I found something !

[Silfo]

Hello everyone !.

I  found this near the same place I found a vertebrae of a whale.I made a search in Google, and I think is a echinoderm fossil.What do you think? Am i absolutely wrong?

Salutations!

[Kane]

Neat piece! It may be a modern sand dollar.

[FossilDAWG]

I agree with the sand dollar suggestion.  I'm not confident that it is modern, as modern ones tend to fragment along the sutures between plates unlike your specimen.

 

Don

[Coco]

HI,

 

OK with all Don said.

 

Coco

[Silfo]

Thank you for answering so quickly !. I've never seen a sand dollar! I do not know if they can live in my region. I found it 2 km from the coast. From what I read on Wikipedia "live beyond the midline of low waters above or just below the surface of sandy or muddy areas." That beach is much farther from where I found it, about 16 km.

Is it necessary warm water ?. Here the water is cold.

Thanks again! Silfo.

 

 

 

[JBMugu]

I see many sand dollars on the beach here in California and the water can be as cold as 50 degrees F so the water doesn't not need to be that warm. 

[sixgill pete]

An echinoderm for sure, most likely a fossil, especially considering where you found it. Can we get a picture from the side so we can see the shape and thickness of it possibly. Most likely a sand dollar, but could be an irregular echinoid.

[Silfo]

A few pictures more.I found another piece in the same place .

[Monica]

Very pretty sand dollar!!!

[Kane]

Very nice piece!