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I found these around the Kentucky lake area by Camden Tn.
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Before going back to the ESCONI Gem and Fossil Show, I decided to leave the house early and make the 75 minute trip to Oglesby, Illinois to a roadcut that I like to collect and was last there 19 days ago. This roadcut, exposes the Pennsylvanian LaSalle Member of the Bond Formation. Within those 19 days, portions of the head wall came down, dropping several thousands of pounds of rock. As I have stated in previous posts, this is not a road cut for younger collectors and people who are not sure-footed. Here are a few pics of the exposure as I found it this morning. This tree branch….. broke off of this tree after being hit but a lot of rock. The rock that I am holding broke off of the larger piece in the background during the fall. The large boulder in the left of the picture that has my Estwing stick on top fell all of the way down to the base of the cut. I am guessing that it is a distance of about 50+ feet. Here are a couple pictures of some of my finds. Three different species of brachiopods in this freshly freed piece. Here is my first Conularida and it is next to an inarticulate brachiopod. I will post a better pic at the end of the post.
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3-1-22 Oglesby, Illinois Pennsylvanian Roadcut Collecting
Nimravis posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
On Sunday I took trip to a roadcut that I like to collect. This roadcut, about 75 minutes from my house exposes the Pennsylvanian LaSalle Member of the Bond Formation. I have been to this site numerous times, as have @deutscheben and @connorp. If you search using the word “Oglesby”, you will find numerous posts with some great stuff that comes out of this roadcut. Well back to the post. On Sunday the site still had too much snow cover to try and collect at this location, so I left. So today I had a choice, go to the Mazon Creek area since it was the official opening day for the collecting season or head out to Oglesby. I choose Oglesby and I was the only person there. I spent a few hour searching, cracking and collecting at the site. Found the usual suspects in brachiopods, collected some, left most for others. Found a slab of rock that had fallen off of the head wall a few years ago, but this thing I decided to break it up. I found numerous, what I believe are shark teeth, some I know for sure, others not too positive. Unfortunately, nothing was complete. If I would have broke it up a couple years ago, the biggest one might have been intact and complete, but who knows. Here are a couple pics the the site. Here are some pictures of fossils, as stated previously, I did not collect all of these.
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Devonian fishes and Tentaculites for trade
Svetlana posted a topic in Member-to-Member Fossil Trades
Hello everyone. I have new pieces of Devonian material - fishes and tiles with Brachiiopods and Tentaculites. Fishes not only Podolaspis - some of them are quite big and new for me; i will add their name liitle later, ok? They are found in the Ternopol region of Ukraine. I'm interested in everything - I invite you to private messages Have a nice day 1. fishes
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Only two weeks ago, when i was out rock hunting on the south western coast of Norway, I found two rocks with fossils inside them. In Norway, fossils are only found in Oslo, Trondheim and on the northern part of Norway. The only fossils found in the west are in Ritlandskratere, an ancient meteor crater, four hours away from where i found mine. The fossils are some brachiopods and clams, a trilobite tail, a belemnite fragment and a belemnite phragmocone. There could maybe be some new species or sub species. I am waiting for the response of the Natural History Museum in Oslo. I will update on the response I get.
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From the album: Misha's Carboniferous
Chonetinella strophomenid brachiopods from Mineral Wells Fossil Park. Pennsylvanian Mineral Wells Fm.? Mineral Wells, TX. Thank you @Captcrunch227 for sending me these wonderful brachiopods-
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Howdy folks! I haven’t posted a hunt in a long time, and I got a chance today to go to a very productive location I’ve discovered. This was the first time I’ve had any amount of time to look, so I ended up pleasantly surprised by what I found. Unfortunately, I don’t know the species of brachiopod, but I suspect they might be Pulchratia, though you’re welcome to correct me, I don’t know invertebrates very well yet. The site was created from being a man made pond, where the removed soil was then dumped a ways from the pond and after many years it has eroded down to expose some really nice stuff. While I’ve had a few occasions to look for things for only a couple minutes, this was the first time I found any complete brachiopods. I’m the first to have searched the site due to it being private land of a friends, and there’s a lovely variety of stuff on the site. It was about 35 degrees Fahrenheit with 45 mph wind gusts, so it was pretty bitterly cold, but a rewarding experience. My favorite discovery of the site was the inside of some of the brachiopods. Many of the inner section have become entirely quartz, and are quite striking. I apologize for the dimness of the specimen photos, my camera isn’t focusing so I had to resort to my phone. View of the embankment, where most of the fossils were found Edge of the man made pond Brachiopod on the ground Very old shell, still with the bullet, I left it well enough alone just in case. (While I know it would need the hammer of the gun to go off, I preferred to be safe since it had been in the elements a long time ) Though I will add, at this site, one needs to have some sort of personal protection due to the over abundance of feral hogs. There are hundreds on the property and they react aggressively to people. Complete Brachiopods Cross section of a broken Brachiopod with a quartz crystal Bryozoa Hash Crinoids and Bryozoa Loose Crinoids, Brachiopod pieces and Bryozoa Other/Unsure My favorite find of the day was this brachiopod in matrix, which had a lovely surprise when I looked at the broken end.
