JacksonR Posted June 13 Posted June 13 A Pteridinium fossil my friend sent me from Stanly County, North Carolina. I plan to get it micro-CT scanned and hopefully publish something on it. 1 10
Fossildude19 Posted June 13 Posted June 13 Pretty cool! Hard to imagine 500 million years ago! Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 IPFOTM -- MAY - 2024 _________________________________________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me
FossilDAWG Posted June 13 Posted June 13 Amazing! North Carolina Ediacaran fossils are super rare! Don
Yoda Posted June 13 Posted June 13 Fantastic fossil - really nice MotM August 2023 - Eclectic Collector
Wrangellian Posted June 13 Posted June 13 What they said! Not too many of those around... 6 hours ago, Fossildude19 said: Pretty cool! Hard to imagine 500 million years ago! More like 550!
Fossildude19 Posted June 13 Posted June 13 3 hours ago, Wrangellian said: What they said! Not too many of those around... More like 550! I was ball - parking. 50 million years is a drop in the bucket, at that point. Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 IPFOTM -- MAY - 2024 _________________________________________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me
FranzBernhard Posted June 13 Posted June 13 11 hours ago, JacksonR said: micro-CT scanned What type of scanning is this? Btw, learned something new today! Thanks for sharing! Franz Bernhard
Wrangellian Posted June 15 Posted June 15 (edited) On 6/13/2024 at 4:10 AM, Fossildude19 said: I was ball - parking. 50 million years is a drop in the bucket, at that point. Yes, but that 50m years makes a big difference in terms of fossils! You go from rare, soft-bodied oddballs to almost everything we are used to seeing being around 50my later. Edited June 15 by Wrangellian
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