Joe_17 Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 My fiance' found this in a pile of river gravel. Shes trying to find out if it's a crinoid stem, or a piece of a crinoid or possibly something else. Found in New Haven Missouri . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mark Kmiecik Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 Welcome to the forum. It's not a crinoid. I believe that may be a graptolite, but I'm not an expert, so wait for a few others to respond. 1 Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 It has an echinoderm feel - is it right that I'm seeing it as an impression? Possibly of part of a blastoid, such as Globoblastus (from https://timescavengers.blog/paleo-live/our-research-explained/): 2 Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 It would help to know the size of this specimen. Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 7 minutes ago, TqB said: It has an echinoderm feel - is it right that I'm seeing it as an impression? Possibly of part of a blastoid, like this Globoblastus (from https://timescavengers.blog/paleo-live/our-research-explained/): It does look possible -- in which case it is part of a crinoid. Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 1 minute ago, Mark Kmiecik said: It does look possible -- in which case it is part of a crinoid. Blastoids aren't crinoids, though related. I agree size would be useful! 1 Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carboniferous320 Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 10 minutes ago, TqB said: It has an echinoderm feel - is it right that I'm seeing it as an impression? Possibly of part of a blastoid, like this Globoblastus (from https://timescavengers.blog/paleo-live/our-research-explained/): I agree with TqB - definitely appears to show part of an echinoderm. Nice find!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 15 minutes ago, TqB said: Blastoids aren't crinoids, though related. I agree size would be useful! I always thought they were the "head" of a crinoid. Now I did a bit of research only to find I've been confused for the last 55 years. Well, at least I learned something new today. Makes me wonder how many other misconceptions I have formed over the years. 1 Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_17 Posted October 21, 2019 Author Share Posted October 21, 2019 Heres a pic of her holding it. The rock itself is about an inch long . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 maybe a cross section of crinoid stem? "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnbuckeye Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 IF it narrows towards one end, then maybe a cephalopod with the septal and siphuncle showing as in this example: The Craigleith Depot @CraigleithDepot 3 Aug 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erose Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 Fenestrate Bryozoan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 My first impression was echinoid until I saw the age... but I think Tarquin has nailed it or pretty close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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