Alex Buchanan
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Alex Buchanan posted a new specimen in the group
What is it? from the myFOSSIL app 10 months, 2 weeks ago10 months, 2 weeks ago10 months, 2 weeks agoAlex Buchanan has contributed a new specimen to myFOSSIL!
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Alex Buchanan posted a new specimen in the group
What is it? from the myFOSSIL app 1 year ago1 year ago1 year agoAlex Buchanan has contributed a new specimen to myFOSSIL!
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Alex Buchanan posted a new activity comment 1 year ago
1 year ago1 year agoOr more likely to be the calyx of a crinoid? Thanks for your help!
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Alex Buchanan posted a new activity comment 1 year ago
1 year ago1 year agoAnd does that mean the “eggs” may actually be crinoid poo? From Wikipedia: “Faecal matter is formed into large, mucous-cemented pellets which fall onto the tegmen and thence the substrate”
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Alex Buchanan posted a new activity comment 1 year ago
1 year ago1 year agoAh! Thank you! You just helped identify some other fossils I found I the area (crinoid stalks / columns, I believe). I’ll post separately
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Alex Buchanan posted an image in the group
What is it? from the myFOSSIL app 1 year ago1 year ago1 year agoLook like some eggs, about 1 to 1.5mm size, in a fossil full of trilobites and Rugose corals and other bits and pieces? the rock / area it came from dates about 410 million years ago #fossil
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That’s cool
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Hey @alex-buchanan! Looks like you have an assemblage of different sections of trilobite anatomy or the external molds of crinoids.
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According to Rockd, looks like you are collecting in the Yass Formation which is from the Upper Silurian Period and between Wenlock and Ludlow Ages. Hattons Corner Group is also a possibility.
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Ah! Thank you! You just helped identify some other fossils I found I the area (crinoid stalks / columns, I believe). I’ll post separately
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And does that mean the “eggs” may actually be crinoid poo? From Wikipedia: “Faecal matter is formed into large, mucous-cemented pellets which fall onto the tegmen and thence the substrate”
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Or more likely to be the calyx of a crinoid? Thanks for your help!
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Alex Buchanan posted a new activity comment 1 year, 1 month ago
1 year, 1 month ago1 year, 1 month agoThanks Samantha!
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Alex Buchanan posted a new activity comment 1 year, 1 month ago
1 year, 1 month ago1 year, 1 month agoEven if there are multiple fossils in that one rock?
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Hi, if there are multiple specimens in a rock measure and photograph each one separately if you can. You can digitally add a circle around which specimen you are referring to in the gallery to make it clear. This enables paleontologists studying the specimens to decipher which one the entry is referring to.
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Alex Buchanan posted a new activity comment 1 year, 1 month ago
1 year, 1 month ago1 year, 1 month agoThere are quite a few incomplete and not completely exposed fossils. I don’t have one with face, back, and tail available to help identification. Would it help if it’s just a single rock (even if there are
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Alex Buchanan posted a new activity comment 1 year, 1 month ago
1 year, 1 month ago1 year, 1 month agoThanks Samantha! I don’t have the exact location on a map, but I think I’ve found it on macrostat – Ludlow to Lochovian (427.4 to 410.8 Ma) fossiliferous shale, mudstone, siltstone, black shale, limestone, quartz-lithium sandstone.
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Alex Buchanan posted a new activity comment 1 year, 1 month ago
1 year, 1 month ago1 year, 1 month agoRugose coral, not rubies coral, thanks auto-correct
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Ruby coral would be quite a thing to find!
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Alex Buchanan posted a new activity comment 1 year, 1 month ago
1 year, 1 month ago1 year, 1 month agoYou could be onto something. I found a lot of rubies coral nearby, but preserved differently. And I didn’t know what it was until now, so you just inadvertently helped me identify something else 😀 I’ll have a closer look at this one to compare. Thanks!
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Alex Buchanan posted a new activity comment 1 year, 1 month ago
1 year, 1 month ago1 year, 1 month agoThe spirals might be Archimedes? Some of the brachiopods in this pic might help: https://pin.it/150dngL the source is from here: http://geologycafe.com/class/chapter15.html
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Alex Buchanan posted a new specimen in the group
What is it? from the myFOSSIL app. 1 year, 1 month ago1 year, 1 month ago1 year, 1 month agoAlex Buchanan has contributed specimen mFeM 66450 to myFOSSIL!
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Have you considered a rugose coral? I have found some that look similar to this.
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You could be onto something. I found a lot of rubies coral nearby, but preserved differently. And I didn’t know what it was until now, so you just inadvertently helped me identify something else 😀 I’ll have a closer look at this one to compare. Thanks!
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Rugose coral, not rubies coral, thanks auto-correct
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Ruby coral would be quite a thing to find!
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Glad to help!
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I agree that this is a rugose coral!!
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Thanks Samantha!
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Alex Buchanan posted a new specimen in the group
What is it? from the myFOSSIL app. 1 year, 1 month ago1 year, 1 month ago1 year, 1 month agoAlex Buchanan has contributed specimen mFeM 66439 to myFOSSIL!
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Hi @Alex-Buchanan! I’m looking for resources that might help us narrow down the ID. Do you know how old this is? https://www.macrostrat.org can help! Also, for the eMuseum, we can only accept individual fossils, not multiples. Can you edit the photos so they’re of only a single specimen? Thanks, Sam
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Thanks Samantha! I don’t have the exact location on a map, but I think I’ve found it on macrostat – Ludlow to Lochovian (427.4 to 410.8 Ma) fossiliferous shale, mudstone, siltstone, black shale, limestone, quartz-lithium sandstone.
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There are quite a few incomplete and not completely exposed fossils. I don’t have one with face, back, and tail available to help identification. Would it help if it’s just a single rock (even if there are
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Even if there are multiple fossils in that one rock?
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Hi, if there are multiple specimens in a rock measure and photograph each one separately if you can. You can digitally add a circle around which specimen you are referring to in the gallery to make it clear. This enables paleontologists studying the specimens to decipher which one the entry is referring to.
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Alex Buchanan became a registered member 1 year, 1 month ago
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What is it? 1 year, 1 month ago1 year, 1 month ago1 year, 1 month ago
Possibly some form of coral?
Probably coral
Corals. Looking at cross-sections of them showing radial symmetry.