PA Fossil Finder Posted March 6, 2016 Author Share Posted March 6, 2016 It is a comatulid crinoid. I doubt that it is from Lee Creek, it looks like Eocene Castle Hayne. Well, this is a neat little find, but I don't see how that could be possible. I found it in the Lee Creek micro matrix that I found all the other micros of this thread in. This particular batch of matrix was part of an auction run by the forum member sixgill pete. I don't think it's from a different formation, unless it was reworked or he accidentally mixed up two different matrices. Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 Compare it with Microcrinus conoideus, a common Eocene species from North Carolina. I don't think there has been a comatulid found in the Pungo River or Yorktown Formations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 Like Al Dente said it is a comatulid crinoid and it definitely looks like Microcrinus conoideus. This could have come from the table I dry my matrix on. I dried some Castle Hayne matrix a few days before I dried your matrix. I try and make sure I clean it off completely but this must ve been left on the table and got pushed of into your box. Sorry for the contamination,but you got a nice little crinoid. So far everything else you have posted is definitely from Lee Creek. 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...
PA Fossil Finder Posted March 6, 2016 Author Share Posted March 6, 2016 Normally I search one spoonful of matrix at a time. I was very happy when I found TWO whale shark teeth in one scoop! I'm starting to think whale shark teeth aren't as rare as I thought. Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 Nice. They are not exactly common, believe me. 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...
PA Fossil Finder Posted March 6, 2016 Author Share Posted March 6, 2016 Compare it with Microcrinus conoideus, a common Eocene species from North Carolina. I don't think there has been a comatulid found in the Pungo River or Yorktown Formations. Like Al Dente said it is a comatulid crinoid and it definitely looks like Microcrinus conoideus. This could have come from the table I dry my matrix on. I dried some Castle Hayne matrix a few days before I dried your matrix. I try and make sure I clean it off completely but this must ve been left on the table and got pushed of into your box. Sorry for the contamination,but you got a nice little crinoid. So far everything else you have posted is definitely from Lee Creek. Well, that's fine. I am glad I posted it here - otherwise it would probably be mislabeled. But what label should I give it? Eocene crinoid, possibly from the Castle Hayne Formation? Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 I think I would label it, under the circumstances. ?Microcrinus conoideus ; ?Eocene Castle Hayne Formation Onslow County N.C If I had found it in the matrix I dried (and I did find 2 crinoids, 1 of these) This is what it would have been labeled without the question marks. 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...
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