ynot Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 (edited) Hey all, I found this in the Wheeler amphitheater in the House range of western Utah; somewhat east of the main digging zones for the Trilobites, It is about 4 x 4 inches. Any ideas as to the Identity of it? Thanks, Ynot Edited September 7, 2014 by ynot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cole Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Whatever it is, its pretty awesome. Cole~ Knowledge has three degrees-opinion, science, illumination. The means or instrument of the first is sense; of the second, dialectic; of the third, intuition. Plotinus 204 or 205 C.E., Egyptian Philosopher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2ynpigo Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Perhaps Gogia spiralis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxytropidoceras Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 (edited) It is hard to tell definitely from the picture. It looks like that you found a specimen of a Middle Cambrian cystoid. Go see: 1. Gogia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gogia 2. Gogia spiralis, http://greatbasinmuseum.com/index.php/photo-galleries/image/22-5-gogia-spiralis http://www.fossilmuseum.net/Cambrian-Explosion/Gogia/Gogia-spiralis.htm https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Gogia_spiralis and Robison, R. A., 2004, Middle Cambrian eocrinoids from western North America. Journal of Paleontology. vol. 39 no. 3 pp. 355-364 http://jpaleontol.geoscienceworld.org/content/39/3/355.short It is quite a wonderful find. Yours, Paul H. Edited September 7, 2014 by Oxytropidoceras Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 I too think it is a Gogia; great find! "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...
ynot Posted September 7, 2014 Author Share Posted September 7, 2014 Hey Guys, Thanks- it appears to be something I did not know existed, and that is great! I re-cropped the photos so Y'all can get a better view. Hope it helps. Let Me know if the quality needs inproving. Thanks again, Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgcox Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Beautiful specimen hope we can find one next May! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeepTimeIsotopes Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 That's a pretty sweet find! Each dot is 50,000,000 years: Hadean............Archean..............................Proterozoic.......................................Phanerozoic........... Paleo......Meso....Ceno.. Ꞓ.OSD.C.P.Tr.J.K..Pg.NgQ< You are here Doesn't time just fly by? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeepTimeIsotopes Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 (edited) Here you go Edited September 7, 2014 by Utahfossilhunter 1 Each dot is 50,000,000 years: Hadean............Archean..............................Proterozoic.......................................Phanerozoic........... Paleo......Meso....Ceno.. Ꞓ.OSD.C.P.Tr.J.K..Pg.NgQ< You are here Doesn't time just fly by? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamalama Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Those are cool fossils to find. Congrats! -Dave __________________________________________________ Geologists on the whole are inconsistent drivers. When a roadcut presents itself, they tend to lurch and weave. To them, the roadcut is a portal, a fragment of a regional story, a proscenium arch that leads their imaginations into the earth and through the surrounding terrain. - John McPheeIf I'm going to drive safely, I can't do geology. - John McPheeCheck out my Blog for more fossils I've found: http://viewsofthemahantango.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted September 7, 2014 Author Share Posted September 7, 2014 Thank Y'all for the replies. How rare are eocrinoids? Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Besides being an iconic and desirable fossil with limited sites for collecting, they are not at all common. Very high on the coolness scale "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...
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