Unusual fossils from my grandpas collection-need help with ID please!

[Charmin]

Unusual fossils from my grandpa's collection-need help with ID please!

These fossils belonged to my grandpa. He was an arrowhead collector and often brought fossils home, too.
I thought I would post these and see if anyone knew what they were? Are they parts of plants or animals ?
Any help would be appreciated and thanks for looking!!! Kind regards~~sandcreek4

 

[fossil_femme]

Re: Unusual fossils from my grandpa's collection-need help with ID please!

the ones on top of the ruler are some type of straight cephalopod, but i'll let the experts narrow it down from there...

 

[Charmin]

Re: Unusual fossils from my grandpa's collection-need help with ID please!

the ones on top of the ruler are some type of straight cephalopod, but i'll let the experts narrow it down from there...

Thanks for that info, fossil femme! I can research "cephalopods" now !
Kind Regards~~sandcreek4

 

[fossil_femme]

Re: Unusual fossils from my grandpa's collection-need help with ID please!

the ones on top of the ruler are some type of straight cephalopod, but i'll let the experts narrow it down from there...

Thanks for that info, fossil femme! I can research "cephalopods" now !
Kind Regards~~sandcreek4

you're welcome, sorry i couldn't narrow the definition down more for you.

the other fossil is very intriguing... looking forward to reading some posts on that one!

 

[ohio]

Re: Unusual fossils from my grandpa's collection-need help with ID please!

They are both definitely cephalopods.

Chuck

 

[Charmin]

Re: Unusual fossils from my grandpa's collection-need help with ID please!

They are both definitely cephalopods.

Chuck

Thank you so much for that info, Chuck!
Kind regards~~~sandcreek4

 

[LanceHall]

Re: Unusual fossils from my grandpa's collection-need help with ID please!

The top one is a straight shelled nautilus (orthocone?), possibly of Pennsylvanian age or older. That other freaky thing almost looks like a starfish arm with the alternating bits but can't see one of those fossilising like that. Maybe it's a weird crinoid part..

 

[Mosasaurfiend]

Re: Unusual fossils from my grandpa's collection-need help with ID please!

Yes could you post a pic of the end of the odd one please? Up close?

Thanks

 

[Charmin]

Re: Unusual fossils from my grandpa's collection-need help with ID please!

The top one is a straight shelled nautilus (orthocone?), possibly of Pennsylvanian age or older. That other freaky thing almost looks like a starfish arm with the alternating bits but can't see one of those fossilising like that. Maybe it's a weird crinoid part..

Yes could you post a pic of the end of the odd one please? Up close?

Thanks

Thanks LanceHall and Masasaurfiend for helping with this--here's some closer shots of the end and sides.
I kinda thought "crinoid" too when I first looked at it but its square instead of round .
Regards~~sandcreek4

 

[fossil_femme]

Re: Unusual fossils from my grandpa's collection-need help with ID please!

that is certainly odd looking.

i'm posting a comment to bump this topic back to the top of the list... maybe someone will clue us all in

 

[allen]

Re: Unusual fossils from my grandpa's collection-need help with ID please!

I know im wrong, but the last pic on this
post looks like fossilised corn on the cob .

 

[Charmin]

Re: Unusual fossils from my grandpa's collection-need help with ID please!

I know im wrong, but the last pic on this
post looks like fossilised corn on the cob .

Wonder if corn has been around long enough to be fossilized? I always thought it looked like a spinal cord or something . Thanks allen!
regards~~sandcreek4

 

[Goodyguy]

Re: Unusual fossils from my grandpa's collection-need help with ID please!

That other freaky thing almost looks like a starfish arm with the alternating bits but can't see one of those fossilising like that. Maybe it's a weird crinoid part..

Hmmmmm.............that corn on the cob appears very similar to Brittle star (Palaeocoma) Eype Starfish

GG~

 

[Charmin]

Re: Unusual fossils from my grandpa's collection-need help with ID please!

That other freaky thing almost looks like a starfish arm with the alternating bits but can't see one of those fossilising like that. Maybe it's a weird crinoid part..

Hmmmmm.............that corn on the cob appears very similar to Brittle star (Palaeocoma) Eype Starfish

GG~

Thanks Goodyguy!
Regards~~~sandcreek4