RCFossils Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 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. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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westcoast Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Now that's something you don't see every day. Nice find but I can't help with I'd. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
RyanDye Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 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! Link to post Share on other sites
Fossildude19 Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Maybe @crinus can have a look. He knows his stuff. Link to post Share on other sites
Foozil Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Can't help but nice find! Link to post Share on other sites
goatinformationist Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Very nice find. Thanks for sharing with us. Link to post Share on other sites
Herb Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 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 Link to post Share on other sites
Raggedy Man Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Scalenocystites sp. Would be my guess 1 Link to post Share on other sites
piranha Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 31 minutes ago, Raggedy Man said: Scalenocystites sp. Would be my guess Good guess figure from: Kolata, D.R. 1973 Scalenocystites strimplei, a new Middle Ordovician belemnocystitid solute from Minnesota. Journal of Paleontology, 47(5):969-974 2 Link to post Share on other sites
fossilized6s Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 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. Iowa, sir. Lol Link to post Share on other sites
piranha Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 6 minutes ago, fossilized6s said: Iowa, sir. Lol Typos happen! Link to post Share on other sites
RCFossils Posted August 23, 2018 Author Share Posted August 23, 2018 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). Link to post Share on other sites
MrR Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 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. Link to post Share on other sites
doushantuo Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 I suggest a careful lecture of(4.22Mb): (betting that it is simply to be found in Fruitbat's library) Fleur Noailles' piece in Czech Bulletin of Geosciences 89/3-2014 is informative as well. The "tail" is, taxonomically speaking,the least interesting part 2 Link to post Share on other sites
doushantuo Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Slocom et al: New Echinoderms from the Maquoketa Beds of Fayette County Iowa.pdf Given the age of the publication: to be used with circumspection 1 Link to post Share on other sites
kderstle Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 This is Iowacystis sagittarius. Link to post Share on other sites
headleyinn Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Its not from ohio. Link to post Share on other sites
FossilDAWG Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 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. Don Link to post Share on other sites
Malcolmt Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Nice carpoid. Link to post Share on other sites
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