MrBones Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 I found these fossils on Jebel Hafeet, Al Ain, UAE. The second rock looks like there is a criniod in it, but is more possibly a type of sponge. The first rock has quite a few things in it, including some type of coral. I would like to know what these really are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Fossildude19 Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 Cropped and brightened: These do not look like crinoids, to me. Maybe branching bryozoans on the first items. Not sure on the second, but possibly some sort of orthocone cephalopod? 2 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...
MrBones Posted February 2, 2019 Author Share Posted February 2, 2019 Crinoids were more of a hopefull thought Thanks of the id. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 I think 1 is a branching tabulate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBones Posted February 18, 2019 Author Share Posted February 18, 2019 Do you think number 2 is some sort of urchin spine? I have found quite alot of ecinoid fossils here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 3 hours ago, MrBones said: Do you think number 2 is some sort of urchin spine? I have found quite alot of ecinoid fossils here. I have almost no experience with urchins, but I would be more inclined to say it is also a branching tabulate. At the lower end it seems to have the right shapes to be coralites, and the fracture pattern is right. I have a basketball sized chunk of broken pieces like this fused into a big mass. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBones Posted February 18, 2019 Author Share Posted February 18, 2019 Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 To find out if it is a sea urchin thorn, we need photos much closer (with size) ; with the current photos I can't pronounce myself. Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 I agree with @Coco "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 1 hour ago, Coco said: To find out if it is a sea urchin thorn, we need photos much closer (with size) ; with the current photos I can't pronounce myself. Coco 1 hour ago, fifbrindacier said: I agree with @Coco Both my assessments are probably influenced by the fact that many of my specimens of the coral are poorly preserved and in similar looking rock. I totally agree that more detail in the photos is needed to have confidence in the identification. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBones Posted February 19, 2019 Author Share Posted February 19, 2019 There are no holes. The surface is almost smooth. It has a almost flat point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rockwood Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 . . . It seems like I was wrong about something like this before. That time I believe the consensus was crinoid spike, or spine. (something like that) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 It will be good to know what is the geological age of the sediments holding your finds. Maybe they are from the Cenozoic? " 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...
MrBones Posted February 20, 2019 Author Share Posted February 20, 2019 http://santhumytravelogue.blogspot.com/2015/09/jebel-hafeet-journey-through-its_11.html This is all I could get on its age. Hope it helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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