Palaeontologists needed!

Posted on February 6, 2008 by | 4 Comments

Can you help identify this fossil? The experts are baffled.

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4 responses to “Palaeontologists needed!”

  1. Laelaps's avatar Laelaps | February 6, 2008 at 11:42 am |

    That is a weird one. I’m virtually of no use with inverts, but the quandary does remind me of a similar looking fossil called Dickinsonia that’s been interpreted in a number of ways by different researchers.

  2. Sepia Mage's avatar Sepia Mage | February 6, 2008 at 11:51 am |

    I can’t tell how big it is, but it reminds me of either something like a horseshoe crab, or something like Hallucigenia, depending on what the ring around it is.

  3. Peter McGrath's avatar Peter McGrath | February 6, 2008 at 5:21 pm |

    Thanks Bora. Statcounter in meltdown. Sepia, the fossil is 60mm long, 40mm wide. I’ll email you a big pic if you like.

  4. Sepia Mage's avatar Sepia Mage | February 7, 2008 at 3:08 pm |

    That’s a bit big for Hallucigenia, if Wikipedia’s right. Anyway, don’t bother with the email. I’m no expert in fossils. (I’m not even an amatuer really.)