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Arkona Hungry Hollow Ontario Trip

Started by pleecan, Apr 01 2010 11:56 PM

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#21 pleecan

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Posted 10 April 2010 - 09:00 AM

View PostBlastoid, on 09 April 2010 - 09:49 PM, said:

400 km round trip, oy!

Dunno if you've learned this or not, but don't put the pyritized bactrites or tornoceras into your ultrasonic... bad things result. As for placoderm teeth, I'll leave that ID to the experts, I can't tell much from the photos. Teeth of any kind are very, very rare there.

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Thanks for the tips Blastoid... got to be careful about the ultrasonic cleaner... I did have a couple of fossils turned to dust.... shaken apart. Hope to see you sometime at Arkona.

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Posted 10 April 2010 - 09:04 AM

View Postroz, on 09 April 2010 - 11:51 PM, said:

Some great finds there, Peter, especially to me those pyritized Goniatites.
All those fossils are beautiful. Are all the fossils found there pyrite?

I love pics of where people actually hunt.
Hi Roz:
Thanks ... The majority of fossils there +95% are not pyritized.... I like pyritized stuff because they are like little jewels... captured in a moment on digital media before pyrite rot sets in.
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Posted 10 April 2010 - 09:08 AM

Elegant Bryozoan : Another Helicon Processed Image

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Posted 12 April 2010 - 12:00 AM

Back to Hungry Hollow April 11/2010 Trip:
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It had rain during the night... ground was sogging.. walked around in rubber boot, sun was out and the temperature warmed up... T shirt weather.
This is a pic of the haul of the day:
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The river is high and the current swift... so I hanged around the clay pits ...found some interesting stuff....
2mm Fully Pyritized Trilobite Hypostome
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Beautiful Pyritized Goniatite: Tornoceras arkonense
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Semi Pyritized Greenops Cephalon:
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Posted 12 April 2010 - 12:17 AM

Oh, the Goniatite is just a gorgeous fossil :wub:
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Posted 12 April 2010 - 12:39 AM

Thanks Auspex... I going to enter the Goniatite for FOTM.
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Posted 12 April 2010 - 08:32 AM

Nice finds, Peter!

That Hypostome is pretty cool -- good eyes finding that.

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Posted 12 April 2010 - 10:03 AM

Yeah, I'd put that in FOTM since it's fairly rare.
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Posted 12 April 2010 - 06:23 PM

View Postmichigantim, on 12 April 2010 - 08:32 AM, said:

Nice finds, Peter!

That Hypostome is pretty cool -- good eyes finding that.

Tim
Thanks Tim...It is my first time seeing a pyritized hypostome... the glitter in the sun light helped ... so did the rain fall shortly before the sun came out.

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Posted 13 April 2010 - 08:38 AM

Crinoid Base:

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Posted 13 April 2010 - 10:09 PM

Exposed by the rain.... Disarticulated Fragile Trilobite fragments dangled from the clay beds (too fragile to prep):

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Edited by pleecan, 13 April 2010 - 10:10 PM.

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Posted 13 April 2010 - 10:15 PM

Outstanding finds!

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Posted 13 April 2010 - 10:38 PM

Thanks Roz!
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Posted 18 April 2010 - 11:40 PM

Hungry Hollow April 18/2009 trip...
South Pit:
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Entrance to North Pit:
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North Pit:
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Au Sable River:
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Cephalopod:
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Goniatite:

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Posted 19 April 2010 - 10:40 AM

The Goniatite is really drool-worthy :wub:
I would love to know more about the cephalopod; it seems unusual to me.
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Posted 19 April 2010 - 10:58 AM

Peter,

Your trying to clean the pits out before I get there, aren't you? :P

Another nice Goniatite! Do you have a wider pic of the Cephalopod? I think that is actually part of a Pelecypod, possibly a Leiopteria Like this one.
Geologists on the whole are inconsistent drivers. When a roadcut presents itself, they tend to lurch and weave. To them, the roadcut is a portal, a fragment of a regional story, a proscenium arch that leads their imaginations into the earth and through the surrounding terrain. - John McPhee

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Posted 19 April 2010 - 11:29 AM

View PostShamalama, on 19 April 2010 - 10:58 AM, said:

Peter,

Your trying to clean the pits out before I get there, aren't you? :P

Another nice Goniatite! Do you have a wider pic of the Cephalopod? I think that is actually part of a Pelecypod, possibly a Leiopteria Like this one.
Shamalama... you may be right! I will post a picture when I get home... there is a brown shell like mass to the south of the horn like structure... I thought they were separate entities but apparently not.... thanks for suggesting a more correct ID.

I found above Goniatite at the parking area near the entrance to North Pit.... I also found a very nice goniatite from the North Pit but it slipped out of my hands and landed in the crack of mud/clay plates... lost to the clay pit. I have found Goniatites in both South Pit, North Pit, and along where you park the cars on Fossil road prior to the North Pit entrance.

Michigan Tim found some really nice Tornoceras along with 2 nice greenops in matrix in Arkona/Widder formation that day.

Peter

Edited by pleecan, 19 April 2010 - 09:16 PM.

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Posted 19 April 2010 - 11:32 AM

View PostAuspex, on 19 April 2010 - 10:40 AM, said:

The Goniatite is really drool-worthy :wub:
I would love to know more about the cephalopod; it seems unusual to me.
Thanks Auspex. Shamalama suggested a more accurate ID ... it may be Leiopteria... I will take a photo with a regular camera tonight when I get home.
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Posted 19 April 2010 - 08:38 PM

View PostShamalama, on 19 April 2010 - 10:58 AM, said:

Peter,

Your trying to clean the pits out before I get there, aren't you? :P

Another nice Goniatite! Do you have a wider pic of the Cephalopod? I think that is actually part of a Pelecypod, possibly a Leiopteria Like this one.
Dave: Here is the photo of that strange looking cephalopod... think you are right closer to pelecyod.
Peter

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Posted 19 April 2010 - 09:14 PM

3/8" Enrolled Trilobite... sticking out of the clay fully intact as found from the North Pit.
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Interesting Close Up of Trilobite Cephalon show detail lens/ compound eye... Helicon Processed Image.
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Edited by pleecan, 19 April 2010 - 09:48 PM.

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