Jones1rocks Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 Once again, I am seeking assistance in identifying a Mazon Creek concretion fossil. Might be an easy one for someone here, but I'm just not finding it. Both halves are pictured below. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 I am pretty sure someone posted one of these fossils recently but I can't remember what it was called. Let me see if I can find the post. 1 I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 Your fossil appears to be a rare legless amphibian Phlegethontia longissima. Check the post" Finally found the holy grail of Mazon creek fossils". 1 I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 Cool find! Congratulations! I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 I am leading toward Didontogaster cordylina "Tummy Tooth Worm" - though I can not see it's jaws due to the remaining matrix that is in the location where the jaws would be found. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westcoast Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 Your find has inspired me to write a new book- 'Fantastic beasts I wish I could find them'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 @RCFossils 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...
Darktooth Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 6 hours ago, westcoast said: Your find has inspired me to write a new book- 'Fantastic beasts I wish I could find them'. I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 Definitely a type of polychaete worm. Sorry i can't be more specific (i don't have my Mazon books with me). 1 ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRocksWillShoutHisGlory Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 Sometimes with worms there just isn't a lot to go off of, but I'm leaning towards Pieckonia helenae because of the tapered end, and number of segments and setae, even if it is a little smaller than usual. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiseOfTheExtinct Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 Try finding your answer on this website: http://www.fossilmuseum.net/Fossil_Sites/Mazon-Creek/Mazon-Creek-Fossils.htm It's a list of Mazon Creek fossil types. There are a bunch of worm species listed on here. It just might help you! Good luck! RiseOfTheExtinct Quote "There's no shame in being weird. I'm have the obsession of mollusks. You're the one who always forgets your coffee. We're all weird in our own ways. Don't forget that, weirdo whose even weirder than me..." 5 minutes later... Said by someone else... "Hey, weirdo, you forgot your coffee on your desk..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdp Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 On 5/5/2017 at 7:26 PM, Darktooth said: Your fossil appears to be a rare legless amphibian Phlegethontia longissima. Check the post" Finally found the holy grail of Mazon creek fossils". I don't think so. If this was an aistopod like Phlegethontia, you'd expect to see clear vertebrae and ribs. I see none of those here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiseOfTheExtinct Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 I've been to Mazon Creek once over this summer. Didn't find anything....maybe some petrified wood that looked cool. Other than that, the place was pretty much picked over. That doesn't mean I can't try to help identify your findings, it just means that you got really lucky! 5 gold stars for you! I hope you can figure out what it is. I think research on websites helps me identify things. Even though it takes time, it's totally worth a shot. RiseOfTheExtinct Quote "There's no shame in being weird. I'm have the obsession of mollusks. You're the one who always forgets your coffee. We're all weird in our own ways. Don't forget that, weirdo whose even weirder than me..." 5 minutes later... Said by someone else... "Hey, weirdo, you forgot your coffee on your desk..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Russell Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 It may be Didontogaster cordylina. Finding my way through life; one fossil at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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