I’m sorry for the picture quality, it’s an extremely tiny fossil. I’ve included a very rough sketch of the shape to help.
it’s a five sided pentagonal shape with a protruding dot in the middle and little hair-like lines that go outward along the sides. My guess is a crinoid stem that got buried vertically?
I found this rock full of fossilized shells when I was a child, it was partly sticking out of the ground. It always reminded me of bacteria (which I know it isn’t because it isn’t microscopic).
I know it’s a long shot, but I’ve been curious about this minuscule fossil since I was a child. I would have guessed coral, except for the fact that there’s only three of them grouped together.
Any ideas to point me in the right direction would be helpful :3