pleecan Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 (edited) What could it be the serrated object bellow the worm like object? Early Devonian. Edited November 15, 2011 by pleecan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandomas Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 :o !!! Silurian Canadian Torpedo? Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lotsofpets Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 How big is it? Maybe a cephalopod? Reminds me a little of a modern-day squid. The worm-like thing my guess is a crinoid stem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleecan Posted November 15, 2011 Author Share Posted November 15, 2011 (edited) 4-5 mm... don't think it is a squid... worm thing may be a bryozoan... they both may be bryozoans... may be the worm thing is a worm... protoscolex Edited November 15, 2011 by pleecan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleecan Posted November 15, 2011 Author Share Posted November 15, 2011 (edited) :o !!! Silurian Canadian Torpedo? Good one Nando! I just corrected the age of the strata ... more like early Devonian not Late Silurian as first posted so Devonain Canadian Torpedo. Edited November 15, 2011 by pleecan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandomas Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Good one Nando! I just corrected the age of the strata ... more like early Devonian not Late Silurian as first posted so Devonain Canadian Torpedo. Seriously, they seem to have some kind of flagellate cells shape, but they are too big for this Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 My guess would be Cornulites. I've seen examples of Devonian chert with Tentaculites that look very similar to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleecan Posted November 15, 2011 Author Share Posted November 15, 2011 Thanks for your insights Al Dente! Dr Joe Botting commented " That's an interesting one, and it tells me your picture is upside-down. You can see that there's a crenulated margin around it, which is clearly a brachiopod shell. It's articulated (both valves intact), and the smooth chalcedony is a void-fill. At the upper right, you can see a partial infill by sediment, which filled maybe a sixth of the void inside the shell. This is what we call a geopetal structure - its distribution is controlled by gravity as it was washed in, and therefore it acts a way-up indicator. Neat, eh? " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleecan Posted November 15, 2011 Author Share Posted November 15, 2011 Mystery is solved... Brachiopod shell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandomas Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Mystery is solved... Brachiopod shell. I would have never guessed :o Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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