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Cast from a strange bryozoan
Click on images to enlarge, found in Benton county, Arkansas, Boone limestone formation

Again from the very soft red rock that I've referenced elsewhere, almost more like dirt clod than solid rock, here are some strange looking fossils which I presume are bryozoan in nature. This is a shot of a cast.

Unusual bryozoan cast

This is a second cast, you can see that the rock is so fragile that it's splitting. That fragile rock preserves some amazing detail, though.

Unusual bryozoan fossil

Here's the actual fossil that was in the previous cast. When i first saw it, I thought I had stumbled onto a starfish arm! I know, wrong period.

Please identify this species for me if you know.

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