Luna.sea.831 Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Hi. I would love help identifying this fossil. Is it what it appears to be, a starfish? Total fossil newbie here from central California coast. This was found on the beach near Capitola where we have MANY fossils. I have found lots locally but never anything like this before. Thank you in advance :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Welcome to the Forum. This looks like part of an echinoid, or sea urchn, to me. Wait for some other opinions, however. 5 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...
Bobby Rico Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 I think Echinoid too. Welcome to TFF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Amateur Paleontologist Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Partial irregular echinoid Welcome to TFF, by the way!! -Christian Opalised fossils are the best: a wonderful mix between paleontology and mineralogy! Q. Where do dinosaurs study? A. At Khaan Academy!... My ResearchGate profile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 We actually have a spieces of echinoid that is star shaped like that here on the central coast. Great find! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Nice find! Hello, and a very warm welcome to TFF from Morocco! Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luna.sea.831 Posted January 6, 2019 Author Share Posted January 6, 2019 Ok guys... I really appreciate your quick responses! So, In newbie terms I have a what? A sea urchin?! And one specific to this region (the Monterey Bay?) I apologize for my complete fossil ignorance. I’m so happy to have found you guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 2 minutes ago, Luna.sea.831 said: Ok guys... I really appreciate your quick responses! So, In newbie terms I have a what? A sea urchin?! And one specific to this region (the Monterey Bay?) I apologize for my complete fossil ignorance. I’m so happy to have found you guys! A sand dollar, indigenous to the pacific coast of North America. 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...
Luna.sea.831 Posted January 6, 2019 Author Share Posted January 6, 2019 Sand dollar? I have quite a few fossilized Sandollars from the same location (like one pictured below). Forgive me if it’s obvious but can you explain how my new forgive me if it’s obvious but can you explain how my new find came to be? Sandollars leave deep imprints this that?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Different species. 1 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...
DeepTimeIsotopes Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 2 hours ago, Luna.sea.831 said: Sand dollar? I have quite a few fossilized Sandollars from the same location (like one pictured below). Forgive me if it’s obvious but can you explain how my new forgive me if it’s obvious but can you explain how my new find came to be? Sandollars leave deep imprints this that?? Some species have deep relief so impressions of them show that. Take a look at this one from the U.K. 1 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luna.sea.831 Posted January 6, 2019 Author Share Posted January 6, 2019 49 minutes ago, UtahFossilHunter said: Some species have deep relief so impressions of them show that. Take a look at this one from the U.K. Thank you .. that makes sense. I haven’t seen one like that here. (The “un flat” kind lol) I swear I questioned it all day wondering if it was a cookie cutter in cement- It’s so perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Try to compare with Clypeaster or relative echinoids. 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 My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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