letsgopens Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 Larger fossil found in a hedgerow in Pittsburgh. Any help is appreciated for an identification. Thanks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramon Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 It somewhat resembles a crinoid stem!!! But it is way too big!!! "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...
Taogan Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 I have a similar one from England, I eventually decided it was an arthropod burrow of some sort. Silty core with a carbonaceous outer layer and ridges. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 It looks like the inner pith cast of Cordaites, classified as the form genus Artisia. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 Welcome to the forum! I have never seen anything like it - very interesting! Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westcoast Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 59 minutes ago, piranha said: It looks like the inner pith cast of Cordaites, classified as the form genus Artisia. I agree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 Welcome to the forum from New York! Really nice find! I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
letsgopens Posted June 12, 2017 Author Share Posted June 12, 2017 Thanks so much for the help, everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 Maybe this link helps also. 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...
Fun Finding Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 Looks like a giant crinoid stem! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickNC Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 Sure it's not something man-made? Looks like a bit of rebar sticking out on the right side of the picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 Can we have closeup images, one from a lateral view and one straight from the end? " 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...
fifbrindacier Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 I don't think this is man made. I think it might be Artisia as @piranha and @abyssunder said. 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...
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