OverCaffeinated Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 I am new to fossil collecting and I have a bit of a mystery on my hands, any help would be appreciated. I found this fossil in NJ (USA) in an area well known for late Cretaceous marine fossils (shark teeth etc). I have been told that it is a claw from a ghost shrimp, but I’m struggling to verify that-honestly to my naive eye it looks like a starfish arm. This is an image from my microscope, it is approximately 1 cm in length. thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bockryan Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Believe shrimp claw is correct, I have a few from the similarly aged Peedee formation in NC. There are also sea urchin spines, but this does not look like of those. Others may be more sure - lots of very experienced Big Brook hunters here 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Agree with ghost shrimp claw. Wait for further opinions to rule out crab though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danielb Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 I agree with shrimp claw. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OverCaffeinated Posted February 17 Author Share Posted February 17 Thank you for all of the responses! Seems like there is a consensus 🤠 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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