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From the album: Chondrichthyan Teeth From The Pennsylvanian Period
One of my favorites as it has a variety of color, from dark blue to orange and a pale yellowish white-
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Location is in Missouri The area is dated to the Pennsylvanian Formation: Iola limestone formation-) Raytown limestone Member I am certain this tooth belongs to some form of fish belonging to Eugeneodontida but I was unable to knock it down beyond that. From the area I have found various teeth from Petalodus, Deltodus, some from Orodus and a few others I however have no real id on this tooth as I plan to add it to my album as a refrence for the future if I find similar teeth like this one. Length of specimen is 16 mm
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From the album: Muncie Creek Shale Phosphatic Nodules
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From the album: Chondrichthyan Teeth From The Pennsylvanian Period
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Location: Missouri Time period: Pennsylvanian Formation: Rockpile containing rocks from the Iola Limestone Formation Hello! I came across this specimen in the dirt surrounding a rockpile where I usually hunt for muncie creek phosphatic nodules and was wondering if anyone could help me get an exact ID on this specimen. I have found one tooth similar to this last year that I had assumed belong to Orodus. backside of this tooth I will note it has similarities to another tooth I have that might belong to an Orodus, those similarities being the size being almost identical with the root having the same features along with the similar overall shape. tooth by itself from several months ago.
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Hard to identify material in phosphatic nodule? Piece of a crustacean? Coprolite? (Missouri)
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Location: Missouri Time period: Pennsylvanian Formation: Muncie Creek Shale I have been going through some old nodules I had collected from when I first found an area full of these nodules. I happened to find this and was unsure of what it was due to how it was sort of "Shiny" for lack of a better term. I also have some other different phosphatic nodules with similar features and would love to post them here if anyone is interested. I ultimately wish to have some sort of identification for these materials. Some sort of inclusion in this section so maybe it is possibly coprolite? I do not know- 3 replies
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From the album: Muncie Creek Shale Phosphatic Nodules
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Location: Missouri Time period: Pennsylvanian Formation: Muncie Creek Shale At first i wanted to say some sort of skull material but I am unsure as I do not see many visible bony structures and I am inexperienced in such fields Here are the image links in larger file sizes and if you are on pc you can zoom into them and see hopefully better detail https://postimg.cc/GTvr5dD6 https://postimg.cc/sMTz8nBf https://postimg.cc/cK6WNQYR
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Location: Missouri Time period: Pennsylvanian Formation: Muncie Creek Shale From a collection of Muncie Creek Shale nodules Specimen #1: Starting with the best preserved specimen ( I think this is for sure a fish mandible) backside of the nodule Complete nodule More Images: https://imgur.com/a/3rhBqsR Specimen #2: had flash on in order to make it easier to see More images: https://imgur.com/a/7S3iJIA Specimen #3: This one I was not too sure about as it was only half a nodule when I found it, which unfortunately means most of it is eroded and were unable to find its other half It seems to have the general shape of the first specimen I had even though it's missing most of its pieces If I need to retake some images please let me know! I wish to identify what these belonged to.
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Location is in Missouri The area is dated to the Pennsylvanian Formation: Muncie Creek Shale I was cracking Phosphatic concretions and this baby popped out! I was excited and thought I should share and ask what it is! I believe it is a cartilaginous fish spine, but I have little knowledge in such topics. Ps Information on good glue to glue together the cracked piece is welcomed!
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So I went to a big cave yesterday and the ceiling was about 40 to 50 high in most spots but I noticed what it think are crinoids embedder into the ceiling and look at the world a little differently now. First to get to the cave we had to climb a steep hill and the entrance was about 60 or so feet off the ground and anyway I just found it crazy that even though you could tell that huge layers of the cave had fallen in at different times it's just blows my mind to think that the water level used to be this high and also that must be a long time period right? I mean these things are from ceiling to ground floor making it at least 70 feet deep and so I wonder how can this time period be accurately dated? I don't think it can. Dang that sucks I really wanted to put some pics on here but I can't because only can put 3.9 mb and just one pic is 13mb.....they are really nice fossils too
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I've had some difficulty narrowing down the identity on some assorted brachiopods. The diagnostic features may not be preserved but I figured I'd post them here to see if anyone knew. @Tidgy's Dad Any ideas? The first is a single large valve from the Warsaw Formation in Fenton, Missouri (The old Meramec Bridge site). I've been able to track down most species reported from here and identify everything else but this one is harder. The wear doesn't help. The second are a couple o Echinoconchidae valve casts in chert from a creek in Lincoln County, Missouri. It could be residual chert. The area is otherwise Ordovician. 2.8 cm width x 2.5 cm height. 3.8 cm x 3.2 cm
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Time Period: Pennsylvanian Location: Missouri Formation: Most likely Winterset limestone Hello! I am currently puzzled on weather or not this is a Conodont or some fragments from Brachiopod. I am thinking it could be broken parts of a shell or broken pieces of a Brachiopods fossilized lophophore supports from a very small specimen! I have not found any conodont specimens from this location yet as I usually do not hunt for them Images in natural file size: https://imgur.com/a/KNeqtZn
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From the album: Missouri Ammonoids, Nautiloids and Gastropods
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I found this nice vertebra on a sand bar north of Jefferson City MO. The foramina and spinal canal are clearly visible but packed with debris. My ruler is in inches. Any idea what animal this one is from? Thanks!
