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Hi everyone. Here is a trip report from a recent visit to the Liberty formation in Indiana. I almost exclusively hunted the "butter shale". I made a 3.5 hour drive from Illinois and hunted for approximately five hours. Feel free to drop some IDs if you know them offhand. this is my first time hunting this area so im relatively unfamiliar with the flora. Here is a picture of most of my finds before cleaning: I'll start with the trilobites. I did not do as well as I had hoped in this department, but I did manage to get a few. My best trilobite was about 75% complete and only about half an inch long. I somehow managed to lose that little guy along the way, as he wasnt in my bag when I got home. As for the trilobites that made it home, here are some pieces: Next are some brachiopods. I just want to say how happy I am to have found this first one. It is in such good condition and I love the shape of it: Here are some more images of a few brachiopods I cleaned up. This does not reflect all the brachiopods I found, but shows a good representation of what is present in this formation. Here is one of many horn corals just because: And here is something I do not have an ID on. Anyone have any thoughts on this? Thanks for looking. If I return back the this site, my fingers are still crossed for rolled trilobite!
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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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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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From the album: Lower Carboniferous fossils of Ireland
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From the album: Lower Carboniferous fossils of 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: Lower Carboniferous fossils of Ireland
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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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Exposed spiralia of spirifreid brachiopod
Brian James Maguire posted a gallery image in Carboniferous
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From the album: Lower Carboniferous fossils of Ireland
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This was found in the Carboniferous limestone of the Malahide formation , east coast Dublin 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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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: Lower Carboniferous fossils of Ireland
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This was found in the Carboniferous limestone of the Malahide formation , east coast Dublin Ireland,
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Orbiculoidea capuliformis with preserved pedicle, Muncie creek concretion
Jaybot posted a topic in Member Collections
I recently collected some Muncie creek concretions from the Kansas City area. I had previously only found a few concretions, but this time I was fortunate enough to end up with about 10. Several had Conulariid sections preserved, which I was excited about. Back home, I cracked open the remaining concretions. One of them had a tiny little brachiopod, and I didn't think much of it. Later, looking at it under magnification, I was astounded when I found the remains of the preserved pedicle! This is where I am sad to say, that in my excitement, I forgot to take pictures of the fossil prior to me prepping around the shell to aid in id. Anyways, after prepping around the shell with a hand scribe, I was excited to find that it was also my first lingulate brach. Orbiculoidea capuliformis Sorry for making you read all of that, here are the photos: Scale is in cm. Here are several interesting articles/papers for anyone interested. https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:373816/FULLTEXT01.pdf https://www.researchgate.net/figure/a-b-The-brachiopod-L-chengjiangensis-represented-by-stout-pedicles-marked-by-numbers_fig1_24424671 Despite being small, there is a lot of potential with Muncie Creek shale concretions. I learned a lot about them, and their existence, here on TFF. @Missourian has found many astonishing finds, and I noticed that soft tissue preservation is prevalent in many of his best concretions. Hope y'all enjoyed this. Have a great day, and a great weekend -Jay
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I received this Brachiopod from my parents a while back after they took a trip up to Boston (this was before I started fossil hunting) and as I noticed it in the forgotten back corner of my display case yesterday I realized I could probably get an ID on it. Unfortunately as it was bought from a gift shop I have no locality of where it's from, or the age, but hopefully we can make due and get as close as possible, thanks! (3.1 cm corner to corner)
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