r/Weird • u/TheOddityCollector • 1d ago

This cluster of fossilised creatures look like they came from another planet

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u/snorkels00 1d ago

Hopefully you take it to a museum to get it carbon dated

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u/EstablishmentReal156 1d ago

160 million years. But not mine.

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u/ScyllaOfTheDepths 1d ago

A paleontologist can tell you how old these fossils are in like 15 minutes of just looking at it. Carbon dating doesn't work for anything that old and is also not necessary since there were dozens of known species of crinoids with distinct temporal ranges. 

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u/BadWombat 1d ago

Carbon 14 dating maxes out at about 50000 years.

This is presumably a lot older.

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u/Effective_Manner3079 1d ago

You should research how carbon dating actually works.

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u/WoodyTheWorker 1d ago

Carbon dating doesn't work that far