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Semi-micro fossils (echinoid, shell, bryozoans, others) from Aireys Inlet, Victoria, Australia (Oligocene)
Oli_fossil posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hi all, Following up from my previous thread (https://www.thefossilforum.com/topic/139153-sea-urchins-sand-dollars-and-brachiopods-aireys-inlet-victoria-australia/), I returned to the same site (Aireys Inlet, Victoria, Australia) and closely inspected the fine, freshly eroded material on the sandstone platform/overhang (presuming ~20-25Mya), finding a number of interesting semi-micro fossils (1-5mm in size). Would appreciate any thoughts and ID! Will post in separate posts for clarity. First off, this beautiful little echinoid, ~3mm in diameter:
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Nashville, TN - Hunting Ordovician Fossils in a Target Parking Lot
Masonk posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Hi All, Was in Nashville, TN for several days for a bachelor party! Had an amazing time enjoying music, food, way too many drinks, and even managed to squeeze in a fossil hunt! We had to Uber everywhere, so I picked a somewhat convenient spot, which just so happened to be a Target parking lot. This is part of the Cathey's formation, which is Ordovician. Most common finds here are Brachiopods. I spent about an hour here, but could have spent way more time, and brought back a lot more fossils. Some general photos of the area: That was not my cart, I promise! Target on the left. Stark contrast to my normal scenery in a New Jersey Brook. This and other similar formations are visible in multiple places throughout Nashville. Easy pickings... Small Brachiopod hashplate.
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Brachiopod Waconella wacoensis Georgetown Formation
JamieLynn posted a gallery image in Member Collections
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From the album: Texas Cretaceous Fossils : Various
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Monterey Formation (Miocene) shell fossils - Arroyo Seco Canyon - Central California Coast Range
ezeemonee posted a topic in Member Collections
Found in Miocene period Monterey formation in Arroyo Seco canyon of Central California Coast Range. Trochita is an undescribed species known from this formation. Others are mostly Brachiopods (Discinisca lamellosa) which surprisingly is not extinct and still lives in some oceans, Scallops (Pectenidae), Venus Clams (Veneridae), Ark Shells (Anadara/Scapharca), and an unknown Moon Snail (Nacticidae). Most found in 2024, some in 2019. Added a few pics of the nice scenery in the canyon. Trochita specimen is noteworthy as being in good condition with surface detail and may get donated to the California Academy of Sciences collection.
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Found this lovely piece in Barrington NSW Australia. It has many crinoids, brachiopods and molluscs in it. I'm particularly interested in these white brachiopod specimens. It looks like calcite (I'm too scared to scratch it to check). They are all over the rock and some of them are half filled with calcite showing that it potentially goes really deep. Potentially a full outline of a brachiopod in calcite. What do you guys think? I've included some microscope pictures to help. Also is there a way to prep them out of the matrix? I believe the matrix is limestone. Is there an acid that WONT damage calcite? I do have a dremmel engraver with palaeo tips as well. Any tips would be very much appreciated
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My hunting grounds locally involve the Ordovician Galena. It has a very characteristic rock structure EXCEPT in a local quarry where everything is crystalized or preserved in odd ways. This is how most brachiopods are found. But I am here to see if this brachiopod exposes pieces of it's lophophore or whether this is just another odd preservation from this site.
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Last weekend I had the opportunity to spend a few hours collecting in a quarry in northern Illinois that exposes most of the Galena Group (Late Ordovician). There was lots of fresh rock to hunt through, and it was a good and productive trip. As usual, lots of gastropod molds were found. Hormotoma sp. Liospira sp. Sinuites sp. Lophospira sp. Subulites sp. Unknown gastropod. Looks like Liospira but appears to curl in the opposite direction. Brachiopods show up too. Most common are molds of what I believe are Rafinesquina (@Tidgy's Dad?). The inarticulate Pseudolingula iowensis is somewhat common. Specimens are almost always crushed and missing shell, but they usually have some shell preservation which contrasts nicely with the yellow matrix. Occasional bivalve molds are found. This one has calcite? crystals. Trilobite parts are uncommon, and the only species I've seen from this quarry is Thaleops, possibly Thaleops laurentiana. Here is a cephalon I found. Now for my favorite finds of the day. A partial specimen of the small receptaculitid Ischadites iowensis. Fisherites is very common at this site, but I had not come across Ischadites before. A partial conulariid. Judging by the visible cross section, the back side is present, so this should hopefully prep out nicely. And finally, what might end up being a complete trilobite. Not sure if there is any more buried, but it does look like at least some of the shell is preserved, so fingers crossed!
