Paleonet: Need help w ossible Miocene sponge spicule

Andrzej Pisera apis at twarda.pan.pl
Tue Apr 12 14:37:29 UTC 2016


Dear David,

Not the best photo because majority of the object (spicules) is out of 
focus but it looks like a hexactine spicule (Hexactinellida). If such, 
than it muts be marine, I would even say not mariginal marine but rather 
open marine (hexactinellids in most cases are deep water creatures and 
rarely occur in shallow water.

best regards
Andrzej Pisera




W dniu 2016-04-12 o 16:16, David Kopaska-Merkel pisze:
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> A friend found this in Mississippi. I posted a photo in my personal blog:
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> http://dreamsandnightmaresmagazine.blogspot.com/2016/04/possible-miocene-spicule.html 
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> I’ll pass any suggestions along to Brian Axsmith, who took the picture.
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> Thanks,
>
> David
>
> David C Kopaska-Merkel
>
> Geological Survey of Alabama
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