logandoucas Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 I found this behind my house in Hartwick NY in Otsego county. I can tell it is starfish, but looking for any information about it. We are on shale bed so we find fossils all the time. Mostly small shells and ferns. This is a first for our family. It measures 2.5 inches from tip to tip of star fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Fossildude19 Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Whoa! What a great and uncommon find! It looks like a Devonaster sp. (eucharis?) starfish, from the Devonian period. Possibly from the Panther Mountain Formation. AWESOME!!! Can we see pictures of the "Ferns" you are finding? I suspect you are actually finding Plumalina plumeria. Regards, EDIT: This post may be of interest. 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 June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Welcome to TFF! That is a fantastic find! We get a lot of people that have preconceived ideas about their finds, which are usually wrong. It is nice to have one that is spot on, and such a nice example. Regards, Tony PS If You found it this month it would be an excellent entry for the "Fossil of the Month" contest here on TFF. Link to thread.... http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/forum/150-fossil-of-the-month/ 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...
piranha Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 30 minutes ago, logandoucas said: I can tell it is starfish, but looking for any information about it... Here is the classic reference: Schuchert, C. 1915 Revision of Paleozoic Stelleroidea with special reference to North American Asteroidea. Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum, 88:1-312 LINK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Spectacular and very rare! Congrats! That's a show-stopper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westcoast Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Extraordinary find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peat Burns Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bone guy Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 I would give anything to find any fossils in the hills behind my house, let alone a super rare starfish! Congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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