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Karinopteris cf. soubeiranii (Zeiller) Boersma 1972
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Fossil Amphibian/Reptile Footprint? Carboniferous of Rhode Island.
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I found this on a Beach on the west side of Narragansett Bay. I have found numerous plant fossils less than 2 miles away from here and I think that it has some potential to be a footprint. The impression goes deeper where there would be claws and it appears to have 3 toes. I would love to hear what others have to say. It looks very similar to others that I have seen from the Rhode Island Formation (middle to late Pennsylvanian). I will provide more pictures if necessary.- 12 replies
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Central TX Pennsylvanian: Lots of Mud and Some Fossils Too
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It'd been awhile since I last joined the Austin Paleo group for one of their field trips, so I was excited to finally catch back up with them at some sites about 3 hrs up north. The plan for the day was to hit up Brady and Santa Anna, but the weather forecast had put things into question. Originally, I had some rather ambitious sites lined up in the Llano Uplift afterwards. The rainy conditions, however, meant the river would be a little too high for walking. After a peaceful morning drive under the guiding light of the full moon, I pulled up to the first location where I was relieved to see things weren't canceled, and Melvin plus the gang were already crawling along the slick exposure of Strawn Group shales (Desmoinesian Series). Upon stepping out of the car, I was suddenly met with a confusing mix of cold drizzly rain and warm gusts of humid wind. It wasn't unbearable though, and I was more so focused on catching up with some familiar faces anyways. The hunting proved a bit treacherous. The ground shimmered with newly formed mud mounds that loved to stick under your shoes. Although it wasn't nearly as bad as wet Grayson/Del Rio matrix (Waco Pit), it was still a strenuous activity, having to climb the hillside in my new platform shoes. Things started off a bit slow. The weather dampened the mood, but with enough effort, people started making some decent finds. I was hopeful to prove my crinoid crown from last year was no fluke, so I went straight to business, closely inspecting every rock for anything out of place. It was a challenge to look for details through the mud. Nevertheless, it was a rich site and everyone kinda knew the spectacular finds would roll out one way or another. After an hour and a half of looking at hash plates and broken brachiopods, I found the first keeper. Especially since it was covered in mud, this guy was tough one to notice. I think 9 times out of 10 I would have walked over it. A small, smashed crinoid crown and arms Nearby I also picked up a small crinoid cup which are always fun to find. As we were wrapping up, I took a gamble wiggling out a mucky mass of what looking like a crinoid arm erupting just from underneath a bigger rock. It didn't take long to figure out it was most definitely a large crinoid crown. The species is hard for me to say, so I am open for suggestion. A large crinoid that took a bit of cleaning. The other side shows some arms, but there is a lot more matrix covering it. With all the rain, Melvin and Ed decided it was wise to skip what would have been a messy parking situation at Santa Anna in favor of an impromptu trip to the beloved Wilson Clay Pit of the Harpersville Fm (Virgilian Series). After about an hour of caravaning northbound, everyone gingerly parked their cars along the gravel margin. It took a bit of teamwork to set up some big rocks for a makeshift bridge across the mote separating us from the gate, but we pulled through. Others gave up a bit too early and decided wet feet for the rest of the day would not dissuade them from taking the shortest route across the puddle . Wilson was a good call as things were surprisingly easy to traverse once inside the quarry. All the rock fragments made for good footing. I had made a couple new friends who happened to be fossil forum lurkers. One of them was named Will, and I decided to help him out with finding some Pennsylvanian shark teeth. Once we located the right rocks, I tried to show him what to keep an eye out for. He was a fast learner and pretty soon we were both consistently spotting little pieces of Petalodus among other cartilaginous vertebrates. Sadly, I didn't find most of my cooler stuff until he was sick of all the hammering and ventured elsewhere to find inverts! The first keeper for me was a mess of associated Archaeocidaris plates and spines. Not nearly as pretty as those of the Brownwood Spillway, but still neat nonetheless. Archaeocidarid plates and spines Not long after, I made a rather unexpected discovery. I guess in the past I wasn't looking at each rock close enough. I had heard of Cladodont sharks being found in Wilson before, but never saw one myself. Over the course of the day, however, I found like 6 of them in varying condition. They are surprisingly common, but go unnoticed because they are usually so tiny. I have seen the species Symmorium