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On my way home from Georgia today I decided to make a short stop at the Vienna, Illinois roadcut that is right off of I-24. The weather was nice, a balmy 52 degrees and I was out collecting without a jacket. I decided to stop for 20 minutes and see how many blastoids that I could find, but alas, I only found a small one. I did find the usual pieces that are found at the Mississippian roadcut- blastoid, brachiopods, horn coral, a crinoid basal plates, bryozoan, including Archimedes screw and a number of hash plates. I really do like to collect Mississippian hash plates, I think that they are really pretty. Here are a few of the finds-
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Hello Everyone, I found this fabulous rock which is chock full of brachiopods on the bank of the Tennessee River today. When I first broke it open, the brachiopods were all relatively intact. Unfortunately, several split and/or started crumbling off while I was trying to gently clean off some of the river grime. I’m hoping someone can tell me the simplest way to go about cleaning/preserving these brachiopods with the least damage? Thanks!
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Fossil hunting trip to Lompret (Devonian of Belgium)
ziggycardon posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Hi everyone! Around 2 months ago on the 16th of october 2021 I went on a fossil hunting trip with the BVP to the stone quarry of Lompret in Belgium. https://www.paleontica.org/locations/fossil/654 The rocks in this quarry are Devonian in age and date back to the Frasnian (382.7 million years ago to 372.2 million years ago) with the finds mostly being from both the Neuville and Matagne Formations. According to Tom our excursion leader this quarry exists out of what used to be coral reefs and islands that formed around atolls. The fossils that you can find in this quarry are Brachiopods, Bivalves, Gastropods, Corals, Bryozoans, Cephalopods like Goniatites and Othocone Nautiloids and in very rare cases Placoderm and trilobite material (although no one was that lucky during the excursion). The quarry is also very rich in minerals like Baryte, Calcite, Quartz, Galena, Fluorite, etc... I have long looked forward to visiting this quarry, so I was very happy to finally be able to go and it did not dissapoint! It was quite foggy in the morning when we arrived which both looked eerie and cool at the same time, luckily it later cleared up! There where quite a lot of other people in the quarry (mainly people looking for minerals like Byrite and Galena) but our club headed straight to higher plateau of the quarry where some of the black Matagne Shales where with very nice Pyritized fossils and to where the waste heaps were to look for fossils. That's me looking for Brachiopods and pyritized Goniatites and Bactrites. A large Hexagonaria coral which was a little to heavy to bring home We also found some Pyrite cubes which (although very exhausting) we managed to extract
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I could use some help confirming the identities of these brachiopods from the Harpersville Formation (Upper Pennsylvanian). Using the slide deck for brachiopods on the DPS website I made a best guess. I would love to know if someone has different thoughts. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! #1- Marginifera fragilis #2- Desmoinesia muricatina #3- Hystriculina wabashensis
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JFollowing the advice of some of the people on the forum here I spent part of yesterday afternoon collecting fossils near Kingston NY on the road cutouts on route 9W I was able to get quite a few decent hash plates consisting of Devonian Brachiopods. Unfortunately, I am not yet familiar enough with the area to identify these to the genus or species level (the only brachiopods I know how to ID are Laptaena because they are my favorites and sadly none of these are them). I also found what I think might be a trilobite tale but I think it could also just as easily be more brachiopods, and one fossil, the second to last one pictured here I think might be a broken platyceras or similar Gastropod but I am just not sure. Any help with ID’s would be much appreciated. I also have no way to get images with a reference for scale until later today as I am at my grandparents summer house which is basically a cabin in the woods lol with very little in the way of rulers or even coins.
