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During my third trip to a Fern Glen outcropping, I came across this specimen. It doesn't really resemble anything else I've found there. Luckily the "spines" are pretty sturdy, and I didn't break any of them when digging it out. Any ideas?
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This specimen was taken from a Mississippian deposit in Jefferson county, Missouri. All of the other items I found were easily identifiable, but I have no idea what this is. The "skirt" is interesting. I'm not sure if the material behind the skirt is solid, or if it is just a fragile membrane. I didn't post a photo of the bottom because it is just dirt/rock.
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Help! I tried to take my two fossil enthusiast boys to the Fern Glen site in imperial, MO today. We found the “pink cliff” (I think), but still not sure we were in the right spot - it was quite overgrown near the road & seemed like private property on a dead end street. We ended up going to mastodon state park instead, but my boys were disappointed not to get to look for fossils. Any tips on best place to park near this site to safely & legally fossil hunt?! Any tips are appreciated!
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Mystery Fossil at Fern Glen formation Imperial, Missouri
rmcwilson posted a topic in General Fossil Discussion
I am seeking help identifying this pea-sized fossil that eroded out of the Fern Glen formation in Imperial, Missouri. Thanks in advance -
Prepping a Fern Glen rugose (Triplophyllites cliffordanus)
Raistlin posted a topic in Fossil Preparation
First I will say that the number and size of the photos makes it so that uploading directly to the forum more of a job than I'm ready for at this time. Actually I had to divide the prep photos into two different links because there were too many to upload on one album. Secondly and more importantly big thank you to @piranha for linking me to the identification of my rugose coral. From the PDF linked I have came to the conclusion that the rugose coral is a Zaphrentis cliffordana. It's truly the only real match of the corals listed. Now the prep. I started wi- 2 replies
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Fern Glen rugose corals. I need some help/information.
Raistlin posted a topic in General Fossil Discussion
Does anyone have any information on the roguse corals found at the Fern Glen formation? I can only find one but the ones I have found there look nothing like the one in the photos. Mine all look like the "normal" tornado shapes. The Fern Glen is Mississippian. Here is the photos I'm talking about Amplexus sp. http://www.lakeneosho.org/Miss48.html I just did a prep on one (maybe my best prep yet) it's just a common and not even a good specimen, but I tried some different techniques. I'll post it tomorrow after everything dries and sets in. It turned out better than- 2 replies
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On a trip to St Louis in 2009, I made a quick stop to do some collecting. After washing and sieving a bucket of red Fern Glen gravel, among 70 evactinopora, I found these three specimens. They look somewhat but not exactly like dermal denticles I've seen, I'm not versed in carboniferous verts, so that's just a guess. The material I think is not silica, mostly smooth and opaque, the small bumps maybe slightly translucent, under magnification the bumps on the smallest one seem to have slight striations. Nothing definitive, but I feel like I'm looking at something organic. During my upcoming