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Hello everyone I have this strange little Brachiopod which i know nothing about. Its about just over 3/8th In. I don't know were its from, i got it from someone Can anyone tell me a possible ID and if it looks from a particular area. Is it Mississippian? Thank you
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Fossil hunting trip to Tontelange (Jurassic of Belgium)
ziggycardon posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
On saturday I went on my first fossil hunting trip of 2021 with the BVP. Normally we would visit my favorite quarry "the Romontbos quarry" in Eben-Emael which is Maastrichtian in age, but due some complications that trip has been posponed till the end of September. Instead we went to the SETIM quarry in Tontelange in Belgian Luxembourg which was quite cool as it supposedly only the 2nd that this quarry allowed fossil hunting so everyone was quite excited. The rocks we hunted in this quarry are Jurassic in age, mainly Hettangian & Sinemurian. The lower levels of the quarry also had deposits of the Triassic (Rheatian) but those were not exposed at the moment unfortunately. But I had a great time at the quarry and I was very pleased with my finds. In a few of the quarry walls were used as nesting for sand martins (Riparia riparia) A piece of rock with the imprint left by a coral in it. A rock with some beautifull Crinoïd stems..jpg.206a4ed24511045cdbefbcd8739cdfb7.jpg)
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From the album: A.C.'s Cretaceous New Jersey
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Hello friends! I've had some time to sort through, organize and take photos of fossils from my recent trip to DSR. I have also attempted to ID some of my finds using Lindsey's Devonian Paleontology of NY but have found doing so with the bivalves especially difficult, I'm not sure if that is up to me not having experience with then, them being generally harder to differentiate or a bit of both. Starting off with the lophophorates: 1. This brachiopod is a Chonetid, I initially just thought that it was Devonchonetes which is common at the site but looking closer it looked much more like Longispina mucronata to me, would this be accurate? 2. Next, another Strophomenid brachiopod. Protoleptostrophia perplana? 3. Finally, I believed this one was a hyolith based on the shape and size but @Fossildude19 believed this one may be a nautiloid. I'm still inclined to say hyolith but would like to hear other opinions. I forgot to include a scale here but the shell is about 2 cm long and .5 wide . Pteriomorphs: 4. .I don't have much to say about these, they range in sizes but their form looks quite similar, I am not sure if they are the same species or different. Shell 1 Shell 2 Shell 3 Shell 4 Shell 5 6. This one also looks quite similar to the last few but the shell itself seems a bit more elongated. 7. this one although just a partial was the only one of the kind I found and still pretty well preserved which made me decide to keep it, not sure about the ID though. Pseudoaviculopecten? 8. I'm throwing these in here because I also had them photographed although I don't think these are bivalves, the objects have an iridescence to them and lack any shell detail beyond the wrinkly texture you see here, might these be phyllocarids? Will add more photos soon. Any help is really appreciated, Thank you.
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Hello all! I found a glacier transported fossil in unusually good condition in Southern New Jersey so I was wondering if anyone could get specific on it as to species and genus. Obviously, it was found severely out of its original formation so I'm not sure we can get any detail on this but I figured I'd try!
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I finished prepping this specimen recently, an unidentified Camarotoechia brachiopod. It exhibits an uncommon/rare orange coloration; only about 1/100 of Camarotoechia brachiopods show it. This one, though, unfortunately has some compression damage on the right side, and some of the ridges have pieces missing. The pictures below first show the pre-prep photo (which I finally remembered to take), and the post-prep. Thanks everyone for reading!
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From the album: Late Jurassic brachiopods of European Russia
Moscow Oblast, Bronnitsy, Late Oxfordian, Am. serratum zone- 1 comment
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I have just finished preparing this nice pair of brachiopods. I am pretty certain that they are of the genus Salopina, but am not totally positive. The genus is marked as one of the most common brachiopods found in the Leighton Fm, as well as being considered a defining characteristic of this formation. Even though they are so common, I really never tire of them. The way these brachiopods were preserved, though, is rather interesting. @DPS Ammonite kindly acquainted me with the fact that these specimens are not internal molds, as I (pretty sillily) first thought. It seems that these brachiopods were preserved as an internal and external mold, and then the internal mold partly imprinted on the external. This would create a fossil that exhibited characteristics of both the internal and external mold. I unfortunately forgot to take a pre-prep photo of the specimens below. The photo was taken with the specimen wet, to provide more contrast. Thanks for reading!
