Crazyhen Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Any idea what kind of fossil it is? It’s from Guizhou, looks like a pipefish or sea snake? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DatFossilBoy Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Could it be a crinoid? A stem with the roots still attached? It looks a bit peculiar to be a fish... I can see small sections/ripples. Not an exert though. Lets see what the others say. Regards 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 I'm not seeing pipefish here, or any kind of fish, for that matter. I think more detailed photos are needed. It does seem to resemble a part of crinoid, more than anything else. Wait for some other opinions, though. 1 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 April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Maybe a fish fin spine? 2 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...
D.N.FossilmanLithuania Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 It is Early Cambrian Eocrinoid because in Guizhou the rock layers are dated by this age. Eocrinoids often do not have roots, their stems are short ant what I see here is long, narrow calyx of early very primitive eocrinoid. Very great find! (Y) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 27 minutes ago, ynot said: Maybe a fish fin spine? I don't think so, due to the unusual twisted feature in the center of the item. Also, the weird segmentation towards the end of the left hand side. 1 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...
RJB Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Very interesting. I certainly dont know, but I would have guessed some kind of fish spine too. RB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.N.FossilmanLithuania Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Ot maybe there are two eocrinoids under each other. It is also possible talking about twisted feature. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 39 minutes ago, D.N.FossilmanLithuania said: It is Early Cambrian Eocrinoid because in Guizhou the rock layers are dated by this age. Guizhou has rock from many ages, not cambrian only. 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...
GeschWhat Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Okay, I am way out of my element here. I have no idea what this is, but what if we flip it and fan out the arms/stalks. I'm seeing three and a holdfast or root system. Please forgive the image, it was done hastily, but hopefully you'll get the idea. 3 Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 I don't know if this will help, but I have sketched the top arm/stalk. The arrows indicate splits. 1 Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Perhaps it would be helpful to have an image of a modern crinoid as a reference to judge how a finer degree of preservation may appear. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.N.FossilmanLithuania Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 Another subject I can say- if it is grass fossil then it should be very young (probably Cenozoic), I am not sure if there in Guizhou rocks varie from Cambrian to this era. So, probably it is primitive crinoid because the shale also looks quite Cambrian like. Best Regards Domas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Maybe some kind of serpulid worm(s) ? 1 " 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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