Wrenchchik Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 I found this in Ellsworth county Kansas. Can't find anything online resembling it. It is in matrix with other cretatious period shells, none of which have been preserved as well as this. The entire shell is exposed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ynot Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 My first thought is a fish scale. Wait for others to reply though. 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...
Wrenchchik Posted July 19, 2018 Author Share Posted July 19, 2018 This is cone or breast shape, for lack of better words... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 My first thought was a tiny Limpet, but it does seem more fishy. Let me holler at some others that may have a better idea. @Ramo @Jesuslover340 @KansasFossilHunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 I would say limpet also "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 The problem with it being "shell" is all the other pieces visible are steinkerns with no shell. 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...
Ramo Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 That is strange. I wonder if it might be a tooth or possibly a dermal denticle of some kind. You have me stumped. 3 For one species to mourn the death of another is a new thing under the sun. -Aldo Leopold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrenchchik Posted July 19, 2018 Author Share Posted July 19, 2018 What are the chances it could be a much older fossil that got attached this stuff? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 It looks like Discradisca. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Cool find, I used to find very similar brachiopods to this in the genus Orbiculoidea and think they were fish scales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrenchchik Posted July 19, 2018 Author Share Posted July 19, 2018 It looks like it might just be the discradisca! Ty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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