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Looking for a well know site, believe it's a road cut, in Maysville KY. The site cuts through several formations of the Cincinnatian. From bottom to top, it exposes the Kope, Fairview and Bellevue Formations. Any idea where this is exactly (I.e road intersection, etc?)
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I decided to stop by and check out a few road cuts while traveling through the St. Louis area and found what I believe are a couple of fish teeth. I'm not certain, but all of their features lead me to believe they are fish teeth. They were both found loose of rock and close by each other as seen in the first photo. While they very in size and shape, I believe it is probable they are from the same type of animal. The rock seems to be Mississippian in geologic age, though I'm unsure of the geologic formation they eroded out from. This isn't territory I am familiar with, so I appreciate anyone's expertise on the matter!
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Hello all, it’s been a long time. I started getting back into fossil hunting now that I’ve gotten older. I had the chance to go out fossil hunting last month with my fossil club and a few friends. I’ll post the pictures over time of my finds. We went out to southern Ohio and southeastern Indiana. We stopped first at Caesar’s Creek. I had never been to any of these sites so it was very exciting. Everything at Caesar’s Creek is tiny, and you aren’t allowed to take anything larger than your palm/hand home with you. The most common find were absolutely tiny brachiopods which literally litter the spillway floor. If you want to find anything, you’ll have to get on your hands and knees. I managed to find plenty of brachiopods and a few bryozoans. But the best finds were 6 of the smallest whole trilobites I’ve ever seen or found. All of them smaller than my pinkie nail. Followed by some nice gastropods, a few pieces of horn coral, and a section of a cephalopod shell with its inner chambers partially intact. I was bummed that I didn’t find an isotelus roller but there’s always next time. If anyone could help with ID on these that would be greatly appreciated. More to come in other posts in this thread. Sorry for the poor photography, all I have is my phone camera.
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Found in Oglesby, IL. Reminds me of a whelk shell.
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Bond Formation Chondrichthyan fossil tooth from Oglesby, Illinois
Joseph Fossil posted a topic in Fossil ID
During my trip to a Bond Formation Rock formation in Oglesby, Illinois on October 8th, 2022, one of the limestone blocks I found had a small reddish fossil sticking out on the side of the rock. It was about 2mm in length so pretty small. I thought it was interesting so I brought it back with the rest of the fossils collected that day. There was not a lot of room in my garage for the block so I put it outside on a supply bin for a while. The next couple of days, It rained ALOT. One day I remembered that the calcite in limestone dissolves in rain, so I went out that night to check on what could be revealed. I was pleasantly surprised at what I found! The rain had exposed more of the fossil to the surface. I believe it's a Chondrichthyan tooth or a piece of a brachiopod, but I'm not 100% sure so I was wondering anyone could give a proper ID for the specimen?
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This one marks a very profound moment in my life. While out carnelian hunting 3 years ago on a dirt road heading out to the "Gray Ranch" , there had been plans at the time to pave but funding was never granted. The work had already begun and parts of the road had already been graded and widened. Among the roadside rubble was this curious looking "driftwood" so naturally I had to investigate. It was barely visible as only 5 or 6 inches was above the rubble pile. To my absolute amazement this log was no longer a log but a solid rock. I said it marked a profound moment because the following day I learned of my stage 4 Cygnus melanomas so it has been almost impossible to look at until now. For the record, I have won this round with cancer and will remain cautiously optimistic for the foreseeable future. As for my find, it's very cool to say the least. It weighs easily over 100 lbs. And has an overall length of 26inces and a 24 inch circumference at it's widest. I no longer see it as a bad omen or anything unfortunate for me simply for one reason,...I still live to write these words. Hope this forum will help me discover it's origins. Thank you.
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Recently I went fossil hunting along a road cut revealing some of the Coburn Formation, latest Ordovician. I was stunned to find that so much of the ecosystem was made up of only Trilobites and Cephalopods. I found trilobites such as Isotelus and Cryptolithus (First picture). My find of the day was a large, very heavy plate of rock that preserves different parts of large Isotelus gigas from multiple individuals, and the circular cross-section of a small cephalopod (Second picture). However, I'm having trouble identifying these cephalopods. In the very few that preserve the outer sell, faint striae can be observed. The septa, when visible, are close together. On some of the smaller specimens, which may be a different species or the same, the uncrushed cross-section reveals what appears to be a small, eccentric siphuncle (Sixth picture). Most specimens, because of their size, are crushed flat. Only much smaller individuals sometimes retain their original shape. Arrows indicate septa unless stated otherwise. The large cephalopods appear similar to both "Michelinoceras" and Geisonoceras tenuistriatum, but this species is restricted to the Whitby formation in Ontario. Could anyone help?
