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While fossil hunting my son found a rock cracked it open and found these tiny little fossils, does anybody know what they are? 

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Depending on where they were found, these may be tentaculites. (There's another organism that looks very similar from the Ordovician, but the name escapes me at the moment). 

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Probably you are referring to Cornulites . :)

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You are welcome ! :)

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looks like Tentaculites to me also

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I agree with tentaculites, I've found a few that look almost exactly the same. 

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3 hours ago, Kane said:

Depending on where they were found, these may be tentaculites. (There's another organism that looks very similar from the Ordovician, but the name escapes me at the moment). 

If I remember correctly, isn't tentaculites a cephalopod? That was my first thought immediately upon seeing it.

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6 minutes ago, MeargleSchmeargl said:

If I remember correctly, isn't tentaculites a cephalopod? That was my first thought immediately upon seeing it.

Current hypothesis say that it is mollusk, although this is debated.

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Just now, WhodamanHD said:

Current hypothesis say that it is mollusk, although this is debated.

Interesting. The more you know.

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1 hour ago, WhodamanHD said:

Current hypothesis say that it is mollusk, although this is debated.

mollusk = clam, snail, slug, cephalopod....

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