reniforeme referenced in Wilson, but I am under the impression that these teeth are now classified as Glikmanius occidentalis. My favorite is the middle one below. Its white coloration makes it almost look like a modern shark tooth on the beach. Cladodont (Glikmanius occidentalis?) shark teeth. Surprisingly common in smaller sizes. "Deltodus" was the second most common shark of the day and I managed to snag one in near perfect condition. "Deltodus" Throughout the day I was really hoping to find a Petalodus as good as the one from last year, but alas it was not meant to be. Still, there were some decent ones that showed themselves now and again. One tooth has some really cool dendritic mineralization on the enamel. Best Petalodus ohioensis of the day. As I was writing the above excerpt on the dendritic Petalodus, I took a second look at it and just noticed a trilobutt on the back of the broken root! First Wilson trilo for me and it's on a Petalodus tooth go figure. I guess there's no other way I'd find one given my vertebrate fixations Trilobutt on Petalodus! It was about sunset when I left. Of course I was one of the last ones there along with Ed and Melvin. I need to work on my controlling my fossil hunting urges for sure. Anyways, it was a nice day for a hunt and definitely something I needed. The 3 hour drive back felt like nothing as all I could think about was what awaited me the next trip out. 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Hello, I picked up this small trilobite with no provenance or label. However based on the other material it was with I suspect it is Pennsylvanian-aged possibly from Kansas. Can anyone verify the bug and potentially the provenance as well? The long pygidium makes me think of Ameura, and I believe the lack of a median preoccipital lobe rules out Ditomopyge. However compared to other examples I see the glabella seems narrow and the cheeks very wide, so perhaps I am completely off. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
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How should I prep this 6 cm wide crushed conulariid that is covered in a massive bryozoan and is from the Pennsylvanian Naco Formation of Arizona? It is only the second one that I have found. The matrix is a shaley limestone and is full of bedding cracks. Flakes are falling off either side of the fossil. I would like to take most of the matrix off the back side by hammer and chisel along a bedding plane 1-2 inches below. I can make any thickness of Butvar B-76 solution in acetone. I am afraid that covering the conulariid with Butvar might not hold it together if I try to split the rock and inch or so below the fossil.
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Phylum: Brachiopoda-Articulata Class: Rhynchonellata Order: Athyridida Family: Athyrididae Genus: Composita Portions of the pedicle valve were removed to expose the lovely crystals within.-
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This fossil with faint triangular outline is covered in a bryozoan was found in the Pennsylvanian Naco Fm. near Kohl’s Ranch. Is it a flattened conulariid? 2 cm coin for scale.
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Just curious if these are fern seeds??? During the summer, I slipped over to Ambridge, Pa. to collect a few ferns. Multiple nodules were discovered and the more I thought about it, the more I became suspicious of "seed". Thanks for looking. I am very uneducated when it comes to plants. Mike
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I went on a trip to the Braceville spoil pile (Pennsylvanian deposits of Francis Creek shale, similar to other Mazon Creek locations but more marine) with the ESCONI club last week. Some of my concretions have already opened and there are a few things I am not sure about. Most of these might be totally unidentifiable, but just in case wanted to check - any input would be great. 1. I think I see some resemblance to a partial whorl of Spiropteris (curvature, and it seems like there are 1.5 whorls present). Could that be the case or it just some miscellaneous plant bit? 2. This one cracked poorly - is this worm identifiable at all? I don't see any evidence of jaws or segmentation. 3. This one is just weird - possibly a coprolite or a bivalve mold? If so, it would be a quite large bivalve. I don't see a hinge or any evidence of shell texture though. 4. Possibly a messed up Achistrum? 5. The elongated leaf in the middle somewhat looks like a small Cordaites leaf?
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From the album: Pennsylvanian fossils
Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Order: Petalodontiformes Family: Petalodontidae Genus: Petalodus-
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Phylum: Brachiopoda Class: Rhynchonellata Order: Spiriferida Family: Trigonotretidae Genus: Neospirifer A nice larger Neospirifer brachiopod with both valves.- 1 comment
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Hello! I had the privilege of joining ESCONI to Mazon’s Pit 4 yesterday and came across this concretion. There’s a very good chance it’s nothing, but I thought the 3D shape might be peculiar. The concretion is about 1.5 cm wide in total. Thank you for looking!