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Found a real nice exposure of the Glen Dean Formation in central Kentucky recently. Oh man did it not dissapoint. So here is some of the best crinoid material I have ever found. A calyx with partial arms, pictured with some stems and ossicles. A single ossicle, with crinoid spins, that are still sharp. Both of which are as common as gravel here. A small peculiarcalyx and crinoid cup. This massive gorgeous Pentremites sp. I found this one on my first trip, so unfortunately no scale but I will upload more of it later. More large blastoids this time around as well. It may not be as diverse, but I have only seen this quality of blastoids in the Thunder Bay of Michigan. An uncrushed Composita sp. A nice spirifid of some variety. I want to say Neospirifir but that is likely incorrect as it does not fit the range. The partial pygidium of a Kaskia chesterensis? Mm mm mm! These delicously preserved Zaphrentis spinulosum. I have some monsters of these, but again they're from a previous trip so I will post them later. I did find some gastropods and tons upon tons of crinoid stems and bryozoans as well, here is one image of them with various other pieces. The Glen Dean of Illinois occurs nearly on the same Latitude as this locality does. However it does not compare with the sheer quality and quantity to be found here in Kentucky.
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Advice for Obtaining Fossil Hunting Permission
Thecosmilia Trichitoma posted a topic in Questions & Answers
I have recently been researching several local road cuts that expose fossils, and am interested in obtaining written permission/ a permit from Caltrans to surface collect there. I would like to know if this is possible for an amateur collector, and if anyone has personal experience obtaining collecting permission from government agencies. I would also appreciate any recommendations for obtaining this permission/ information to give when applying. Thank you! -
As I live relatively close to Carmel Valley, I have recently been researching into collecting fossils there, especially the Pinnixa pea crabs.The main collecting information I have heard from several different sources is to “Collect along Carmel Valley road road cuts and the surround road cuts. Look for the whitish shale and collect there.” However, I am concerned about the legality of this. Even though many people have gone collecting there, I believe the road to be public land, and California’s laws say that no collecting is allowed on public land. I know that in some fossiliferous areas in the US there are exceptions to this rule (such as Millard Country Utah,) and want to make sure it is legal to collect there before I go. If it is illegal to collect along there, I would appreciate any legal sites/ private land owners to contact, if some members would be willing to share them. (Of course, over PM unless it is already a very well known site, such as the Carmel Valley road road cuts.)
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This was found, with other bone fragments and a partial shark's (?) tooth in the ditch by a roadcut on North River Rd., just East of the little town or Artic WA. It's 10cm long. I hope the photos show the knobby, crooked form, it's shaped like a crooked finger, could it be a broken and healed rib bone? Please see arrow ---> on "top" pic.. I'm interested in what you all think! Thanks.
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I went up to the UP this week doing mostly sightseeing with my friends. They were aware of my predilection for rockhounding so we often made stops to areas that might bear good fossils/agates. In particular I knew there were some 'lagerstatten' in the Stonington Peninsula region of the UP. The most important formation I know of is the 'Big Hill formation' (correct me if I'm wrong). Some links about it here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/308005515_A_new_Lagerstatte_from_the_Late_Ordovician_Big_Hill_Formation_Upper_Peninsula_Michigan https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6325806/ Now, I didn't have enough time to bother my friends into finding these exposures (and as far as I know, rock collecting in a national forest is not allowed)... However, while we were driving south on County Road 513 T on the west side of the Stonington Peninsula, headed for the lighthouse, I spied a small hillcut on the east side of the road. The hillcut was directly across from a large cemetery-- we pulled over and I had a quick look at some of the rocks there. The hillcut itself was about 20 feet tall, and maybe 600 feet long. I could see near the top of the cut a few feet of limestone bedding planes jutting out from the escarpment. Weathering had amassed a slopped pile of clay and fossils that nearly filled the ditch at the base of the hillcut. On the surface, I saw many brachiopods (different kinds of Platystrophia, possibly?) some of whom were larger than 2 inches across. I also found some small bryozoan colonies and possibly pieces of isotelus gigas molts. The pieces were too small to tell, I am unsure if this particular roadcut could yield anything fully articulated. The rock was very weak and almost clay like. Does anyone know about this roadcut? What formations might be there? I took a few small samples with me but I didn't want to start excavating, obviously. If anyone is interested I could post some pictures of what I picked up, or I could send more detailed directions. Best, Foss
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I'm looking to visit a few road cuts in Indiana this month, including St. Leon and a few around Bloomington. I've read differing accounts here about the legality of collecting on roadcuts in Indiana. Would anyone be able to clear it up?
