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Hipockets Regular Member

Hipockets

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My son has couple of pieces of aldebarania ( starfish) found in Pee Dee formation from Rocky Point NC, that have great preservation. On one piece there is an object that appears to be a sponge maybe ? Any ideas?  Thanks.

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DeepTimeIsotopes Regular Member

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That's the valve that runs the water vascular system in echinoderms. It's called a madreporite.

Each dot is 50,000,000 years:

Hadean............Archean..............................Proterozoic.......................................Phanerozoic...........

                                                                                                                    Paleo......Meso....Ceno..

                                                                                                           Ꞓ.OSD.C.P.Tr.J.K..Pg.NgQ< You are here

Doesn't time just fly by?

 

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DeepTimeIsotopes Regular Member

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16 minutes ago, Rockwood said:

Nope it belongs there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madreporite 

Oh looks like you already answered it. Whoops:doh!:

Each dot is 50,000,000 years:

Hadean............Archean..............................Proterozoic.......................................Phanerozoic...........

                                                                                                                    Paleo......Meso....Ceno..

                                                                                                           Ꞓ.OSD.C.P.Tr.J.K..Pg.NgQ< You are here

Doesn't time just fly by?

 

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Rockwood Regular Member

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2 minutes ago, Hipockets said:

Does anyone know if the tiny stars in pictures 3 and 4 are little stars or something else ?

Sort of both. I'm pretty sure they are internal structures of this star.

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I think, Dale nailed it! :yay-smiley-1:

" We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. "

Thomas Mann

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