This is an interesting animal that many are not even aware exists in the Mazon Creek deposit.
It is a fossil gooseneck barnacle named Illilepas damrowi.
Barnacles are known from as early as the Cambrian but are relatively rare in the fossil record.
A barnacle is actually a crustacean and are distantly related to lobsters. Modern gooseneck barnacles also have a similar taste to lobster.
Like all gooseneck barnacles, Illilepas has a stalk like body and a calcareous head region co