Amber found this really nice fossil when she turned over a rock near the cabin. Being knowledgeable about such things, she quickly named what it was a fossil of, and she may have said crinoid, but I don't really remember.
Whatever the critter was, Amber thought that it was covered with silt quickly for such detail to have been so well preserved. (I'm never very sure how my macro shots will turn out. The display on the back of the camera is just too small for checking detail, which is the point of a macro shot.)
We put the rock on the shady porch, and I intend to revisit it. Maybe I'll get another shot of it for you someday.
When I first saw it, the fossil made me think of this fossil, which a friend gave me:
Missouri calendar:
- New Year's Eve
- Hang up next year's Natural Events Calendar.
- Blue moon: second full moon of the month.
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December 31st, 2009 at 8:06 am
What a neat find!
December 31st, 2009 at 8:27 am
I’ve found little bits of crinoid stems in the Chazy limestone fossils on our Lake Champlain beach, but never anything that cool!
Happy New Year’s Eve to you.
December 31st, 2009 at 10:05 am
What a cool fossil. I hope you’ll take more pics of that. It looks very interesting.
Happy New Year’s Eve!
December 31st, 2009 at 11:58 am
Wow, that is beautiful! Wishing you and yours a wonderful, healthy and Happy New Year!
December 31st, 2009 at 4:25 pm
I am sooo jealous! You have the coolest rocks. Pablo rocks! We have all the wrong rock and soil for finding fossils. I hope you’ll share some more photos of that one.
Happy New Years Eve!
Cheers,
-Walter
in Vermont
December 31st, 2009 at 5:04 pm
THAT is a real beauty. What a great find. Post more pictures. And have a happy and healthy New Year!
December 31st, 2009 at 9:25 pm
Crinoid was my thought too before I read your prose, so that clinches it.
Very cool.
Good connection to the sea biscuit fossil your friend gave you, they are Echinoderm cousins.
We see alot of those sea biscuit fossils down here.
Happy New Year’s friend.