Enigmatic Mazon Creek purchase

[Hollie Bird]

Evening All,

 

A short while ago I purchased this Mazon Creek nodule. When I first spotted the listing online it was described as a common species of worm from the Mazon Creek. At first glance I thought the ID was a bit off and maybe it was a slightly different species of worm with a death trail attached. As I'm a sucker for strange oddities it fell into my online shopping basket.

 

The following day the seller contacted me to say the fossil was likely misidentified. He thought it was possibly a Tully Monster proboscis. He offered a refund if I wanted but was happy to go through with the sale if I wished. I went ahead with the sale.

 

Now looking at it I have convinced myself I can see the eight teeth in a Tully Monsters proboscis 🤣

 

I would love to know what the experts here think of this strange nodule? All thoughts welcome.

 

Note the nodule is approximately 45mm in length along the longer axis.

[Fossildude19]

Looks like a Tully proboscis to me.

 

Here it is cropped and contrasted:

 

 

 

And with the colors reversed:

 

 

 

 

@RCFossils  @Mark Kmiecik  @Nimravis  @deutscheben

[RCFossils]

Agreed 

Nice example of a Tull claw.

[Hollie Bird]

15 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said:

Looks like a Tully proboscis to me.

 

Here it is cropped and contrasted:

 

 

 

And with the colors reversed:

 

 

 

 

@RCFossils  @Mark Kmiecik  @Nimravis  @deutscheben

Thank you for replying fossildude19. I will admit I am quite excited if I have inadvertently bought a tiny piece of one of my bucket list fossils ☺️

[Randyw]

Very nice!

[Nimravis]

As @RCFossils said, nice claw.

[Yoda]

Really amazing fossil 

[Mark Kmiecik]

23 hours ago, Fossildude19 said:

Looks like a Tully proboscis to me.

 

Nailed It! And very nicely detailed. One more vote for this species being a predator.