Cool road find

[Past Hunter]

While working on a gravel road I found this beside my truck. I thought it was a piece of broken pottery at first. 

[Pemphix]

It is a piece of a sea urchin.

[Plantguy]

On 8/22/2019 at 9:20 PM, Past Hunter said:

While working on a gravel road I found this beside my truck. I thought it was a piece of broken pottery at first. 

 

 

Its amazing how those things get around...I wonder if its a local or something brought in as part of that road....

 

They haul shell material from pits here in Florida for fill/roads all over the place. 

Regards, Chris 

[Ludwigia]

Sanddollar.

[Plax]

depending on where you are this could be Melitta caroliniana (formerly Leodia). Am having trouble seeing the limestone bits to figure out the source rock. I guess it could even be a piece of Periarchus if from the Wilmington area.

[Coco]

Mellita has 4 gonopores, Periarchus 5 gonopores. Perhaps you could count them on the apical face, on the part of this sea urchin.

 

Coco

[Plax]

good info Coco. If we had provenance we could guess really well though!