QuakeHunter Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 Found it in Oligocene strata in Mississippi. Bay Springs, MS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 Welcome to the Forum. What about this piece is leading you towards sponge? (Just interested, as I know nothing about sponges.) To me, this looks more like a broken concretion, ... but not knowing about sponges should temper that assessment. 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...
QuakeHunter Posted November 26, 2017 Author Share Posted November 26, 2017 When i chipped off the rock that had this embedded in it, it tend to go in like a tube. I'm suspecting it to be Entobia cretacea. but not sure though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 Entobia cretacea are listed as trace fossils - borings. Entobia 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...
QuakeHunter Posted November 26, 2017 Author Share Posted November 26, 2017 the phylum it belongs is porifera, Demospongea though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 They are borings that have been ascribed to sponges. LINK 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...
QuakeHunter Posted November 26, 2017 Author Share Posted November 26, 2017 I see.... could it be the sponges that i have showed? the sponges also show similarity to Amblysiphonella Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 In my uneducated opinion, It doesn't look like it, to me. 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...
ynot Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 Looks like a burrow cast to Me also. What could have made the burrow I have no idea, but a sponge is as good a culprit as any. 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...
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