Nate c Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 I found an unusual specimen today in a creek. It is embedded in limestone next to some quartz nodules. I did not have any tools on me so I could not get the specimen out of the lime stone and was unable to take it home. So I quickly took a picture before leaving, not thinking about scale, but i'd say it is about 4 inches in diameter. To me it (by it I mean the visible parts of the specimen) looks like a crinoid calyx. If anyone can tell me additional information about this specimen from just this blurry picture then please do so! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullsnake Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 @Nate c Need the picture Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate c Posted November 12, 2017 Author Share Posted November 12, 2017 I have added the picture however, the image is rather large as I am not very familiar with this sort of text editor. Just for feature reference, how do you shrink images ? Sorry that this rather irrelevant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 looks like a section of crinoid calyx, but too blurry to say much more "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...
Nate c Posted November 12, 2017 Author Share Posted November 12, 2017 Thank you very much for confirming that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 I wouldn't hazard a guess beyond the Phyllum Echinodermata until we see a better focussed photo and find out more about the stratigraphy and location. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 Thats one blurry picture. All i see is what looks to be milky quartz stuck onto a sandstone rock? RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 I think geological John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micah Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 I’ve seen similar looking specimens that were somewhat eroded nodules of calcite, but this has me thinking calyx because of two places I think I see crinoid segments... wish it wasn’t so blurry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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