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From the album: Muncie Creek Shale Phosphatic Nodules
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From the album: Muncie Creek Shale Phosphatic Nodules
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From the album: Missouri Plant Fossils
I was recently contacted by a specialist who is studying Neuropteris lindahli and identified this section as most certainly being another piece, I have another section here which he identified as another Neuropteris lindahli mislabeled as Pecopteris sp. -
From the album: Missouri Ammonoids, Nautiloids and Gastropods
Gastropod fossil, (originally misidentified as an ammonite), Gave it to a friend a year ago so I was unable to measure it properly -
My friend found these about 15ft underground in Polaski County Missouri. He said there were quite a few like 68 I think. Each one has something on the inside that rattles when you shake it. He busted the one in top left of main photo open and it looks to be a yolk but not sure. All his eggs are roughly the same size beside the small one on right and I would say they are a little larger than baseball size but can't say for sure what measurements are. Any ideas?
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Hello, been a while since I've been online, but getting back into the fossil world! Here is a specimen that is about 4 inches on a large rock that I would like to try an extract. Does this look like a trilobite to you all? Eastern MO.
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Looking for some info on this specimen from Eastern MO. Is this perhaps some sort of cephalopod impression partially replaced by calcite crystals? Thanks!
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I have a rock feature that I am a bit doubtful, but hopeful about. I have a few "crystalized" fossils and have seen some very nice ones from near my hunting area also posted. This does mean that there are some out there. This little feature measures almost 11mm long and is 6mm wide. In hand, the left side really looks like a head segment of some sort with the line and what does look like two eye spots. The main area has what looks like segment end features going around the sides. The square crystal feature in the center is a totally new one for me. I have found literally hundreds, if not thousands of crystal specimens (mostly in the quartz family) and have never seen anything like this. This rock has several other fossil and fossil imprints in it. There are cephlapod fossils, rugose coral fossils, and other features that I am still researching. Researching and using the state geological map, it was found in a late ordovician period area. It was found outside of Willow Springs, Missouri, USA. My hopes are that it is a trilobite fossil of some sort or an isopod fossil. I am NOT getting my hopes up real high though.
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Found: Northwest Missouri (Nodaway County)
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I am brand new to the site, though I've been using information from it for awhile to help me prepare a Petoskey Stone presentation for my rock and mineral club. I am a novice and have just joined and started collecting. I graduated high school from Petoskey, so I thought I would start with Petoskey Stones. I no longer live in Michigan, so have been collecting specimens online for my presentation. I have a ton of Petoskey Stones. I am now collecting Hexagonaria from other locations and other corals, especially Rugose corals, that may be confused (either intentionally or not) with Petoskey Stones. Here are two I purchased from a woman in Missouri. She said her dad collected them in the 1960s, but she had no other information. (I switched rocks after the inverted picture.) Does anyone have an idea what these are?
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From the album: Chondrichthyan Teeth From The Pennsylvanian Period
hello! I come across these missing teeth every so often, likewise to some of the teeth I have in this album. Hopefully I will be able to find more specimens near in the future! -
Is there enough left of this fish tooth to identify it? ( Missouri )
Samurai posted a topic in Fossil ID
Location: Missouri Period: Pennsylvanian Formation: Iola Limestone (Muncie Creek Shale Member or Raytown limestone member) Hello! I happened to take a trip to my usual fossil hunting spots in search of another tooth that was stuck in a rock I planned to dig out but found this delicate one before it and took it home. Sadly this was missing most of its pieces but I thought it could be identified. I couldn't really think of anything it most resembles as it does not look like my Campodus teeth or Petalodus teeth. That's mostly why I posted it here but it very well could have been from them as they are the most common of the teeth I find there. Sorry in advance I got a new phone recently and it does not take as high quality pictures as my old one. Rotated: rotated again Measurements: -
Hi everybody, I'm a neophyte to the geological realm (especially regarding paleontology), but I thought I'd share some finds on the forum. In Layman's terms, I found some clams, possibly some coral, and (...wait I know this one) Crinoids! Any possible fossil ID would be great, happy to be here, and glad to join a community with similar interests! All items below were found within 100-200 yards of each-other on the Meramec river just outside of St. Louis, Missouri. 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) 10) 11) Artifacts:
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Is this crustacean exoskeleton? If so is there anything to identify it beyond that?