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I finally had a chance to organize my fossils from my last excursion to Iowa. The following 5 fossils are new to me and I struck out trying to identify them. Hence the need for some assistance. They are from the Burlington Limestone/ Mississippian of SE Iowa. 1. This appears to be in the shape of a crinoid cup. It is large and fits Cactocrinus imperator which is suppose to have a smooth surface in the Burlington. 2. The left side is broke away. Reminds me of a bellerophon like fossil but can find no mention. 3. There are lots of shark teeth in the upper Burlington. But this looks more bone like. Your thoughts?? 4. This brachiopod is long and skinny and has been broken off on the left side. Most species listed are broader than long, so this one has me confused. 5. I believe this is a brachiopod but who knows!! Flat as a pancake. Can't find an image remotely close to this so maybe crinoidal?? Thanks for any insight.
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Hello everyone, I recently received two pieces of brachiopod fossils from Poland, both come from the Eifelian in Grzegorzowice. The first piece contains a number of small productids, I am not sure about the IDs but they do look quite similar to Poloniproductus varians that I have seen come from that area so I am wondering if that is what they are. And the next brachiopod is some kind of Athyrid? I wasn't able to find any similar species from this location. I would appreciate any help with identifying these, Thank you for looking!
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What are these fossils and how old are they ?
FossilizedGerman posted a topic in Questions & Answers
Hello! So I found these three fossils and was curious to know about them... one i think is to be a bryozoan branch the tooth i believe to be a cow tooth not sure how old it may be and the last one is a type of small brachiopod its super tiny but again I don't know much about fossils yet but I am ready to learn more ! So if any one knows anything about these fossils that'd be a great help! First 6 pictures are from the riverbed and the last two are from the beach in Lübeck,Germany Thanks!
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Hello everyone, A couple of weeks ago while looking through the pdf Devonian Paleontology of NY by Linsley I stumbled upon a very interesting looking brachiopod, This is an athyrid that belongs to the genus Pentagonia which is apparently found in the Mid Devonian of New York. I was immdiatley quite intrigued by this as I have never heard of it and love athyrids especially with interesting and unique shapes such as this one, so wanted to find out what formations these could be in as I would be really interested in finding some, but upon looking the genus and both species up I didn't get any good results. So I thought I would ask here, does anyone have any info on these brachiopods like what formations they could be found in or maybe any other pdfs that mention them, this is very interesting to me and I would really appreciate any help. Thank you very much! Misha
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I'm new, both to the forum and to fossil collecting in general. As with my new rock hounding hobby, I'd like to keep my collection constrained to specimins I've collected myself as much as I can. Thus far, I have a couple of moderately-sized brachipods (fingernail-sized), several crinoid stem segments, and at least one as-yet unidentified.
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I have just found this microfossil. It is unfortunately incomplete, but the general shape is still discernible. I have two ideas for this specimen, a fish scale or an inarticulate brachiopod. Of these possibilities, I think that inarticulate brachiopod is more probable. The shape, "growth rings", and slight depression in the top lead me to this conclusion. On the other hand, its size, color, and the absence of such brachiopods from this formation, lead me towards fish scale. I am uncertain on both, and could use some help with this one. The specimen is the from the Leighton Formation, Maine; it is Pridoli, Silurian. Thanks everyone for your time!
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Hi guys Fairly new to this. Went to an abandoned sand stone quarry near me. Found loads of brachiopods and some criniod stems. But best of all this big clam. It might be hard to tell but theres a big brachiopod under that rock. Please can you share some tips for getting it out safely. Done as much as i feel comfy doing with my fossil hammer and chisel.
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Hi All Fairly new to this. I went fossil hunting with my boy on a beach known for carboniferous fossils. We found a ton of brachiopod specimens but also found this. It may be another brachiopod specimen as there is also a brach mold fossil on the other side. But wondered if it might be something different? If its even a fossil at all.
