Can you help identify this fossil? The experts are baffled.
Search
Profile
My scientific specialty is chronobiology (circadian rhythms and photoperiodism), with additional interests in comparative physiology, animal behavior and evolution. I am not an MD so I cannot diagnose and treat your sleep problems. As well as writing this blog, I am also the Online Discussion Expert for PLoS. This is a personal blog and opinions within it in no way reflect the policies of PLoS. You can contact me at: Coturnix@gmail.com
Buy the 2008 Science Blogging Anthology:
Buy the 2007 Science Blogging Anthology:
Buy the 2006 Science Blogging Anthology:
Recent Posts
- ScienceOnline'09 - interview with Christian Casper
- ScienceOnline2010 - introducing the participants
- Clock Quotes
- Tweetlinks, 11-08-09
- The podcast of the radio show is now online
- ScienceOnline2010 - Program highlights
- Clock Quotes
- Tweetlinks, 11-07-09
- Ignite talks at ScienceOnline2010
- Clock Quotes
Recent Comments
- Christian Casper on ScienceOnline'09 - interview with Christian Casper
- Catharine on Tweetlinks, 11-08-09
- LuLu on BIO101 - Lecture 7 - Physiology: Coordinated Response
- Coturnix on Cool new Scienceblogs.com widgets
- JohnV on Cool new Scienceblogs.com widgets
- Coturnix on Cool new Scienceblogs.com widgets
- JohnV on Cool new Scienceblogs.com widgets
- Occam Razor on Will there be terrorist attacks if Obama is the President?
- DeLene on Science Cafe Raleigh: Boom 'n' Doom: Volcanoes, North Carolina and North Carolina Volcanoes
- Russell on Clock Quotes
Archives
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008
- March 2008
- February 2008
- January 2008
- December 2007
- November 2007
- October 2007
- September 2007
- August 2007
- July 2007
- June 2007
- May 2007
- April 2007
- March 2007
- February 2007
- January 2007
- December 2006
- November 2006
- October 2006
- September 2006
- August 2006
- July 2006
- June 2006
Blogroll
Find me on...
Make Me Happy
Add Scienceblogs to your Technorati Favorites!
Make Me Solvent
I Support
Bloggie Stuff
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.
« Today's carnivals | Main | A Different Kind of Handshake: Interview with Vanessa Woods »
Palaeontologists needed!
Category: Paleontology
Posted on: February 6, 2008 10:58 AM, by Coturnix
Find more posts in: 
Life Science
Physical Science
Share this: Facebook Twitter Stumbleupon Reddit Email + More
TrackBacks
TrackBack URL for this entry: http://scienceblogs.com/mt/pings/63368
Comments
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.
Posted by: Laelaps | February 6, 2008 11:42 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.
Posted by: Sepia Mage | February 6, 2008 11:51 AM
Thanks Bora. Statcounter in meltdown. Sepia, the fossil is 60mm long, 40mm wide. I'll email you a big pic if you like.
Posted by: Peter McGrath | February 6, 2008 5:21 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.)
Posted by: Sepia Mage | February 7, 2008 3:08 PM