Samurai posted a topic in Fossil ID
Location: Missouri Period: Pennsylvanian Formation: Iola Limestone (Muncie Creek Shale Member) Hello! I have found similar pieces to this nodule below and I was wondering if this was a piece of exoskeleton from some assorted shrimp or some other crustacean/animal. Most of these pieces I find I assumed to be chert or very coprolitic in nature but the more visible "structure" in this specimen leads me to believe otherwise. My best guess is that this is a piece of crustacean and I hope that this piece will be recognizable by someone. I will say shrimp has been found in Muncie creek phosphatic nodules and I have only found assorted pieces such as tails. A post by Missourian from a couple years ago did mention that phyllocarid shrimp can exist within these nodules. This does happen to also have some iridescence but I could not get it to be picked up that well with my camera I can provide more images upon request
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Location: Missouri Period: Pennsylvanian Formation: Iola Limestone (Muncie Creek Shale Member) Hello! I have happened to come across a strange structure while attempting to retrieve a fossil from a limestone rock. While breaking the stone around this nodule the force was enough to separate 2/3rds of the fossil leaving the other section still in a massive slab of limestone that will need more time to dig out Nevertheless here is the structure in question Rotated: 1 of the 2 pieces I was able to retrieve and contains the round "ball structures": I will note I have seen the odd "ball" pattern once before from a post I made over a year ago and I was unable to get it properly identified beyond it possibly being fish ribs/support structures or something else, but I'm hoping this new perspective will help nail down this mystery. I decided to retake some of my original photos since my old device was restricted in file/image size
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New Species of Dinosaur Uncovered in Missouri May Lead to More Fossils Being Found in Area by Ayumi Davis, Newsweek, November 29, 2021 Bryan, J.R., Frederick, D.L., Schwimmer, D.R. and Siesser, W.G., 1991. First dinosaur record from Tennessee: A Campanian hadrosaur. Journal of Paleontology, 65(4), pp.696-697. More papers from David R Schwimmer, Columbus State University Yours, Paul H.
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Just a note that James Cullison's 1944 monograph on the rocks and fauna of the upper Lower Ordovician of Missouri and Arkansas is now freely available for download or perusal at https://archive.org/details/paper-cullison-1944-the-stratigraphy-of-some-lower-ordovician-formations-of-the This publication has always been devilishly tough to get a hold of. A nice systematic paleontology section deals with the many gastropods and other mollusks as well as the less diverse brachiopods, trilobites, and sponges. The monograph covers the following formations as currently accepted in Missouri: • Smithville Formation • Powell Formation • Cotter Formation • Jefferson City Formation Enjoy and share as you like. Full citation: J. S. Cullison, 1944: "The Stratigraphy Of Some Lower Ordovician Formations Of The Ozark Uplift." The University of Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy Bulletin Technical Series, Vol. 15, No. 2, 112 pp + 35 pl.-
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Anyone Good with Fish braincases/Skull Material? (Some are very incomplete) ( Missouri )
Samurai posted a topic in Fossil ID
Location: Missouri Formation: Muncie Creek Shale Time Period: Pennsylvanian I have found many things in the phosphatic nodules from the Muncie Creek Shale formation ranging from scales, bones, coprolites and in some cases braincases or skull material however I have found very little of braincases and I was curious if someone could identify what they either belong to or in case of specimen #1 if it is indeed a braincase I was also wondering if someone could possibly link me to some material relating to Pennsylvanian period braincases as It may help me to better identify such material Specimen #1 I posted this one to this site quite some time ago but never got a response to what it was but I am not 100% sure if its braincase or just some other bone material or even the aforementioned coprolite Unfortunately for these last 2 specimens they are incomplete due to my inexperience 2 years ago when I first cracked them open. I neglected to collect the rest of the pieces hence why I have hesitated to show them on this site for the shame of losing something potentially scientifically valuable, nevertheless I was wondering if they could be identified Specimen #2 This one is 100% a braincase but i do not know what it belongs too and wish for identification if possible from the fragment i have Specimen #3 I only think the one above might be skull material is due to how it looks similar to my other more obvious skull/braincase that I own here is a photo of the one I'm describing, which i did have all pieces for: -
