Choptank Formation Mystery

[Kimi64]

Hi everyone, I found this odd fossil while hiking along the Bay Saturday. I almost left it because I thought it was just a shell, but it has fossil-like characteristics. It is 3.5 cm at the base & 2.5 cm tall. It is 1cm at it's widest point. Thoughts??

 

[Miocene_Mason]

A worn barnacle.

[Kimi64]

Just now, WhodamanHD said:

A worn barnacle.

Oh, bummer, I have two chunks of barnacle at home, & they honestly don't look like this to me, especially along the top edge, but worn looks can be deceiving I know that for sure. On the bright side, I saw my first day ray barb fossil that some first-time visitors had found, so that was cool. 

[Kimi64]

Here is the ray barb.

[Kimi64]

See, that is what I get for only picking up the 'pretty' barnacles, LOL. 

[Miocene_Mason]

12 minutes ago, Kimi64 said:

See, that is what I get for only picking up the 'pretty' barnacles, LOL. 

You're lucky I gotta Rock isn’t here, she would scold you for saying that!

 

Barnacles have a distinctive color and texture at the cliffs, especially when worn. If you look at a lot of the chesapecten scallops you will see this well. Ray barb it cool, Hard to see those little things. Now go find one!

Edited August 22, 2018 by Kane
Changed "your" to "you're"

[Kimi64]

5 minutes ago, WhodamanHD said:

Your lucky I gotta Rock isn’t here, she would scold you for saying that!

 

Barnacles have a distinctive color and texture at the cliffs, especially when worn. If you look at a lot of the chesapecten scallops you will see this well. Ray barb it cool, Hard to see those little things. Now go find one!

Oh, you know I am on it! Challenge accepted!