Fossil Identification?

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Feles - 29 Jan 2008 14:45 GMT

I'm wondering if anyone on this newsgroup can help me to identify the
below fossil, which I found on the surface in south Louisiana:

http://www.fotothing.com/photos/fc6/fc6f4df57c46e3a6b7950f8d5e582172.jpg?ts=1201
617265

The reverse side is shown here:

http://www.fotothing.com/photos/d44/d44eb407199f1607bce56dc0d78d0051.jpg?ts=1201
617798

I at first thought it was a crinoid, but I find it's too large to
correspond to most descriptions of crinoids.

Could it be coral?

Thanks,

Feles

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John Harshman - 30 Jan 2008 02:38 GMT

> I'm wondering if anyone on this newsgroup can help me to identify the
> below fossil, which I found on the surface in south Louisiana:
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> Could it be coral?

If indeed it's a fossil, which is not clear to me from the photos, it's
too worn for me to have any real idea what it could have looked like
when fresh. But it's too big to be a crinoid stem.

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Andy - 03 Feb 2008 03:21 GMT

> I'm wondering if anyone on this newsgroup can help me to identify the
> below fossil, which I found on the surface in south Louisiana:
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> Feles

It is quite worn. And it's hard to tell from the pictures. But it
could be an echinoid. It's very hard to say with certainty.

Andy

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fancyui - 07 Feb 2008 07:51 GMT

> > I'm wondering if anyone on this newsgroup can help me to identify the
> > below fossil, which I found on the surface in south Louisiana:
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could it be a fruit?

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Natural Science Forum / Biology / Paleontology / February 2008

Fossil Identification?