older the better Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 thought id try another one since you guys helped so much on the last one, I found this in a draw on the bluffs id call it mudstone but the fossil stuck out, ive been told its just a brachiopod but I'm not sold just yet, what do you guys think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 It is a cross section and has no real distinguishing features. Brachiopod fits as well as anything else, but no way to be sure. 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...
older the better Posted December 15, 2017 Author Share Posted December 15, 2017 no idea how trying 1 post lead to double post and triple pictures anyway here's the top, maybe I'm wrong but I never thought brachiopods had a fan like structure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 Can You post a picture of the whole piece? I was looking at the hollow area at the bottom of second picture. 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 December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 Also, what is the size of the item? 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...
older the better Posted December 15, 2017 Author Share Posted December 15, 2017 well id like to but I seemed to have misplaced a rock the size of a cantaloupe... if it turns up ill post a pic but that pretty much all of it the rest of the rock is just a pretty uniform mudstone, the fossil itself if I remember correctly is just an inch or two long Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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older the better Posted December 15, 2017 Author Share Posted December 15, 2017 found a few more old pics maybe they help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westcoast Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 Those pics do appear to be brachiopod, possibly a productid. What age is the rock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
older the better Posted December 15, 2017 Author Share Posted December 15, 2017 oops left that out all the surface rocks around here are Pennsylvanian in se Kansas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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