Fossil Foilist Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Found alot of stuff this last trip. here is some pics of the finds. :eat popcorn: Fossil Foilist -----)---------------------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xonenine Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 looks like a real productive site FF, sweet echs!!! "Your serpent of Egypt is bred now of your mud by the operation of your sun; so is your crocodile." Lepidus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indy Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Noticed several fossils with (drilled holes) parasite attacks Flash from the Past (Show Us Your Fossils)MAPS Fossil Show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Nice haul! I'm not familiar with the area, what is the age/formation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Wow! That's a lot of echies! That dark colored one(Sweet!) is a HONKER! Nice finds! Thanks for posting them. Regards, Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Well, that's a nice, diverse catch.... Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordpiney Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 are the finds strictly cretaceous, or do you also find later stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil Foilist Posted January 31, 2012 Author Share Posted January 31, 2012 just cretaceous so far. Fossil Foilist -----)---------------------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickNC Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowsharks Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 That sure is a lot of echinoids. Just curious, what is the "star" shaped pattern on some of the echinoids? What purpose does it serve in real life? Is that part of the echinoid the "top" or "bottom"? Daryl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobC Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 I am riddled with petty jealousies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pagurus Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 That sure is a lot of echinoids. Just curious, what is the "star" shaped pattern on some of the echinoids? What purpose does it serve in real life? Is that part of the echinoid the "top" or "bottom"? Daryl. Great fossils. I'm jealous. I don't know much about the fossil echinoids but I'm trying to learn more. Isn't this forum great? On many living echinoderms, especially the sand dollars and a few urchins, the star-shaped pattern on the top of the animal is made by tiny holes which lead to modified tube feet. On the seastars, and many sea urchins, the tube feet are on the bottom (oral) surface, along the sides of an ambulacral groove. (The feet make the animal ambulatory, hence the name.) On modern sand dollars the ambulacral area, with modified tube feet, is found in a star-shaped petal pattern on the top surface of the animal's "test". In modern sand dollars, these modified feet are actually respiratory organs, and not for locomotion. \ Thanks for sharing your excellent finds! Mike Start the day with a smile and get it over with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traveltip1 Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Noticed several fossils with (drilled holes) parasite attacks Which holes? Are those periproct holes (anus)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boneman007 Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 just cretaceous so far. None of these echies look cretaceous. Am I wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Hi, The mouth is always under the sea urchin, and often in the center. The periproct (anus) is the other one ! coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 None of these echies look cretaceous. Am I wrong? They are Hardouinia mortonis and Hardouinia kellumi. They are late Cretaceous from the Peedee Formation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pagurus Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 (edited) Hi, The mouth is always under the sea urchin, and often in the center. The periproct (anus) is the other one ! coco You are right, of course, Coco, that the mouth is always on the bottom. Many of the echinoids in these photos also show a hole at the top, where the anus (and the madreporite) had been when the animal was living. I am curious, though, about the holes in the sides of many of these fossils. These might be the holes that Indy noticed too. They look like holes made by a predatory gastropod, but I've never seen that in modern urchins. Does anyone know if these are part of the original structure of the animal? Some modern sand dollars have holes from top to bottom, but of course they are much more compressed than the urchins. Edit: OK, I should have looked this up before I wrote the message above. I see that these critters have periprocts on the side, and that's what the holes are. The live urchins I'm familiar with have them at the top. Fossils rule! Edited February 1, 2012 by Pagurus Start the day with a smile and get it over with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 The echnoids you find in your pit are amazing. You have a great spot for hunting there, if you ever need any company I am sure one or two of us from a little further up the coast would be more than glad to make sure you don't get bored!!! :P Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmoceras Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Must have echinoids...! Great material! Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickNC Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 The echnoids you find in your pit are amazing. You have a great spot for hunting there, if you ever need any company I am sure one or two of us from a little further up the coast would be more than glad to make sure you don't get bored!!! :P Yep. I'd like to find a few nice ones. I have a few from a sand pit, but they are in poor shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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