Not a fossil but making itself known

[InfoHungryMom]

What is this?

 

Thank you! 

 

Karen 

[David in Japan]

I don't know, did you extracted it from the matrix?

really cool looking thing.

 

Curious to read what others have to say about that. 

[DPS Ammonite]

Interesting. What do the other sides of the objects in the first photo look like?

[Al Dente]

The last photo is an oyster shell with a barnacle attached. Are the other two photos different sides of the same object?

[ynot]

I think it is the base of a barnacle.

[InfoHungryMom]

Thank you for looking AND for asking!  As both a newbie AND a lover of all “beach bling”, I often worry that my questions and specimens/finds are too “elementary” AND too “elemental” AND definitely “mental” for my questions about “insufficiently fossilized” items!

 

You are ALL awesome, and I am thrilled (and impressed!) that members’ scientific interests and knowledge are unbelievably broad...  (and I kinda think my questions are good for comic relief!  A bit of “bubble gum” for the A.D.D. champions of the site (I am the self-proclaimed Queen of A.D.D.!))

 

 

[InfoHungryMom]

[DPS Ammonite]

22 minutes ago, InfoHungryMom said:

You are ALL awesome, and I am thrilled (and impressed!) that members’ scientific interests and knowledge are unbelievably broad...  (and I kinda think my questions are good for comic relief!  A bit of “bubble gum” for the A.D.D. champions of the site (I am the self-proclaimed Queen of A.D.D.!))

We all probably have a touch of ADD/ADHD at least when it comes to paleontology. At the minimun, we are an ADD/ADHD friendly site.

[InfoHungryMom]

DPS, that’s why I love it here!  I hope that my “related but different” interests will give me the answers I have unsuccessfully sought for years, but that I can also contribute new perspectives for anyone interested!

 

There are multiple shells, including a possible ark or other bivalve, “conjoined”, but not in the standard way oysters do.  I also did not have any idea what the “round object” is.  I was fortunate to find it as you see, so I could ask the other questions... 1 question down, 20 to go!  

[Al Dente]

Is this flexible at all or is it hard as a rock? Does it float in water or does it sink? It reminds me of a plant node, similar to bamboo.

[abyssunder]

7 hours ago, Al Dente said:

The last photo is an oyster shell with a barnacle attached.

That was my thought too when I saw it for the first time a few days back.    link

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The other specimen has nice "cirri" (or how to say?) all around the margin. Can wee see them in other pictures, Karen?

 

 

[Al Dente]

@InfoHungryMom there are questions about this object.

[InfoHungryMom]

Hi! That was two barnacle plates, over easy, with a side of chimichurri...?  

It has been a crazy weather day here in Maryland, and I own a business.  Yikes!

 

I texted @abyssunder-  I am looking for more items with those in them.  I did some minor research... I think they may be acorn barnacle plates.  They are “feather light”.  At the very top of the second image below, you can see a tiny bit of white... likely a piece of a barnacle!   

 

@Al Dente- thank you for the “wake-up call”!  

 

These are the originals 

 

[abyssunder]

I think the picture below explains what the specimen in question might be.

 

picture from here