Squirrel Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Is there anyone who would possibly agree that this fossil might not be from a crinoid? The dimensions are about 3cm long and up to 2cm wide. After viewing numerous fossils of this sort, in a Leonardian formation, they are rarely, if ever, found in groups of more than three, and the occurrences always look the same as in the images attached. If there is no doubt that it is a crinoid, would you please post which might show a convincing likeness? Other than curled arm or columnal (stem disc) I am at a loss and by far much less than a novice paleontologist. Thanks for any help and forgive me if my terminology is not spot on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Welcome to TFF. Your pieces all look like crinoids pieces in cross section. 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...
oldtimer Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Welcome to the forum. They look like cross sections of Crinoids but can't be sure. A clearer picture would help in further ID. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 3 hours ago, Squirrel said: If there is no doubt that it is a crinoid, would you please post which might show a convincing likeness? They are crinoid columnals (pluricolumnals) in section. 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...
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