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I'm wrapping up the finishing touches on my Mazon Creek cabinet. I made custom lexan shelves. Wrapped the backer with basket weave vinyl. And mounted rope lighting around it. One problem is the plastic doors. They're shot and i need to replace them with good ol' fashioned glass. I also made all of the custom mounts for my collection. I tried to utilize as much space as possible, so i made the mounts all different sizes. All of the mounts are cut lexan. I still have to make a few more, but 99% are done. And if i ever have the luxury of finding better examples of the specimens i have now, i can just keep cycling them into my main large display case. These are just my best finds to date. Flora side. Mainly pit 2. Fauna side. Mainly pit 11. Let me know if you have any questions on who, what, where and how. Thanks for lookin'
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Belotelson magister (Shrimp Molt) -
This guy popped last week. It's a nodule from pit 11. Im not sure what to make of it. Its a poorly preserved whatsit, that's all i can say. It could be coprolite, with maybe a seed inclusion (see left side half with round "thing" towards the middle right)??? Or it looked kinda shrimpy, but just the tail of a shrimp (but this could be wishful thinking). I don't know..... Any help or suggestions is very much appreciated. Thanks for looking.
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So i found this guy already popped at pit 11 South Unit. To my surprise and untrained Mazon eye i saw what looks to be something associated with my Essex jellyfish. Any ideas? Any and all help is appreciated. Thanks!
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Poorly preserved shrimp? Do folks agree? There is a noticeable gut line.....my guess is lebotelson given the longish rostrum....any other thoughts? Evan
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Hi Folks- I had this concretion open to reveal a number of black dots. I don't see the traditional halo around the the dots that would make me feel more confident about an egg sack identification. What do folks think?
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Hi Folks- Do folks agree that this is JUST a shrimp molt? I have a number of molts - this happens to be the best I have. It is also very difficult to ID from a molt based on my research? Evan
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Hi Folks- Can anyone ID this concretion? I believe this is a polychate worm - but I suspect it is in a lateral view presentation. Folks agree? Evan
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Hi Folks- A friend of mine found this fossil and asked me for help IDing. At first glance I thought it was a polychaete worm - Oliver Hardy. But the 3D presentation makes me wonder if it might be somehting else. Any thoughts? Evan
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Hi Folks- A couple of other fossils exposed themselves last night. One I believe is a problematica fossil described as a Y or "wye". The other is coprolite....which I normally wouldn't share - but this is a very well preserved piece of !*@*.
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Hi Folks- Any idea what the two below might be....these are recent Pit 11 openings.
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Hi Folks- The Pit 11 area around the perimeter of the lake is very overgrown at this point - although I have been able to get out and collect some. While the Essex fauna definitely has a higher percentage of duds versus the braidwood locales - the diversity of faunal species is much more robust. Other than one cyperites plant with great points - most of my finds have been faunal in nature. See below. A coprinoscolex
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I am from Louisiana and I have been to Mazonia in the past with some success in the south unit. I will be going out there May 4th, 2013 this saturday to collect fossils for a fossil park my wife and I built in Louisiana for the purpose of getting kids interested. Any tips or tag alongs would be welcome. Where is pit 11,?
