Fossil-Hound Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 A friend asked me to post this to acquire an I'd. He believes it's a turtle scute but the side view makes this item appear like a mollusk. Wouldn't a turtle scute be darker and denser? The item is lightweight it does have some interesting patterns. What are your thoughts? I believe this is a mollusk segment but am unsure of what species as I believe this is only a piece of the organism. Do or do not. There is no try. - Yoda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 Sand dollar fragment. 2 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...
doushantuo Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 Totally agree with Tony,sea urchin fragment.The zigzag sutures (boundaries between plates) are a dead giveaway(apart from the ornamentation,of course) Underneath:clypeasterid plates,although the fragment in question might not need not be a clypeasteroid 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 I'm not an expert on these, but a quick check of my photos from the museum there brings up the name Abertalla orberti. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 These particular sandollars got to be as big as dinner plates. I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil-Hound Posted June 29, 2017 Author Share Posted June 29, 2017 Very nice. Thanks everyone! Do or do not. There is no try. - Yoda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 I agree. The patterns of the sides are typical to a well-eroded fossil echinoid fragment. " 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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