Bullsnake Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Does anybody recognize this? I'm guessing a dermal denticle, but the elongated shape is unusual to me. Other microfauna in the matrix includes shark(cladodont) teeth, fish teeth, gastropods, goniatites, crinoid and echinoid plates and spines, ostracods, brachiopods, bryozoan, and conodonts. For scale field of view= ~1cm. Magnification 20X Magnification 40X Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 looks vaguely conodont-lile,but is way too large for that,I think edit:naw,forget that.No conodont element is that robust 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Cropped and brightened: Good to see you posting here, Steve! I think doushantuo may be onto something. 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullsnake Posted August 16, 2017 Author Share Posted August 16, 2017 Conodonts for reference: (Red circles) 1 Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 yeah,those look more like the idiognathid PA elements you'd expect Edit(for clarity's sake): PA does NOT stand for Pennsylvania 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullsnake Posted August 16, 2017 Author Share Posted August 16, 2017 11 minutes ago, doushantuo said: looks vaguely conodont-lile,but is way too large for that,I think edit:naw,forget that.No conodont element is that robust 9 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said: Cropped and brightened: Good to see you posting here, Steve! I think doushantuo may be onto something. Thank you guys for the quick replies! @Fossildude19 Tim, I'm trying to get the hang of the new features, plus a new computer. Posting doesn't seem as easy. I've certainly been lurking, though! Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 no problemo,pal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 looks like a conodont section to me "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullsnake Posted August 16, 2017 Author Share Posted August 16, 2017 15 minutes ago, Herb said: looks like a conodont section to me Thanks, Herb. I'll search for references on that. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 for example... 2 "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 7 minutes ago, Herb said: or example... Quite a wonderful example! 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...
Al Dente Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 (edited) I'm pretty sure it is a small shark tooth. I see a line of pores along the root. I don't see that in a conodont element. Here's a similar tooth from the publication "Catalog of Late Pennsylvanian Ichthyoliths, Part 2" Edited August 16, 2017 by Al Dente add photo 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullsnake Posted August 16, 2017 Author Share Posted August 16, 2017 That's real close. Thank you @Al Dente Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 looks like you got it AL Dente "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virgilian Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 On 8/15/2017 at 6:26 PM, Bullsnake said: Conodonts for reference: (Red circles) The reference you'll need to help identify your Late Pennsylvanian conodont finds from the US midcontinent region is Kansas Geological Survey Bulletin 255. Link to the pdf document: Stratigraphy and Conodont Biostratigraphy of the Uppermost Carboniferous and Lower Permian from the North American Midcontinent . URL for the pdf document: http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Publications/Bulletins/255/B255partB.pdf . 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullsnake Posted August 17, 2017 Author Share Posted August 17, 2017 33 minutes ago, Virgilian said: The reference you'll need to help identify your Late Pennsylvanian conodont finds from the US midcontinent region is Kansas Geological Survey Bulletin 255: Stratigraphy and Conodont Biostratigraphy of the Uppermost Carboniferous and Lower Permian from the North American Midcontinent I'll check that out. I think that might be in Fruitbat's library. I also use Index Fossils of North America. Thank you, @Virgilian Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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