Fossil stereom elemental (EDS) linescan data

10.4231/62JK-AH85

Benjamin F. Dattilo , Christopher Aucoin , David Meyer , David Wright , James Thomka , Michael Harrison , Rebecca Freeman , Sam Sherey

11/02/2022

Phosphatized echinoderm stereom is associated with calcium fluorapatite, skeletal calcite, and syntaxial cement. Scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM/EDX) shows skeletal calcite to be free of detritus.

Cladida Disparida exceptional preservation isocrinids phosphogenesis pluricolumnals small shelly fossils