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Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Order: Cochliodontiformes Family: Cochliodontidae Genus: Deltodus- 2 comments
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Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Order: Petalodontiformes Family: Pristodontidae Genus: Peripristis sp.- 1 comment
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Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Order: Ctenacanthiformes Family: Ctenacanthidae Genus: Glikmanius Species: Glikmanius occidentalis Unfortunately, this is as far as I can prep with a box cutter.- 2 comments
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This came from a bucket of material from Jacksboro Texas donated by @GaryTurner for the Dallas Paleontological Society fund-raising auction, so it's Late Pennsylvanian, Graham Formation. The surface resembles a bryozoan but I haven't seen one with this shape. Scale is millimeters.
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I just don't know what this thing is. It's from the Glenshaw Formation of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Some is below the matrix, but what is showing is about 1 cm top to bottom and 1.5 cm across. I believe it is Brush Creek Limestone and it looks like part of a fish spine to me. As always all help is appreciated. Thanks.
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Need some help with identifying these specimens. Are they a fossil or not? Carboniferous fossils from RI
veenasaur posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hey there!! I’m back with a few more pictures of my finds from Corys Lane in Rhode Island. Being a beginner I’m slowly getting a hang of fossil hunting but sometimes you always find some cool looking rocks that convince you otherwise and you hope they’re a fossil. So help me out to determine if these ones are maybe a fossil or just a cool find. Also this trip was very fun and the most productive so far. The weather was cloudy accompanied by a cool breeze, not too many people on the beach during low tide. Only a few fishing hobbyists very curious about what we had caught in our buckets. They were a bit confused when they saw that we caught rocks. We had a laugh about it and spent some time walking along the train tracks before calling it a day which is something I would highly recommend. TIA- 9 replies
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I gathered these fern fossils from Cory’s lane in Rhode Island recently. Need some help with their identification. My guess is they look like Pecopteris but any more specific identification would definitely help.
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I am new to micros but I have had at least a cursory look at bulk samples from a variety of sites and ages, mostly Texas and Pennsylvanian. The material from this one Pennsylvanian site in Oklahoma seems so far out of the typical range for quantity of fossils I am wondering what others think. Most of what I have looked at will show me a fossil for every 50 to 100 rocks and I consider that normal. This site has matrix that, when cleaned and screened to remove the finest shale particles (60 mesh) has hardly anything but fossils! The biggest problem with that is deciding what to keep and what to discard, however, if the trade-off is diversity over quantity I might prefer to see less fossils. I found mostly broken pieces of bryozoans but quite a few crinoid parts and not mostly stem sections like I usually see. There are some brachiopods and a few corals but the paucity of mollusks seems odd. In the first batch I took home there were no bivalves, no cephalopods and only one gastropod! Odder still I did find a trilobite genial spine and the tip of a conulariid, things that are usually far less common. There were also a few conodonts or maybe scolecodonts and some ostrocods. I went for another gallon baggie-full and finally got a few more gastropods, very few bivalves and one orthoconic nautiloid. Besides the large quantity of fossils I am curious about what conditions might contribute to that lack of diversity. I can not be certain about the formation but it appears to be in the Deese group. Geologists I have asked say the area is a geological mess so anyone who could volunteer to clear up the confusion is welcome to have a look! It is west of I-35 and south of Ardmore. Below are photos of the matrix after I screened out the finest shale particles. Scale is millimeters.