Location: Missouri Period: Pennsylvanian Formation: Iola Limestone (Muncie Creek Shale Member) (MO) hello! this is my first nautiloid in a phosphatic nodule from this locality and unfortunately the split wasn't desirable, nevertheless you can see the inside beauty of this specimen I know the genus Prouddenites have been found in these phosphatic nodules as the user Missourian happened to have a post from a couple years back showing his specimen the only issue is with mine its harder to see what it is since the outer shell isn't that visible, any tips on identification or can anyone identify it from its internal portions? I can take more pictures if neccesary Most detailed section: in the middle upper section of this piece had a bit of the shell shown from the underside Measurements: when cracked the little middle section popped out, I was fortunate to find it
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From the album: Missouri Ammonoids, Nautiloids and Gastropods
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Fossilized Plant Stems? or just cracks in a rock filled with sediment (Missouri)
Samurai posted a topic in Fossil ID
All of these are from the Winterset Limestone Formation and dated to the Pennsylvanian period Found in Missouri I found this in a rock that was completely covered in these structures and had many layers to them Here are a few I decided to take home with me Natural color in daylight (measurements are in the last photo of this specimen): Specimen #2 -
Anyone good at identifying Pennsylvanian Era Plant seeds? ( Missouri )
Samurai posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hello! I happened to stumble across multiple seed fossils while fossil hunting recently looking for ferns and I decided i had enough seed pod mysteries to create this thread in hopes for identification Location: Missouri Time period: Pennsylvanian Formation: Upper Winterset Limestone Specimen #1 I would say this one is the most detailed plant seed fossil i have found so far ( Roughly 4.2mm) You can see the outline a bit better in the photo above Specimen #2 more rounder in shape (roughly 7mm) Specimen #3 this one is also with other plant material (roughly 7 mm) Specimen #4 This one was from a previous hunt but if anyone recognizes it let me know! (9mm) Specimen #5 (3mm)
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Hi Everyone, I’d like to share a few posts on the shales I’ve been hunting recently in Kansas City, Missouri. Long story short – my neighbor is digging a ‘pond’ to China. He has massive equipment from his business and so far he’s dug through about 35 feet (~10.6 M) of material. My land matches his where the dam to the pond is and I saw shale in it which really surprised me since I’ve never found shale on my property. Even in the creeks and gullies. I would also like to say that I have been really inspired by the posts from @connorp and @deutscheben about the shale they find in Illinois and wanted to show a similar collection from a specific location/member in Missouri. Here’s a rough Lithology table of my area: The pond was dug through the Winterset Limestone member through the Stark and I believe through the Galesburg shale members and into the Bethany Falls Limestone from the top of the hill we both live on! It’s absolutely magnificent. I asked him if I could take some of the shale that he went through and all he said was, ‘take it all,’ and so I did. I passed on the limestone since its way more readily available to collect in the area and I hadn’t ever hunted through shale. I’ve gone through about 250 lbs (113 kg) of shale within the last few weeks and would like to sporadically present my findings as I can make time for it. Completely unrelated to his digging I listed and sold my house and land and am moving my family to Texas. All of this has happened within a month or so. I feel that this last hurrah into shale is a way for me to say goodbye to the state I’ve lived almost my entire life in thus far. Here’s one of my wheelbarrow loads of shale. I am no scientist but will do my best to assign at least some family or species to my finds. I love the adventure of findings fossils, prepping them can be therapeutic at times and insanely frustrating at others, and assigning species is my least favorite. Probably because I am not naturally good at it. If you see a species you feel is wrongly identified please feel free to share. It’s my weak point so I’d appreciate anything that helps me get better at it. The Galesburg layer is really hard to hunt from because it’s mudstone/claystone at the top then turns into harder grey shale at the bottom. It brakes vertically into rounded blocks instead of horizontally when you try to cut or split it and destroys the fossils that it contains. At the slightest addition of moisture it crumbles and the paper thin fossils are lost. This is a chunk of it I accidentally left out one night that succumbed to the dew from one evening and following morning. It’s filled with material I am having a hard time placing but I am calling it plant material until I can more accurately identify it. Unfortunately I didn’t get hunting till a few weeks after this layer had been dug out and the vast majority if it returned to mud. Without future ado, let me begin my adventure into Missouri shale. Here’s what I believe may be part of a Calamites plant. From what I am calling the Galesburg claystone. Scale in cm/mm. Here is another unknown that I believe is some type of plant stem. The Galesburg material is so much harder to deal with that I have a lot of it in storage now to go through at a later point.
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