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Hello everyone, I recently got some fossils from Russia, some plant remains from Perm Krai where I grew up and a couple of Productid brachiopods from Sverdlovsk Oblast. They are from the Artinskian stage of the Permian period, one is around 2.5cm in width while the other even though incomplete is absolutely gigantic, the largest I have in my collection. I am not great at identifying Productid brachiopods and the Permian is probably the period I have least experience with within the Paleozoic so I have not been able to ID them myself. The large one looks similar to some Reticulatia sp. I've seen online but all of those are smaller so I don't know if that's accurate, the smaller one I have no idea. Thank you for any help, Misha
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Just washed off couple pounds of dried mud on my shoes from my outing yesterday to Grayson spot. Was delighted to find another fossil! I have not been able to ID it, first I thought deer heart clam but I see the hinge, is this a Brachiopod?
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When I break open brachiopod packstones from South Haven (MI), I usually find three types of tiny to small fragile brachiopod shells more often than any others. These are from the Mississippian Coldwater Shale formation. I’ve been having a private discussion with a fellow forum member, and we’ve come to the conclusion that these are likely all from the same brachiopod. The largest shell in the first photo always bows inward. The shell in the second photo always bows outward. We suspect those are opposite sides of the same half because of the V on the one side and the indent on the other. The shell in last photo is more flat than the other two. And, after reviewing my rather extensive collection of these specimens today, I can verify that the shell from the first photo can be found with similar growth rings akin to the ones in the last photo. The problem is, the farthest we seek to be able to take the ID is a chonetide. It looks similar to a European species called Tornquistia. Does anyone here have any other ideas?
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Hello everyone! I recently purchased two fossils, they were both sold to me as Ordovician the crinoid being from Wisconsin and the brachiopod from Illinois. @connorp has told me in a different thread that the dolomites of the region also preserve Silurian fossils and that these look much more like that. Doing a quick Google search I did find something that looks very similar to the crinoid I have, but I don't know enough about these animals or the area they come from to be certain of the ID. Here is the crinoid in question: To me this calyx looked quite similar to that of siphonocrinus both in the gener shape and the plates covering it's surface. Here are some pictures I found online with the region that looked especially similar circled in red: Along with it I also bought this Pentamerid brachiopod which could very likely also be Silurian. Could it belong to the genus Pentamerus?
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This past Sunday I found this brachiopod along with several others at an exposure of the Moscow Formation (Middle Devonian) in Western NY. I looked through Linsley and Wilson without much success at identifying it. It is likely an immature specimen, which always makes figuring out an identification hard. I would love to hear your thoughts. Any help is greatly appreciated! Also, while I have your attention, I could use some help differentiating Spinatrypa spinosa and Pseudoatrypa devoniana. Spinatrypa spinosa? Pseudoatrypa devoniana?
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I recently collected a few fossils from Schoharie County in upstate NY. Among them are the pictured. I am hoping someone can tell me in detail exactly what I have, in as much detail as possible. I apologize in advance, as usual, but I am still learning and am trying to get as mush specific detail as I can. The first was hard to effectively photograph, but appears plant-like. It is hard to make out, but the pattern continues in a circle. I've included two photos, one with my hand for scale. Coral perhaps? The second has several things, but I am interested primarily in the lower right side. Assuming that is a type of bryozoan? The third I have not been able to find an exact match for online, but looks like a bivalve of some variety. The forth a brachiopod, not sure if it is clearly enough defined for an identification. On the last one I am stumped. I've included two photos, again, one with me holding it for size. It is quite small, and has a tiny raised area that is almost worm-like, and the patterned area, scale-like. As usual, thanks in advance. I am learning a lot from all of you and appreciate your kindness and patience The photos are not appearing in the order described above, but hopefully you can identify each based on the descriptions.
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From the Atrasado Formation in San Diego Canyon, New Mexico. Took a couple of younger friends fossil hunting, and we found a good bed. This one's a real beauty. My photographic equipment is primitive and doesn't do it justice. Graptolites and something else. Not sure what the circular structures are; I don't have the equipment for proper microphotography. There is a very clear echinoderm plate elsewhere in the sample so I'm wondering if these are some kind of echinoderm. They're very clear under the loupe and obviously fossils, not sedimentary structures. Bryozoans. This particular bed was thick with the stem bryozoans in the second photograph, as well as scads of brachiopods and a few crinoid stems.
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Hello guys Found this Brachiopod in the Upper Devonian of Marhouma, Ougarta ranges, Algeria. any idea on the ID? p.s~ Sorry for the low quality pic!
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