skiman1016 Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 Here's another fossil from Penn Dixie I'm having trouble with. It's from the Devonian shale, and it can be hard to see in the photo as it blends in really well and is a bit worn. There is a trilobite in the upper part of the photo, I've circled the interesting feature in red. It's a circular shape with ribbed features radiating from the center. To be honest, I'm not entirely sure if it's actually a fossil or just an anomaly in the rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 Crinoid holdfast? 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...
Fossildude19 Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 Close. Crinoid plate, methinks. This is one on Penn Dixie's website: Compare: Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 I agree, a crinoid plate "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...
skiman1016 Posted September 3, 2018 Author Share Posted September 3, 2018 I would have to agree on crinoid plate as well after seeing the comparison! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolmt Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 I would disagree.......Looks more like a cross section of a horn coral which are super common there. In all my time I have only ever found one crinoid calyx at Penn and a plate from it would be a lot smaller than that appears to be. It is a typical size for a horn coral cross section from Penn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 What does the other side of the plate look like? That would tell the tale. If it is a rugose coral, it should show up on the other side. Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullsnake Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 I'm hard pressed to doubt the opinions of @Fossildude19, or @Malcolmt, but it looks much like a dermal denticle to me. Factor in the age difference, as well. http://www.lakeneosho.org/Paleolist/56/index.html Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolmt Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 Never heard of any shark material being found at Penn Dixie. Sometimes bits of armored fish plates have bee found. Based on the looks of it and what we actually find there I would still go with the horn coral cross section near the distal end . The only calyx i have ever found at Penn was quite small and the crinoid stems that we find there are also very small in cross section. To have a plate that large would mean that the calyx on that crinoid was huge. Also to me it is not hexagonal enough to be a crinoid plate, too round like you would have in a horn coral cross section.. Also at 1 cm for a single plate, it is far beyond the size that would match up with the stems that we find there . Lets see what DevonianDigger or Fossilcrazy has to say on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 1 hour ago, Bullsnake said: I'm hard pressed to doubt the opinions of @Fossildude19, or @Malcolmt, but it looks much like a dermal denticle to me. Factor in the age difference, as well. http://www.lakeneosho.org/Paleolist/56/index.html As Malcolm says, no shark material found in this Middle Devonian locality. If we can get @skiman1016 to post a picture of the other side of the plate, we can easily settle this. It could very well be a rugose coral - the place is littered with them. Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 Compare with similar Devonian forms: Enterolasma, Hadrophyllum, Microcyclus, etc. figures from: Shimer, H.W., & Shrock, R.R. 1944 Index Fossils of North America. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press, 846 pp. Stumm, E.C. 1949 Three new Devonian species of Microcyclus from Michigan and Ontario. Journal of Paleontology, 23(5)507-509 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolmt Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 Scott, all those make a lot more sense than crinoid calyx plate or shark derma. A few moments of prep and a better picture would tell us for sure. Don't think I have ever found a microcyclus at Penn. Grabau does not mention them in Geology and Paleontology of Eighteen Mile Creek. I was thinking cross section of Hadrophyllum when I made my comment to disagree. Don't know if Enterolasma is even found at Penn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 Hadrophyllids from North America(Plusquellec/GEODIVERSITAS/v.28-2,2006**free access/inFrench[monographic revision]) details of the septal architecture(to the right PALAEOCYATHUS(Enterolasma Simpson: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skiman1016 Posted September 4, 2018 Author Share Posted September 4, 2018 Sorry for the delay in response. Unfortunately I do not have the other side to the fossil. There are some other corals in this matrix as well. A cross section of rugose does make sense, I’ve uploaded a couple more photos to try and help with the ID but it has proven difficult to photograph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 What about the bottom of this plate? Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skiman1016 Posted September 5, 2018 Author Share Posted September 5, 2018 17 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said: What about the bottom of this plate? It’s smooth on the bottom except for a piece of trilobite: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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