crinoid1 Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Hey guys. What is this? Does anyone know? I like crinoids...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Mineral deposit? It helps to include something for scale in an ID pic, too. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seldom Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 I don't see a star fish sorry have to say mineral deposit also Galveston Island 32 miles long 2 miles wide 134 bars 23 liquor stores any questions? Evolution is Chimp Change. Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass; it's about learning to dance in the rain! "I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen." Ernest Hemingway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crinoid1 Posted July 27, 2009 Author Share Posted July 27, 2009 ok thanks guys This is what I thought I had http://www.fossilcrinoid.com/page/ime2.html I like crinoids...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebrocklds Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 i also think it is not a star fish but will withhold final judgement without clearer pictures. (a better pic could show the segmented surface that a starfish has) Brock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crinoid1 Posted July 27, 2009 Author Share Posted July 27, 2009 here ya go It does have a segmented surface, but it wont show up in the pics very well I like crinoids...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 How big is the structure, rock, length of photo,... ect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crinoid1 Posted July 27, 2009 Author Share Posted July 27, 2009 How big is the structure, rock, length of photo,... ect? ooo It is quite small. the object in question is about as small as the one in the link I like crinoids...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 ooo It is quite small.the object in question is about as small as the one in the link And, would that be 1m, 1mm, or somewhere in between? The Procellum Basin is small relative to the size of the solar system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Menser Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 This looks to me like an attempt to form crystals in a seam (likely Calcite) - forming instead, larger grains in the rock. The roughly starfish shape is just coincidental. we see this kind of thing commonly in S, Florida where there waas a lot of calcite re-crystalizatiion in limestone similar to this. Not a fossil. Be true to the reality you create. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crinoid1 Posted July 27, 2009 Author Share Posted July 27, 2009 And, would that be 1m, 1mm, or somewhere in between?The Procellum Basin is small relative to the size of the solar system. It is a little less than a centimeter long. I like crinoids...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest N.AL.hunter Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 I do not know what it is called, but there is a bryozoan that looks similar to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crinoid1 Posted July 28, 2009 Author Share Posted July 28, 2009 I do not know what it is called, but there is a bryozoan that looks similar to this. There is a bryozoan that looks similar, but I dont think it can be found in this layer. It is called Evactinopora. One of my friends suggested the fossil in question was an Asteriacites. They are the digging traces of a starfish. I like crinoids...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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