Hunterc123 Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 I found this piece of gravel a while back with a bunch of crinoids and the pygidium of a trilobite sticking out. Been curious ever since as to what the oval with the ridge running through the center and small hole in the middle is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 Another crinoid colunal, I think. Like these : Nice finds. 4 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunterc123 Posted April 8, 2020 Author Share Posted April 8, 2020 3 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said: Another crinoid colunal, I think. Like these : Nice finds. That's pretty surprising. I've never found nor seen an example of an oval crinoid. Then again I've found hundreds of fossils out of this gravel and never another example of a trilobite. I've found a few gems however like a small chunk of colonial horn coral and this trilobite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 Here is an excellent paper describing similar fossils from the gravel deposits of Mississippi: Dockery, D.T., Starnes, J.E., Thompson, D.E., Beiser, L. 2008 Rocks and Fossils Found in Mississippi's Gravel Deposits. Mississippi Geological Survey, Circular, 7:1-25 PDF LINK 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunterc123 Posted April 8, 2020 Author Share Posted April 8, 2020 10 minutes ago, piranha said: Here is an excellent paper describing similar fossils from the gravel deposits of Mississippi: Dockery, D.T., Starnes, J.E., Thompson, D.E., Beiser, L. 2008 Rocks and Fossils Found in Mississippi's Gravel Deposits. Mississippi Geological Survey, Circular, 7:1-25 PDF LINK Thank you so much for this. I have examples of 90% or more do this fossils. Its awesome to finally be able to put a name and age to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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