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Hello! this is one of my weirdest things I have found at this location, I believe it might be a fragment from a fin spine? A piece from an Echinoid? Something else? I would love to know what it is and what species this came from! Some information on the area: Location: Missouri Time period: Pennsylvanian Formation: Most likely from a member of the Iola Limestone What makes this one of the most bizarre fossils I have found is the circular pattern on the fossil itself, as I have not seen anything like this in the area before. backside Pictures in their natural file size: https://imgur.com/a/qUWY0gB
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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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Hello, We found this small fossilized shark's tooth on the Missouri River near St. Louis, MO and were hoping to get some help on identifying the type of shark. Thank You!
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Well I have been off of work this past week, and I start back this following Monday. With some of my extra time I've had, I've started work on prepping/ repairing some of my bulk Burlington crinoids that have just been sitting around. All of these calyxs are in different stages of completion, due to me always hoping from one to the other. Starting with one of my favorite species, Azygocrinus rotundus. This piece is mostly completed, I just need to finish working the matrix to however I'd like it. Next we have a mostly complete Uperocrinus pyriformis. When working this out of the tall wall of limestone it came out clean, but in two pieces. Repaired I then flipped it and prepped from the other side. I estimated I'm 70% finished with this one, as I'll do minimal work to the the matrix itself. Will look great when done and sit upright like the second picture below shows. I'll update the thread when finished. Second Uperocrinus Next is Macrocrinus verneuilianus. Found this one earlier on this week when I went to do recon in a pretty random abandoned field. I'm taking my time with this one, and have only put about 35 minutes of scribe work in so far. Believe it or not I wasn't even sure if this was a calyx when I brought it home, as the calyx had one arm hole exposed from the limestone with the rest buried when found. Here is another that needs repair before any prep. On the journey home, this piece fell apart in my backpack. A total shame as there is a Teleiocrinus umbrosus (only my 2nd ever found) with a Macrocrinus verneuilianus right below it. The piece fell apart clean and will hopefully look good one day. This will be a nightmare (see crack running through middle of calyx?) to finish. And I know this isn't a crinoid but I found it earlier this week along with the Macrocrinus shown earlier when I was scouting a new overgrown field, and felt it was worth sharing too. In the chert layer I ended up finding and working out a really nice terebratulid brach with its inner support loop. Took 4 precise splits, all at different angles to reveal all its inner glory. Nerve racking to say the least. It's hard to see the features of the loop due to the heavy coat of druzy. Heres a very useful reference and pic for those of you who don't understand what it is you are looking at. It's pretty rare the innards preserved within the brachiopod in this "geodic" way. http://palaeos.com/metazoa/brachiopoda/brachiopoda.html Update to first macrocrinus
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Hello, I am hoping someone can help identify this fossilized vertebrae that was found along the Missouri River near St. Louis, MO. It is 2" across.
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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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Been staying busy lately, but I had some spare time this weekend so I worked a stockpiled block of chert I had in the garage. I took this block home specifically because of the exposed partial brach sticking out of the hard chert. To reduce the size of the rock, I first split it in half which ended up being a lucky split as it didn't damage the brachiopod fossil or fracture the chert in a challenging way. After splitting the chert, I removed the steinkern from the rock and picked away the intact half of the shell not exposed with a sharp needle in hopes of some golden spirals. Easy to see which side was exposed from its rock tomb. Fortunately for me the half hidden inside the chert was complete, unfortunately though the half exposed from the chert was infilled and weathered away.
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Found in Southwest Missouri. I was guessing Gastropod?
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It reminds me of a soccer ball but very small. I was thinking some sort of coral that I haven't seen yet in my research. (I am new to this but I did try to research)
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Wondering if this is some sort of sea-star sponge? From what I researched?
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