NOYFBAH
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So this is absolutely the coolest fossil I have ever found. Maybe not the clearest. But I'm 100% Positive on the ID. I was taking a closer look at this snail/ Ammanite like fossil. I've been researching Cambrian period creatures in an attempt to ID some of what I've come across recently. Looking closer I saw something I recognized. I've traced out the lines that could be seen looking closer. And I'm absolutely certain that this is aN Anomalocaris the first known shell crushing predator. What is so neat about this fossil is that it was captured in the process of preying on the shell like creature. It's grabbing arms or tentacles are wrapped around the shell. And it's underside is also visible on the bottom of the rock I think. It could potentially be something else but I'm pretty sure it's the underside of the Anomalocaris. I think this must be extremely rare. Definitely the coolest thing I've ever found!
Mardius
Nice find :)
NOYFBAH
I have to admit here that Venomlash is probably correct. I do believe this is a fossil of a Radiodont but it's not likely to be anomalocarsi
NOYFBAH
It's size alone makes it unlikely
venomlash
It's definitely not Anomalocaris, but it is pretty cool. The columnar thing is probably a crinoid stem. The jagged lines are a little tricky
venomlash
but I think they're dissolution surfaces from when the rock was compressed.
NOYFBAH
You would be wrong. I've been looking at these trying to ID them for about 6 years. I've got dozens of them in different types of rocks
NOYFBAH
From the local area. The fossils here are poor quality and hard to define but they are here. You just have to look closley
venomlash
I'm an invertebrate paleontologist and I guarantee that's not a great-appendage arthropod.
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NOYFBAH
You might be surprised but I did actually prove that this was not a fossil. Despite my unrealistic advocation that it was at the time.