Small Carved Rock

[Kingbri24]

We found this small Carved rock on a dirt road and wanna know what it is and how much is it worth...

 

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[creskol]

Greetings .. Welcome! Your item looks like a sand dollar .. Do a google search for "sand dollar"n and see if you can find a match.

 

[ticndig]

I agree

 

[Red-Coat]

Strictly speaking it's not a 'sand dollar'. We usually reserve that name for species of echinoid (sea urchin) fossils & non-fossils which have an extremely flattened shell, approaching a thinnish disk. It is nevertheless a sea urchin fossil of another species but unfortunately not valuable.

 

[Kray Gelder]

I would suggest it is a fossilized echinoderm ( a sea urchin from long ago that has lost it's spines).

Edit: Red Coat is a step ahead.

 

[Madmox]

Strictly speaking it's not a 'sand dollar'. We usually reserve that name for species of echinoid (sea urchin) fossils which have an extremely flattened shell, approaching a thinnish disk. It is nevertheless a sea urchin fossil of another species but unfortunately not valuable.

It looks like it may be a fossilized heart urchin or maybe a cast of one judging by the lumpy rounded shape and lack of hole in the bottom.

 

[creskol]

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Temporal range: 56–0 Ma

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[TD="colspan: 2, align: center"]A live individual of Clypeaster reticulatus(Mayotte)[/TD]
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[TD]Kingdom:[/TD]
[TD]Animalia
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[TD]Phylum:[/TD]
[TD]Echinodermata
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[TD]Class:[/TD]
[TD]Echinoidea
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[TD]Euechinoidea
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[TD]Superorder:[/TD]
[TD]Gnathostomata
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[TD]Order:[/TD]
[TD]Clypeasteroida
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[TD="colspan: 2"]See text.
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The term sand dollar (also known as a sea cookie or snapper biscuit in New Zealand, or pansy shell in South Africa) refers to species of extremely flattened, burrowing sea urchins belonging to the order Clypeasteroida. Some species within the order, not quite as flat, are known as sea biscuits. (Related animals include other sea urchins, sea cucumbers, and starfish.) Sand dollars can also be called "sand cakes" or "cake urchins".[SUP][2][/SUP]

 

[A2coins]

Great info alot of wise folks on here. Nice find

 

[MadTom]

Cool fossil