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Can anyone ID? It has the lines on the side that look like they could be from a fin or  plant maybe, idk, and there's the column.

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I think it looks like an imprint of a crinoid. Could we get better pictures at different angles? Also where was it found?

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Duplicate ID request. Tags state Eureka Springs, Arkansas.

 

And I agree with the crinoid column imprint.

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8 hours ago, Brynn said:

 It has the lines on the side that look like they could be from a fin or  plant maybe, idk, and there's the column.

 

As others have said, the column is a crinoid stem impression. The lines to the left of the column are probably not fin or plant material. More likely a shell impression. 

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14 hours ago, Rockwood said:

Lest one think this shape is just wrong for a crinoid stem.

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Just crossed my mind a crinoid root / holdfast / anchoring system, considering the nicely arranged row(s) of knobs visible in the picture.
Here's an example of what I'm thinking about:

 

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7 minutes ago, abyssunder said:

Just crossed my mind a crinoid root / holdfast / anchoring system, considering the nicely arranged row(s) of knobs visible in the picture.

The straight rows is a better match, but would the columnals be as well defined in a holdfast ?

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32 minutes ago, Rockwood said:

The straight rows is a better match, but would the columnals be as well defined in a holdfast ?

I think yes, if we are looking from inside out of a holdfast, as exemplified in the sketch above at " cirral grapnels - E ".

similar picture resembling the specimen in question from here

 

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8 hours ago, abyssunder said:

if we are looking from inside out of a holdfast, as exemplified in the sketch above at " cirral grapnels - E ".

Could be.

More views of the post may help to determine if this is the case.

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On 7/13/2019 at 10:40 AM, Rockwood said:

Could be.

More views of the post may help to determine if this is the case.

I agree.
At the actual stage, the resemblance might be good.

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On 7/12/2019 at 7:35 AM, FossilNerd said:

As others have said, the column is a crinoid stem impression. The lines to the left of the column are probably not fin or plant material. More likely a shell impression. 

I agree with this assessment. With that said, I love this find! Trace fossils are awesome!

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2 hours ago, Sberebit said:

Trace fossils are awesome!

In theory I suppose it could be a trace fossil. These were relatively mobile for crinoids, but it's more likely to be a body fossil.

Trace fossils are the result of an activity. 

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15 hours ago, Rockwood said:

In theory I suppose it could be a trace fossil. These were relatively mobile for crinoids, but it's more likely to be a body fossil.

Trace fossils are the result of an activity. 

I have been calling anything that leaves an imprint a 'trace fossil'. Thank you for the correction.

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