gpblood Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 Greetings to all, I am new here, and am always in a hurry! Thought I would jump in with a mystery though ? I found one of these balls years ago and kept it out of curiosity? It was in a matrix of crinoids and corals between two layers of Limestone. Have spent much time searching but have found nothing concise. I do have many more of them found in another place. Could use some forwarding advice!! Greg Blood <gpblood61@gmail.com> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traviscounty Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 porocystis globularis? ...I found some last weekend myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seldom Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 Porocystis Globularis Galveston Island 32 miles long 2 miles wide 134 bars 23 liquor stores any questions? Evolution is Chimp Change. Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass; it's about learning to dance in the rain! "I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen." Ernest Hemingway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobC Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 For once I could ID something--Upstaged once again!! Oh wait--the common name is fruiting algae bulbs. See how fantastic I am? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smilodon Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 Greetings to all,I am new here, and am always in a hurry! Thought I would jump in with a mystery though ? I found one of these balls years ago and kept it out of curiosity? It was in a matrix of crinoids and corals between two layers of Limestone. Have spent much time searching but have found nothing concise. I do have many more of them found in another place. Could use some forwarding advice!! Greg Blood <gpblood61@gmail.com> The title of your post was rather intriguing 'cause I didn't think they would fossilize Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 The title of your post was rather intriguing 'cause I didn't think they would fossilize Wait 'til you're my age... "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 Or Porosphaera globularis, a sponge. KOF, Bill. Welcome to the forum, all new members www.ukfossils check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smilodon Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 Wait 'til you're my age... I am your age and mine are right........ uhhh where'd they go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smilodon Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 Wait 'til you're my age... A former boss of mine had a wife in the same business but she had waaaayyyyy more testosterone than the law allowed. We used to joke that she kept his in a jar on the nightstand and loaned them back to him once in a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpblood Posted August 13, 2009 Author Share Posted August 13, 2009 Much Thanks to all !%? I haven't seen any ( porocystis globularis ) that look quite like my balls!! All I've found have all been the same size, within a millimeter or two. I don't know much about these things, but had high hopes that my balls might be valuable.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 Greg, you mentioned that you found them associated with crinoid fossils. Do you know what geologic formation they came from? In lieu of that, a general location might suffice. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobC Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 I find lots of those guys in dripping springs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 yeah, see, i'm not falling into this particular trap. john's already sniffin' around the clue that there's maybe a couple hundred millions years of difference between those porocystis in the glen rose and these thingamaroonies. it's like watching my brother-in-law's labrador when he gets bird scent. i'm backin' off. i'll be over on another thread callin' something a bison if anybody needs me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordpiney Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 i never thought id be caught dead sayin this but.....nice balls! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobC Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 oh...my...God Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smilodon Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 i never thought id be caught dead sayin this but.....nice balls! I give him credit, he's got a lotta balls posting on this site JK JK JK(MOds, I'm being funny, really) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 I give him credit, he's got a lotta balls posting on this site JK JK JK(MOds, I'm being funny, really) crickets.... "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobC Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Hey--I chuckled! We have to keep our beloved Smilodon from becoming a Frownadon. Get it? Smile---frown... oh never mind. crickets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smilodon Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Hey--I chuckled! We have to keep our beloved Smilodon from becoming a Frownadon. Get it? Smile---frown... oh never mind. crickets My job description here is to get people to not take things so seriously and lighten up. Truly. See my new tagline? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Is it possible that your objects are crinoid floats from free-floating crinoids? Here's one that's much larger than yours, and is from an identified species: http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traviscounty Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Is it possible that your objects are crinoid floats from free-floating crinoids? Here's one that's much larger than yours, and is from an identified species: Testicalus globularis? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpblood Posted August 16, 2009 Author Share Posted August 16, 2009 Greg, you mentioned that you found them associated with crinoid fossils. Do you know what geologic formation they came from? In lieu of that, a general location might suffice. Thanks for the intrest>>! I had sent some samples to A Professor @ UT@Martin (TN) He asked if they might be a the lobelville member of the Brownsport Formation..! The first " ball " I found approx. 1 mile north of the town of lobelville, Tn. Of what I understand this is a Silurian Formation. Clams, crinoids, cephlapods are pretty common in the area; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 Thanks for the intrest>>! I had sent some samples toA Professor @ UT@Martin (TN) He asked if they might be a the lobelville member of the Brownsport Formation..! The first " ball " I found approx. 1 mile north of the town of lobelville, Tn. Of what I understand this is a Silurian Formation. Clams, crinoids, cephlapods are pretty common in the area; That rules out Porocystis. Maybe someone more familiar with those formations will chime in. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 I went through some Sil. stuff, and I couldn't find anything. I kind of thought pisolith(big oolite), but I think that they are too large. Can you saw one in half? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpblood Posted August 18, 2009 Author Share Posted August 18, 2009 I've not cut one but have several pieces of broken balls!! They are seemingly concentric and very hard..! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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