BuddingPaleo Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Good morning, all. Here's a few I've been working on today. Found in sw florida, I think I'm in part of the Tamiami formation. Anyway, I think the little snail is possibly Nassarivus Quadredentatus, but not sure. The large grey I think might be Nodipecten, also not positive. The ones that look like little elephant feet I'm pretty sure are a type of coral, but I can't find a match so I could be wrong. The little "toothed" thing I'm thinking is a steinkern, but would like to know for sure, and from what type of critter. Is the button a sponge? And then there's the wormy looking thing, or shell rim? There are 6 objects shown, shots with multiple angles are grouped together. Any help would totally be appreciated! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Your elephant feet are the internal cast of a barnacle. The sediment inside lithified and the shell dissolved away. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuddingPaleo Posted July 30, 2018 Author Share Posted July 30, 2018 Well, that was unexpected! Thanks for that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 This round object is from a crayfish. They have two round calcium carbonate objects in their heads. I've attached an image from the internet showing these structures in the crayfish. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuddingPaleo Posted July 30, 2018 Author Share Posted July 30, 2018 No wonder I couldn't find it while searching sponges and echinoids! You're a wealth today, thanks so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Fascinating, @Al Dente! I had never heard of this. I just googled it. I had no idea they produced gastroliths such as these - also didn't know there stomach was in their head. Next dead crayfish I see is coming home for dissection. Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 7 minutes ago, GeschWhat said: Fascinating, @Al Dente! I had never heard of this. I just googled it. I had no idea they produced gastroliths such as these - also didn't know there stomach was in their head. Next dead crayfish I see is coming home for dissection. Lori, they eat the dang things here in Louisiana by the bushel basket. Where can I send you a couple of hundred pounds? Everything is generated through your own will power ~ Ray Bradbury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 4 minutes ago, Walt said: Lori, they eat the dang things here in Louisiana by the bushel basket. Where can I send you a couple of hundred pounds? When I was down working the Katrina cleanup, I went to a crayfish/crawfish boil. They were good, but I refused to suck the head. Who knew it was a good source of calcium? Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuddingPaleo Posted July 31, 2018 Author Share Posted July 31, 2018 1 minute ago, GeschWhat said: When I was down working the Katrina cleanup, I went to a crayfish/crawfish boil. They were good, but I refused to suck the head. Who knew it was a good source of calcium? It is a good source of calcium, but is it worth eating stomach goo? I wouldn't have either! Lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 2 minutes ago, GeschWhat said: When I was down working the Katrina cleanup, I went to a crayfish/crawfish boil. They were good, but I refused to suck the head. Who knew it was a good source of calcium? As for me, I refuse to eat bait. (and I'm allergic to shellfish, so I suppose it is moot) 1 Everything is generated through your own will power ~ Ray Bradbury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 On 7/30/2018 at 11:33 AM, Al Dente said: This round object is from a crayfish. They have two round calcium carbonate objects in their heads. I've attached an image from the internet showing these structures in the crayfish. Interesting Eric. I have a very similar item I found recently at a river site here in NC. I was thinking bryzoan, but now I'm wondering. Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronzviking Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 The second shell I thought Pecten as soon as I saw it because of it's striations The last one looks like horn coral but I'm not sure it's found in your formation. You would have to research that. The toothy one is very unusual but I think it might be coral. Can you photograph the ends? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuddingPaleo Posted August 1, 2018 Author Share Posted August 1, 2018 16 minutes ago, Bronzviking said: The second shell I thought Pecten as soon as I saw it because of it's striations The last one looks like horn coral but I'm not sure it's found in your formation. You would have to research that. The toothy one is very unusual but I think it might be coral. Can you photograph the ends? Here ya go. Please excuse my ugly fingers. Lol I had been thinking internal spiraled shell structure, not coral. Interesting. I'll look into the horn coral. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronzviking Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Sorry can't ID above. Hey guys can we get some help please? @Fossildude19 @Plantguy @DPS Ammonite @Peat Burns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Looks like a core to an archimedes screw bryozoan. 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...
DPS Ammonite Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 The coiled structure is the center of a coiled gastropod and not an Archimedes bryozoan or horn coral both of which are long extinct (Paleozoic). 3 My goal is to leave no stone or fossil unturned. See my Arizona Paleontology Guide link The best single resource for Arizona paleontology anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 1 minute ago, DPS Ammonite said: The coiled structure is the center of a coiled gastropod and not an Archimedes bryozoan or horn coral both of which are long extinct (Paleozoic). Should have looked at the location. 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...
Peat Burns Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 16 minutes ago, DPS Ammonite said: The coiled structure is the center of a coiled gastropod and not an Archimedes bryozoan or horn coral both of which are long extinct (Paleozoic). +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peat Burns Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 On 7/30/2018 at 10:56 AM, BuddingPaleo said: Not sure, but I'll throw this out: calcareous tube of a serpulid polychaete? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuddingPaleo Posted August 2, 2018 Author Share Posted August 2, 2018 Thanks for the responses, they're all greatly appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronzviking Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 @ynot Found new info on your screw-shaped. I got another book from the library "A guide for identifying fossil shells and corals, by Brayfield". It led me to Bryozoans of Florida and than I found this illustration which looks just like yours! It's a Bryozoan archimedes; what ynot originally said, but others said it was extinct..... but it sure looks like it. Compare and discuss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuddingPaleo Posted August 7, 2018 Author Share Posted August 7, 2018 15 minutes ago, Bronzviking said: @ynot Found new info on your screw-shaped. I got another book from the library "A guide for identifying fossil shells and corals, by Brayfield". It led me to Bryozoans of Florida and than I found this illustration which looks just like yours! It's a Bryozoan archimedes; what ynot originally said, but others said it was extinct..... but it sure looks like it. Compare and discuss. I thought the same thing. (Searching bryozoan fossils for another find.) So now I'm confused again. Lol paleontology-ing is hard, step aside adulting, there's a new hard in town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peat Burns Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 1 hour ago, Bronzviking said: @ynot Found new info on your screw-shaped. I got another book from the library "A guide for identifying fossil shells and corals, by Brayfield". It led me to Bryozoans of Florida and than I found this illustration which looks just like yours! It's a Bryozoan archimedes; what ynot originally said, but others said it was extinct..... but it sure looks like it. Compare and discuss. Archimedes is, as far as I know, restricted to the Mississippian and Pennsylvanian periods, and there are no exposures of these rocks in Florida. What is the name and other details of your source on "bryozoans of Florida"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronzviking Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 I found the diagram on this website: http://isgs.illinois.edu/outreach/geology-resources/bryozoans I read 3500 Bryozoa species are alive today. I know it's not in the right time period/formation but could it be a descendant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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