Gen. et sp. indet. Posted January 10, 2015 Posted January 10, 2015 This is the best quality I can get from my camera. The specimen is minute. It is of Late Silurian age and was found in an erratic boulder in Poland, so it comes from the depths of the Baltic Sea, from Sweden mainland or Gotland/Öland islands... My question is: what is your quess as it comes to the brachiopod ORDER it belongs to? I am aware this must be speculative as it is almost impossible to precisely identify a non-prepared specimen from a photo, but what choise more does such an un-spectacular fossil has? Nobody cares for them and this might be the only chance for this fossil to be talked about
piranha Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 The spiriferid Howellella looks like a good possibility. They are recorded from the late Silurian of Gotland and Poland. Bassett, M.G., & Cocks, L.R.M. (1974) A review of Silurian brachiopods from Gotland. Fossils and Strata, 3:1-56
Gen. et sp. indet. Posted January 11, 2015 Author Posted January 11, 2015 Looks like a serious possibility! Thanks!
Herb Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 looks like a good bet. "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks
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