PublicLibrary Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 (edited) While cleaning out our library closet, a closet that has not been cleaned in almost 6 to 10 years, we came across some fossils. For the most part the fossils are of sea shells that we could identify but one is very different from the others. We have guessed that is some kind of starfish or some kind of crinoid. We would like to be positive of what it is though so we can use it, hopefully, in a display. Any information you can give us would be wonderful! Edited August 15, 2012 by PublicLibrary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 With somewhat indistinct forms like that, my first thought is of filled burrows and/or feeding traces. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PublicLibrary Posted August 15, 2012 Author Share Posted August 15, 2012 Thank you for your response! Here are some more and better pictures to help you see the fossil better. 8.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Scylla Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 They seem like burrows or other trace fossils to me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost1066 Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 I have several very similar to those and they are identified as feeding burrows in the books I have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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