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Hi all! Now that I'm finally getting around to organizing my fossils into cabinets, I'm looking to get a bit more information on some of them. As I'm currently finishing up the Ordovician shelves of my cabinets, I was hoping to get some help with identifying brachiopods from the St. Leon roadcut in Indiana that I acquired through winning some past auctions benefiting the forum. Photo #1: Mainly strophomenids, I think - does anyone have a more precise ID? Photo #2: Dalmanellids perhaps? Any specific IDs out there? Photo #3: These are really tiny and adorable More to come...
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A Little Pennsylvanian Collecting Along IL 71 Near Ogelsby
Nimravis posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Within the last 7 days I collected fossils from following time periods- Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian and Mississippian. I figured that I would go out today for a little road side Pennsylvanian collecting on IL 71. I did not find much, but it was fun and cold, about 30 degrees and a light flurries. Pics of the road cut- My finds- The most abundant fossil at this site is the brachiopod Composita argentia. Here are a couple of what I believe are Juresania nebrascensis. Here is a small crinoid hash plate. All cleaned up-
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Hello FF, I'm planning on making a trip down to Indianapolis in a few weeks and was hoping to get acquainted with some of the road cuts nearby (maybe near St. Leon IN or Crawfordsville IN, I'll probably go all over the place). I know that one should stick to the State Highway road cuts if they don't want to get in trouble; but I'm a bit confused on when it is OK and when it isn't... Do I just pull over on the side of the road and start picking up rocks? Are there any other localities by St. Leon or even into Ohio where it would be okay to do this? I don't wanna give fossil hunters a bad name! Best, Brian
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I had mentioned recently iwas going to stop at the highway 1 roadcut north of st leon. Ive stopped before, but never fou d a trilobite there. Well a few hours ago it happened. I found a nice little one rolled up, about 1/2 inch. When i get it and the other things cleaned ill post them. However, i am showing what i think is a partial rolled trilobite, but compared to half incher, it is huge. I only had a quarter to put next to it for size, if it were whole it would be 3 inches wide. Ive never heard of one that large from that location. Am i wrong, i think the left eye is showing, and part of tbe rolled pigidium, but the right half of the face is crushed, and the left portion beyond the eye is broken off. Neverthess i am reall excited
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Hi! This teacher is spending the last day of Fall Break Christmas shopping - fossils for my students! Found a few beauties for teacher, too... I think this may be part of a trilobite... thoughts? More pics in comments of other mystery finds as I find them! Thanks in advance!
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What's your strategy for finding fossils when you know you're in the right location?
FossilSloth posted a topic in Questions & Answers
So you've been tipped off on a locality that is said to contain good fossils. You get there, and find it's bullet-hard limestone cliffs and rocks. What do you actually do to find the fossils? Do you scout around and only look at the surface of the cliffs, hoping to see fossils sticking out? Or do you just indiscriminately start smashing up rocks, hoping to find fossils inside? This is the situation I found myself in yesterday. I'm a complete beginner fossil hunter, and have been to several sites that are supposed to have fossils, but every time I go to one, I'm just not sure what exactly the next step is. I also visited a roadcut that is known for fossils. Do I just start indiscriminately hacking away at the road cut until I see something? -
I found this over the weekend, and am having trouble identifying it. Part of some brachiopod or bivalve, I'm sure, but not sure which. Thanks in advance!
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Possible Crab Carapace and Partial Claw, Lower Cretaceous, Comanche/Walnut Facies, Scurry, Co., Tx
gwestbrook posted a gallery image in Member Collections
From the album: Fluvanna, Texas Road Cut
Carapace 32mm Long and 25mm Wide Claw 13mm Long, 10mm Wide Found in road cut near Fluvanna -
Fossil Assemblage, Lower Cretaceous, Comanche/Walnut Facies, Scurry Co., Tx
gwestbrook posted a gallery image in Member Collections
From the album: West Texas Fossils
Fossil Assemblage from the Walnut/Comanche Facies in the Fluvanna, Tx Road Cut 26 Miles N. of Snyder