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Hello! I think I've just about tapped out most of my local hunting spots. Yet a week ago I found a couple fossils that look like teeth. Please let me know what you think. They are 1.5 cm wide by 1 cm long, Pennsylvanian (Carboniferous), Glenshaw Formation and from Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
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Help identifying a large fossil Ctenacanthiform Shark tooth from Late Pennsylvanian rocks in Illinois
Joseph Fossil posted a topic in Fossil ID
Sometimes it could be accurately said a fossil hunting trips most intriguing finds are discovered after bringing the fossils home. That's exactly what happened after my Sunday/August/19/2023 trip with @Tales From the Shale at some Late Pennsylvanian rock formations in Illinois. Lots of brachiopod, bryozoan, and pretty awesome Chondricthyan teeth were found on this trip. But it was at home that I accidentally uncovered a pretty remarkable find I would like help getting a Proper ID for. On Wednesday around 10:00PM EST, I decided to break open with a pretty large hammer some of the large rocks I collected to get rid of excess materials around the fossils. When I got to a brachiopod encrusted rock, I decided to split it down the middle to avoid damaging the top. As a precaution (which I'm super grateful now I still do) I always check the fragments with a flashlight to see if I missed something. This time, I checked extra hard and discovered a very fragmentary cladodont tooth tip!!! I was glad I found it, but kinda kicking myself knowing I may have accidentally smashed to bits the rest of the tooth (the tooth was not even remotely visible on the rock's surface and was hidden in the middle of the rock itself). Fortunately, I searched the surrounding fragments and found the rest of the tooth! I looked at and measured the cladodont tooth fragments more the next morning!! The tooth specimen is definitely from a pretty large Ctenacanthiform Shark! I think (based on the number of lateral cusps) it could be from a large Gilkmanius, but I'm not 100% sure!! What do you guys think? @connorp @deutscheben @Tales From the Shale What do you think?- 2 replies
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Help identifying some fossil brachiopods, bryozoan, and Chondrichthyans from Late Pennsylvanian rocks in Illinois
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On Sunday/August/19/2023, myself and @Tales From the Shale went fossil hunting at some Late Pennsylvanian rock formations in Illinois! It was a pretty productive trip! We found lots of brachiopod fossils and an awesome amount of Chondrichthyian fossils! There are some fossils though that I'm a bit confused on their exact ID and I would like help identifying them? I put and photographed some of these specimens under a microscope and dissecting scope to help with species/genera identification. Here are the various and pretty awesome specimens from the trip I would like help Identifying: Unknown Specimen 1 (A Posible and partial Ctenacanthiform tooth) Unknown Specimen 2 (A Peripristis tooth but not 100% sure of exact species ID) Unknown specimen 3 (I think either Deltodus or another type of Petalodontid) Unknown specimen 4 (@Tales From the Shale helped me identify it as a bryozoan, but I forgot what type/genera he said it was (though he said it was pretty rare), I found at least 2 specimens of this type on this trip) Unknown Specimen 5 (Found on the same piece of matrix rock as Unknown Specimen 4, I'm not 100% sure what it is) Unknown Specimen 6 (some other type of bryozoan, I have no idea what could be it's exact ID) Unknown Specimen 7 (Found on the same piece of matrix rock as Unknown Specimen 6, some other type of bryozoan but I have no idea what could be it's exact ID) Unknown Specimen 8 (some other type of bryozoan, I have no idea what could be it's exact ID) Unknown Specimen 9 (A Possible small Petalodus tooth) Unknown Specimen 10 (A Possible small Deltodus tooth)- 4 replies
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Weird Black Shale Fossil+ some conodont teeth fragments (Missouri)
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Location: Warrensburg, Missouri Period: Pennsylvanian Formation: Unknown Hello! I happened to have had an opportunity to visit land owned by one of my friends and decided to split some of the black shales. I happened to come across something that seems familiar but I just can't seem to place a name on it as of yet. So far I have found 2 specimens, and I'm not sure if one is just infilling of the original mold or something other. Unfortunately they were in already weathered sections of shale and I could not retrieve the other halves of the shales. In case it helps with identifications, I have found listracanthus denticles, conodont elements, very faint orbiculoidia? shells/fragments, and some nodules that were not compacted enough for me to take thin sections of. Specimen #1: What appears to be a mold of the specimen. Very faint shell fragments are visible to the right and upper portion form the specimen Specimen #2: And lastly for anyone who is interested, here are images of the conodonts! Another conodont tooth fragment seen on the left side: I didn't do any size measurements on the conodonts or use the CAI to determine anything as I'm not experienced in the later but would love any input! Thanks for taking time out of your day to read all this!- 3 replies
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This afternoon I headed to Cory’s Lane for some digging. I unfortunately completely forgot about the tide, but thankfully it wasn’t very high when I arrived. A group of four was already there, and they said they didn’t find much “except for maybe a piece of grass.” The shale is very crumbly and oily, and virtually blank most of the time, so my hopes were not very high. I did find some decent, albeit very badly preserved ferns. Identification of these is very much welcomed, as I don’t know much about these. Rhode Island Formation, partially metamorphosed. My first find, Crenulopteris? Weird fern that was at a different angle to the bedding planes. Very badly preserved. A decent fern. Another I think of the same species, split from the first block. Some weird rusty things. Macrospores? The day’s haul. It was quite fun, the shale did split easily, it was just quite dirty and greasy. I should return again at a later time and hopefully find better material.
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