Unknown fossil from calvert cliffs maryland

[Codydunmire]

I'm new to this group so this is my first post and I hope I did this right. I found this fossil at Calvert Cliffs in Maryland and have no idea what it is. Any help would be greatly appreciated. 

[Jazfossilator]

Looks a bit like wood but I really don’t know, very interesting look about it! Neat find, I’m curious as to what people will say

[Al Dente]

Barnacle.

[Miocene_Mason]

5 minutes ago, Al Dente said:

Barnacle.

Yeah that’s probably it. If you clean off the front you can be sure it’s not a strange echnoid but I’m pretty confident @Al Dente got it.

[Tidgy's Dad]

Yes, a barnacle fossil, like this one from Pinterest, from the same location.

[Jazfossilator]

Now I can totally see it, Al dente has it right

[Codydunmire]

1 minute ago, WhodamanHD said:

Yeah that’s probably it. If you clean off the front you can be sure it’s not a strange echnoid but I’m pretty confident @Al Dente got it.

How would I go about removing the material from the front of it with out damaging it. I'm very new to all of this

[Miocene_Mason]

5 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

Yes, a barnacle fossil, like this one from Pinterest, from the same location.

One of those is an abertella (forget species, only remember genus) echnoid bit.

[Miocene_Mason]

3 minutes ago, Codydunmire said:

How would I go about removing the material from the front of it with out damaging it. I'm very new to all of this

Using a tooth pick or better yet a dental pick, anything pointy and sharp. Just scrap the sand off, should be fairly crumbly. Just go slow and it will pop out beautifully. Good luck, be sure to show us the end results!

[ynot]

3 hours ago, Codydunmire said:

How would I go about removing the material from the front of it with out damaging it. I'm very new to all of this

Welcome to TFF!

Nice barnicle.

You can try to pick the matrix and shell bits off of the fossil with a needle or dental pick.

[GeschWhat]

Never would have guess barnacle, but see it now. Very cool!

[Plax]

18 hours ago, WhodamanHD said:

One of those is an abertella (forget species, only remember genus) echnoid bit.

aberti

[Miocene_Mason]

26 minutes ago, Plax said:

aberti

Thanks!

[Codydunmire]

It's getting there knocked a lot of the extra material off of it but it's a lot harder to clean off than I thought it would be. 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Looking great so far!