Roz Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 All those great echs of MB's have me looking at my stuff.. This is a Cretaceous echinoid that I found while in Arkansas. I had to admit this, but someone had given me an ID last year, and I did not write it down at the time, and now I cannot remember what it is. I have been getting much better with marking things now as I get an ID. I will no longer rely on memory... If someone recognizes it, it would be a great help.. Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 All those great echs of MB's have me looking at my stuff.. This is a Cretaceous echinoid that I found while in Arkansas. I had to admit this, but someone had given me an ID last year, and I did not write it down at the time, and now I cannot remember what it is. I have been getting much better with marking things now as I get an ID. I will no longer rely on memory... If someone recognizes it, it would be a great help.. Hey Roz, Like an Hemiaster type, I think http://www.mbfossilcrabs.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOROPUS Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 It looks quite similar to Linthia (Desor, 1853) type,but aswell to Hemiaster.can you turn the first picture, so we can see it well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 It looks quite similar to Linthia (Desor, 1853) type,but aswell to Hemiaster.can you turn the first picture, so we can see it well? Roz, look Mecaster, an Hemiasteridae, 4 gonopores? http://www.mbfossilcrabs.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roz Posted February 29, 2008 Author Share Posted February 29, 2008 I looked that up and it sure looks like it.. Not positive though.. You guys agree? Different views...hope that helps Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Murphy Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 Roz: The echinoid appears to be Linthia variabilis Slocum, probably from the Nacatoch Sand (Maastrichtian). Was this from the Ouachita River region? The species is found in Texas (Corsicana Fm), Arkansas (Saratoga Formation and Nacatoch Sand), Missississippi (Prairie Bluff Fm) and Alabama (Prairie Bluff Fm). Dan Woehr has some super specimens of this species from the Corsicana Fm. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 Hey Roz... That thing comes from the Drawer Formation in my Bedroom county and is called a button. HA!!! RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 Hey Roz... That thing comes from the Drawer Formation in my Bedroom county and is called a button. HA!!!RB Mystery solved !!!! :ahah3: http://www.mbfossilcrabs.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roz Posted March 2, 2008 Author Share Posted March 2, 2008 Thanks so much for the ID. I have it marked now and put away. Hey RB, your wife told me she doesn't care for the shirt of yours with those buttons, so no more, go look in the Drawer Formation........ it is now extinct! Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 I'd cast my vote for L. varibilis as Mike suggested. Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roz Posted March 3, 2008 Author Share Posted March 3, 2008 Thanks, that is what I put on the ID, and the area was Nacatoch Sand. It was in a small drainage area in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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