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I am hoping someone on the forum is familiar with Ordovician carpoids.

i collected this specimen at a roadcut in Claremont Iowa.

it is from the Maquoketa Formation.

Any information on what species it might be would be greatly appreciated.

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1 minute ago, westcoast said:

Now that's something you don't see every day. Nice find but I can't help with I'd. 

Agreed, quite fascinating and it's incredibly well preserved for being from the Ordovician!

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Maybe @crinus can have a look. 

He knows his stuff. 

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there is no Maquoketa Formation in Ohio. There might be an equivalent age formation but I do not know which one it would be. (possibly the Whitewater) The carpoid looks like the tail of an Enoploura popeii possibly

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31 minutes ago, Raggedy Man said:

Scalenocystites sp. Would be my guess

 

 

Good guess :fistbump:

 

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figure from:

 

Kolata, D.R. 1973

Scalenocystites strimplei, a new Middle Ordovician belemnocystitid solute from Minnesota.

Journal of Paleontology, 47(5):969-974

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2 hours ago, RCFossils said:

I am hoping someone on the forum is familiar with Ordovician carpoids.

i collected this specimen at a roadcut in Claremont Ohio.

it is from the Maquoketa Formation.

Any information on what species it might be would be greatly appreciated.

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Iowa, sir. Lol

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Thanks everyone for your help with the ID.

I agree that it appears to be similar to Scalenocystites.

The only difference that I can detect from the figured specimen is that mine appears to have horn like spines where the body meets the arm. I will upload a few more pictures.

I have always been fascinated by these bizarre creatures and i am thrilled to have finally found one.

Thanks for the correction. As the title indicated, this was found in Iowa (not Ohio).

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Mind-blowing that this is from 488 million years ago (Unless this newbie is mistaken.), and yet is so well preserved. I have never seen anything like it. What a strange creature, from our early world which was inhabited by nothing but strange creatures. Congratulations on your cool find.

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8 minutes ago, headleyinn said:

Its not from ohio. 

Welcome to the Forum.

If you read the thread you will see that the typo in the first post has already been corrected several times.

 

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