CBOB Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Hey Everyone! Happy new year! A nodule from South Pit 11 Mazonia area split and can't figure out what it is? Millipede? Shrimp tale? I have the Wittrey book I've been looking through and I see similar features on multiple animals from his pictures. Thanks for your help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdp Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Millipede seems like a reasonable ID. I don't know enough about Carboniferous arthropods to narrow it down any further, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 looks more like some kind of shrimp to me. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 To long and narrow for shrimp. millipede seems like a good fit. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Ooooo, that is a tough one. I would guess Cryptocaris hootchi simply based on the amount of equal segments. @fiddlehead or @RCFossils could possibly have a definitive answer for this. ~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...
sixgill pete Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 @Nimravis may be able to help on this also. Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Looks like a millipede to me, though I suppose it could be some other hexapod or maybe a weird worm. I patiently await the experts responses Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCFossils Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 I cannot tell for certain from the pictures but your specimen appears to be a type of wingless insect called Dasyleptus. They are the most commonly found insect in the Mazon Creek deposit although they have never been described. I cannot see any signs of the long bristletail but you might be able to have it prepped out of the rock. Congratulations on a nice find. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 As @RCFossils , I am also leaning towards a Monura (Silverfish). Here are a couple examples from my collection that were identified by Jarmilla Kukalova-Peck from Carleton University, Ottawa. She is now retired and is a paleontologist who specialty is insects. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCFossils Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Here are a few from my collection. I think it is pretty likely that there are numerous undescribed types. This specimen looks similar to yours however a portion of the tail spine is preserved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCFossils Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 This is one of my favorites. it preserves legs and antennae. Dr Eugene Richardson examined this specimen and identified plant spores in the digestive tract. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCFossils Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Here is another well preserved example 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 @RCFossils very nice examples- here is another of mine and Dr. Peck stated that it has legs and 2 claws present. And 1 more- 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 3 hours ago, fossilized6s said: Ooooo, that is a tough one. I would guess Cryptocaris hootchi simply based on the amount of equal segments. And for those wondering about Crytocaris hootchi and how it looks just like the Fossil found by @CBOB , here is a Crytocaris hootchi from my collection, I think it is my only one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCFossils Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Those are wonderful examples. Cryptocaris is quite rare. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeargleSchmeargl Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Millipede vote from me. Can you zoom in on the specimen some? Would love to see the little details. Every single fossil you see is a miracle set in stone, and should be treated as such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 27 minutes ago, MeargleSchmeargl said: Millipede vote from me. Can you zoom in on the specimen some? Would love to see the little details. You never know- it could be, it is always hard when you can't see the details- when I first saw it, I thought that it was an Acanthotelson stimpsoni shrimp- But I still vote for Monura. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBOB Posted January 2, 2018 Author Share Posted January 2, 2018 6 hours ago, RCFossils said: I cannot tell for certain from the pictures but your specimen appears to be a type of wingless insect called Dasyleptus. They are the most commonly found insect in the Mazon Creek deposit although they have never been described. I cannot see any signs of the long bristletail but you might be able to have it prepped out of the rock. Congratulations on a nice find. I too thought it could be Dasyleptus from the Mazon Creek Fossil Fauna book by Wittry but my specimen lacked the detail of the bristletail. That then led me to think more along the lines of millipede. But the body segmentation of my fossil looks almost identical to the Dasyleptus example pictured in the book. Thanks for the other pics too! 3 hours ago, Nimravis said: You never know- it could be, it is always hard when you can't see the details- when I first saw it, I thought that it was an Acanthotelson stimpsoni shrimp- But I still vote for Monura. It does look "shrimpy" to me too but agree now that I think I have a Dasyleptus/Monura. And thanks for the pics! 3 hours ago, MeargleSchmeargl said: Millipede vote from me. Can you zoom in on the specimen some? Would love to see the little details. These pics were from my phone. That was as close as I could get. I have no macro settings available on my phone. I will try to get out my digital camera for some more up close pictures to reveal any other details from the fossil. Thanks everybody! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeySRT8 Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Interesting... I have one very similar and cannot get a positive ID, Shrimp or Millipede. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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