like to find out date of it, any idea on the other 2? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 The other 2 pieces look geologic, not fossil. (maybe fossils that are very worn.) Agree that pic 2 is crinoid stem segment, but it is also very worn. 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...
GeschWhat Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 The first one is very interesting...some kind of steinkern perhaps? 1 Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 I agree. The ones from the first picture might be brachiopod or bivalve related (hard to distinguish because they are partially embedded in the matrix) , as the fossil fauna of the Lower Hunter Valley area comprise brachiopods, bivalves (Eurydesma), gastropods, crinoids, bryozoans (Fenestella, Polypora), blastoids, trilobites in the Permian marine strata, also, plants material like stumps/trunks of Dadoxylon, Phyllotheca, leaves of Glossopteris are present in the Permian terrestrial sediments. It depends where and in which formation are you hunting. There is a quick guide for that ( pdf ), and some nice fossil examples here . 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...
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