Hapchazzard Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 I've recently went for another dig at my local Maastrichtean marine locality, and the haul was pretty nice. I've managed to identify most of the things I've found... except for this thing, which I'm absolutely clueless as to what it could be. While it was still inside the rock, I thought it was some kind of small echinoid, but it's obviously not that. It doesn't look like a bivalve or gastropod either. It is approximately 2.5cm long. Exact info Age: Maastrichtian Rock lithology: limestone Geologic formation: Čerevićki potok fm.(Sphaerulites solutus beds) Environment: Moderately-agitated near-reef environment Any help would be much appreciated! Picture for those that can't access imgur: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 My guess is part of a crab or lobster claw. 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...
Fossildude19 Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 I can't see the pictures. Are they uploaded to a 3rd party hosting website? Better to post them directly here to the Forum. Regards, Posting pictures here for continuity, when temporal links expire. 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...
Hapchazzard Posted August 30, 2017 Author Share Posted August 30, 2017 49 minutes ago, ynot said: My guess is part of a crab or lobster claw. Interesting idea. Never thought of it. The thing definitely has a vague claw-like shape. 17 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said: I can't see the pictures. Are they uploaded to a 3rd party hosting website? Better to post them directly here to the Forum. Regards, Yep, imgur. The images are too large to all be uploaded, so I've only uploaded one in the OP now. Tell me if you need any more from another angle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 5 minutes ago, Hapchazzard said: has a vague claw-like shape. Not actually a "claw" part, but one of the segments of the arm. 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...
RJB Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Seems to be pustuals of some kind of crustaceans? RB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 I am with the crab/lobster claw crowd. Nice find. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 At first I thought beekite but the bumps are arranged in lines, so +1 for crustacean. 1 “...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...
Hapchazzard Posted August 30, 2017 Author Share Posted August 30, 2017 So, the general consensus is a crustacean/decapod fragment. Thanks for the responses, people, they've been very helpful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Definitely crab material. Although the specimen I've found is from Miocene sediments, the patterns are similar. 2 " 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...
Hapchazzard Posted August 30, 2017 Author Share Posted August 30, 2017 46 minutes ago, abyssunder said: Definitely crab material. Although the specimen I've found is from Miocene sediments, the patterns are similar. Thanks for the confirmation! Mine definitely looks similar to the one on your picture. I'm pleasantly surprised that it's a crab fragment - really wasn't expecting it. The vast majority of the stuff from the formation are molluscs and the occasional coral, and the literature that I have on it doesn't mention crustaceans at all. As someone else mentioned, a pretty neat find Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Yes, a `possible paguroid 1 http://www.mbfossilcrabs.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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