Willink Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 A found something that I am told is a starfish fossil. As an amateur, I would like to know more about it and what I actually have. Any help is very much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 Welcome to TFF. This is a sand dollar. It is a distant relative of starfish. Does not look like a fossil though. 1 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...
JohnBrewer Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 I agree with Tony John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 Yeah a sand dollar, closer to a sea urchin than a starfish. “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willink Posted July 16, 2017 Author Share Posted July 16, 2017 Thank you for your help. It's a nice find and knowing what it is makes that much better of a find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 Where did you find it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 Hi, A recent sea urchin : Encope grandis. Mine (in my collection) come from Mexique. And yours ? Coco 3 ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 1 hour ago, Wrangellian said: Where did you find it? 5 minutes ago, Coco said: And yours ? Tags say Pacific coast of Mexico. 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...
Coco Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 Ah yes Tony ! I always forget to look at tags ! More exactly than the sea, I like to know from which country or state it comes. Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 So this is definitely modern, found on the beach... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 Hi, 11 hours ago, Wrangellian said: So this is definitely modern, Yes Eric ! Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willink Posted July 17, 2017 Author Share Posted July 17, 2017 Found it on a trip to Puerto Peñasco in Sonara State. It's South of Arizona. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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