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From the album: Lower Carboniferous fossils of Ireland
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I am fortunate enough to have such a huge amount of Middle Devonian Givetian material that I thought it best to put the older Middle Devonian stage, the Eifelian, in its own thread. There are some spectacular fossils here as well though! I thought a good place to start would be in the Formosa Reef, which I believe is quite early Eifelian. This tabulate coral and stromatoporoid reef continues similar complexes found from the Middle Silurian, see my: https://www.thefossilforum.com/topic/84678-adams-silurian/page/3/ thread from page three onwards for details. All these Formosa Reef specimens come from a delightful gift from my good friend @Monica who is a tad busy with life at the moment but is fine and still thinking of the forum. This outcrop can be found on Route 12 near Formosa/Amherstburg, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada. This beautiful-looking specimen came to me with only a third of it revealed but I managed to get it this far after nine days of painful pin prepping. Monica found another one and posted it for ID here: https://www.thefossilforum.com/topic/105528-weird-circular-imprints-formosa-reef-lower-devonian/#comment-1172285 The specimen was identified by another Canny Canadian @Kane to be the little stromatoporoid sponge Syringostroma cylindricum. Hardly a reef-builder, but gorgeous nonetheless. It does have a little thickness to it, but not much. Beautiful! Pretty thin, actually. I love this Monica, thank you!
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From the album: Lower Carboniferous fossils of Ireland
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Hoooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Here we are at last, into Adam's Silurian. Thanks for looking. First up is the Lower Silurian or Llandovery and I begin with a problem. I posted this one incorrectly in Adam's Ordovician as it had got it's label muddled up with an Ordovician Favosites I had that has vanished in the move here, but is being replaced by kind forum member @Herb Anyway, this, I remember now I've found the correct label, is from the greenish Browgill Formation, part of the Stockdale Group from a cutting near Skelgill (Skelghyll) in Cumbria, Northern England. It seems to be a tabulate coral, but I can't find any listed for this location, only mentions of small, rare, rugose corals. It has the star shaped corallites of a Heliolitidid, but seems to be tightly packed together like a Favositidid. A couple of species of Palaeofavosites seem to be close and are a bit star-shaped,, but anyone know any better? @TqB@piranha hmm who else? The coral bit, an external mold, is a maximum of 3.5 cm across and each corallite up to 2 mm.
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IDing my Waldron Shale finds is going well, but I hit a snag when getting to Atrypa. My research shows Atrypa reticularis is a common brachiopod found in the Waldron. Also mentioned was Atrypa newsomensis, for which I could not find a picture or description of. My finds include what look like two different Atrypa species but could be the same. There are smarter members than I that hopefully can set me straight on this. The first specimens are what I feel are Atrypa reticularis. The next group are much more ornate. They remind me of Spinatrypa beulla of the Devonian.
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This was found in the Carboniferous limestone of the Malahide formation , east coast Dublin Ireland,
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Terebratulid Brachiopod and solitary rugose coral
Brian James Maguire posted a gallery image in Carboniferous
From the album: Lower Carboniferous fossils of Ireland
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From the album: Pennsylvanian fossils
Phylum: Brachiopoda-Articulata Class: Strophomenata Order: Productida Family: Echinoconchidae Genus: Juresania Species: Juresania nebrascensis- 1 comment
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Hello, I am new to fossil hunting and identification. I took this fossil to a mineralogical association meeting last night and no one could identify it. Hopefully someone on this forum can. It was embedded in a rock I found on the shores of the northeastern section of Lake Michigan. The other side of the rock has a brachiopod in it. I removed this from the rock using a dremel engraving tool with a small chisel attachment. That is what made the surface marks (but not the deep divots). Can anyone help identify this thing? Thank you! Windwalker
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From the album: Lower Carboniferous fossils of Ireland
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From the album: Lower Carboniferous fossils of Ireland
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Exposed spiralia of spirifreid brachiopod
Brian James Maguire posted a gallery image in Carboniferous
From the album: Lower Carboniferous fossils of Ireland
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From the album: Mississippian fossils
I acquired this specimen from fellow member @Brian James Maguire, who collected and polished this beautiful piece. The colors are outstanding! Thanks again for the amazing addition to my odd brachiopod collection.- 2 comments
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From the album: Lower Carboniferous fossils of Ireland
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From the album: Peace River, Florida 26/12/23
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From the album: Peace River, Florida 26/12/23
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From the album: Lower Carboniferous fossils of Ireland
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