Mazon Creek Essexella?

[austinh]

Many thanks to all the help I have received over my Mazon Creek ID's. I am hoping to learn about these subtly beautiful fossils and the support here has been a huge help.

That said, I think this is a Essexella, did I get this one right?

Thanks to all. 

 

[Mark Kmiecik]

I want to say "yes", but I'm not willing to bet my life on it. Sometimes Essexella can be very difficult to ID. I like it to be better defined before I say it is. It's very similar to this one, and yet not quite the same.

 

 

Of course, I'm not always right, so let's wait for a few others to give us their impressions.

 

 

 

 

Edited May 27 by Mark Kmiecik

[austinh]

Thanks Mark. Do you have any suggestions on what else it could potentially be?

[Mark Kmiecik]

17 hours ago, austinh said:

Thanks Mark. Do you have any suggestions on what else it could potentially be?

 

Something organic is about as close as I can get us. Some concretions formed around the tiniest bits of organic matter. Like crystals, they just needed one tiny "impurity" to latch onto and start growing.

[austinh]

I just popped another with almost an identical look to it

[Mark Kmiecik]

"Blob" is the best it's gonna get on this one, I think. The lower right area is interesting but I doubt that it's identifiable. If I'm wrong, I'm sure one the other MC collectors on this forum will chime in and "smite" me.