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Texas Pennsylvanian marine fossil


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I feel like I should know what this, but am drawing a blank. Pennsylvanian limestone from the Pedernales park in Texas, USA. Roughly 2x4cm

 

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Cone in cone cross section?

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Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will add it to your regular duties.

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I don't think that Rastellum existed in the Pennsylvanian. They first appeared in the Jurassic as far as I know.

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1 hour ago, Ludwigia said:

I don't think that Rastellum existed in the Pennsylvanian. They first appeared in the Jurassic as far as I know.

But if the shoe fits. Is the age given, correct? 

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Sorry, but it doesn't exactly look like it to me. Maybe the OP can confirm the stratigraphy of the rock?

 

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I believe it's a section of crinoid stem showing weathered echinoderm calcite structure. They seem to be common in Pennsylvanian limestone there and the lithology looks right.

 

Joints between columals arrowed, typical echinoderm cleavage showing well at the bottom:

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I guess the shoe doesn't fit and I get blisters. :)

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3 hours ago, Ludwigia said:

Maybe the OP can confirm the stratigraphy of the rock?

It's Marble Falls Limestone, exposed at Pedernales Falls. Bedrock, so I'm rather certain of the stratigraphy in this case.

 

https://www.beg.utexas.edu/texas-through-time/pedernales-falls.html

Crinoids are preserved there, in abundance. Here's one (about 1.8 x 10cm):

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The original photo shows the only V-patterning that I saw on any fossil.

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