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From the album: Lower Devonian
Macropleura macropleura Spiriferid Brachiopod (3 inches wide) Lower Devonian Kalkberg Formation Helderberg Group Schoharie, N.Y.-
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Cluster of Eatonia (Rhynchonellid) Brachiopods
Jeffrey P posted a gallery image in Member Collections
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Eatonia medialis Rhynchonellid Brachiopods (matrix 5 inches across) Lower Devonian Kalkberg Formation Helderberg Group Schoharie, N.Y.- 3 comments
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From the album: Lower Devonian
Cryptonella exima Terebratulid Brachiopod (less then 3/4 inch tall) Lower Devonian Kalkberg Formation Helderberg Group Schoharie, N.Y.-
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From the album: Lower Devonian
Megakozlowskiella perlamellosa Spiriferid Brachiopod (1 1/2 inches wide) Lower Devonian Kalkberg Formation Helderberg Group Schoharie, N.Y.-
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Brachiopods (+ one gastropod) replaced with flint. A find from the water of a stream. Quaternary moraine deposits containing carboniferous rocks. August 2021
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Which brachiopods went extinct during mass extinction event's
DE&i posted a topic in General Fossil Discussion
Hi there... Elliot here. Could someone name some species of brachiopods please that became extinct during mass extinction event's. As I'm struggling to find any references. Thank you very much. Elliot. -
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Cyrtina varia Spiriferid Brachiopod- both valves Lower Devonian Glenerie Limestone Tristates Group Route 9W Glenerie, N.Y. A gift from Fossildude19 - Thanks Tim-
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SPIRIFER AEDUENNENSIS and other brachiopods DEVONIAN EMSIEN BRAS BELGIUM
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From the album: Brachiopodes, Shells, corals, sponges......
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Over a couple of trips to several exposures of the Late Pennsylvanian Colony Creek Shale, I have collected a few larger brachiopods that I am not completely sure of an identification for. I was hoping that someone might know what these are. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much! #1- ??? #2- ??? #3- Antiquatonia portlockiana? #4- Kutorginella lasallensis?
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Paleozoic Adventures in Kentucky and Tennessee October 2021
Jeffrey P posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Hi Everyone, In the latter half of last month I took a two week trip to Kentucky and Tennessee. My sister, her husband, two of her adult children, and my parents all live in the Elizabethtown/Louisville area and I was able to spend some quality time with them. Fossil collecting was also part of my agenda. Herb, my primary fossil collecting partner in Kentucky and I had a three day trip down to Tennessee planned. Before I went on that expedition, I was out with my brother-in-law driving around central Kentucky. He dropped me off for 20 minutes at the Upper Mississippian site at Wax where the Glen Dean Formation is exposed in a roadcut. I picked these up:
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Hey! I'd like some help with some recurring Cotswold brachiopods. Great Oolite group; Middle Jurassic (Bajocian - Callovian). I've grouped them into 4 or 5 species / clades, based on their morphology. Species A - strongly ribbed, crystalline calcite. The specimen in my profile picture! (obviously not a good picture, included to show the great size range) A huge one! Predated upon: Species B: calcite, very spherical, non-ribbed but prominent growth lines Species C: almost completely spherical, unknown mineral, no ribs Species D: small, typically crushed, very flat, no ribs Species E: only a single valve found, very prominent growth lines. is either a bivalve, but it could be part of species B (more prep needed); the shape holds the exact same shape as the upper valve of the other species B items. That's all! @Tidgy's Dad, wanna have a crack? I know you've hunted here before!
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Hi guys (specifically @Tidgy's Dad ) I was wondering what your thoughts on these brachiopods were 1. 2.
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While doing security rounds at work, I stumbled across a nice slab chocked full of brachiopods, tucked in dock-side rip-rap from Northern Michigan. It's pretty dark outside, so the pictures aren't the best, but I do see several types in it. Better pictures will follow once I get it home.
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