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Howdy all, Found this Vinlandostrophia last year near the end of the warm season and decided to make it into a necklace without first identifying the exact species. I'm guessing it's a rarer flavor as this is one of two angel-winged vinlandostrophias I've found in my four years of hunting the Drakes Formation and out of the hundreds of vinlandostrophias I've found.
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From the album: Brachiopods of Platteville/Decorah Twin Cities Minnesota
Largest of the two Vinlandostrophia species in Minnesota Decorah formation. Resembles Dinorthis pectinella strongly. Seem to be fragile as I couldn't find any whole specimens of this uncommon brachiopod. -
From the album: Platteville to Decorah formation Ordovician Twin Cities
First Vinlandostrophia brachiopod find of the year! I will have to compare it to the other two species later. Hash is much more fragmentary - I call it bryozoan hash. -
From the album: Brachiopods of Platteville/Decorah Twin Cities Minnesota
Vinlandostrophia (formerly Platystrophia) trentonensis. Practically the only Minnesota Decorah formation orthid that I know of that have wings (Strophomena filitexta from a different family have wings but not as pronounced). Rare - hadn't found any 100% intact adult specimen yet as one wing always seem to be broken off. -
Here is my before and after on my 2nd attempt of prepping my brachiopods from Nashville. It is hard to know where to stop on these. The shale matrix is one thing but the hard, crystal matrix is another! Plus I find that the shell is not complete after cleaning the matrix, or has growth layers? which create a ridge which is very hard to clean. Anyways, I think I have learned enough that I am going to try and prep a complete shell. Wish me luck.
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Two summers ago, on a roundabout trip to Detroit from Texas, stumbled across an awesome road cut by accident coming out from Nashville. Wasn’t thinking about fossils, and learned after the fact that Nashville was loaded with brachiopods. Anyways, I have been messing around with the idea of cleaning what was brought back. Here is my first attempt at cleaning an imperfect specimen, just to see how well it would clean up. Any tips for further cleanup would be welcomed.
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Hey, all! I've reached 1000 posts of the Fossil Forum, and thought I should share one of my small but very cool finds. This is a Vinlandostrophia brachiopod (species unknown), from southern Indiana. It's Upper Ordovician in age, from the Cincinnati Group. I'm not sure which formation it's from, as there are three exposed at the site, and I found it as surface float near the bottom of the slope. It could be either Waynesville, Liberty, or Arnheim. While I have a handful of Vinlandostrophia in my collection, this one is pariticularly cool. Something took a large (relative to the size of the brach) bite out of it, but it survived and healed. This was not a small or simple notch; this was a large part of the shell margin removed. And yet, the critter survived, probably for several more years. There are several growth lines on the healed scar, at any rate. Enjoy! Brachial and Pedicle Valve views Hinge and Aperture views Normal and Pathological side views
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Hi guys, new to fossil hunting so I thought I'd ask for some help identifying a few fossils my girlfriend and I found at a park near Louisville, Kentucky. We found a ton of brachiopods among the creek gravel, almost completely without context, but this was the only one intact and in decent condition. Is this what I think it is, a Vinlandostrophia laticosta? According to this resource we're only about 30 miles or so out of its documented range. http://www.ordovicianatlas.org/atlas/brachiopoda/rhynchonellata/orthida/platystrophiidae/vinlandostrophia/vinlandostrophia-laticosta/ Thanks!
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From the album: Ordovician Fossils (by Peat Burns)
Platystrophia (=Vinlandostrophia) ponderosa (Brachiopoda) Late Ordovician: Maysvillian Stage Kentucky, USA© 2017 Peat Burns - All Rights Reserved
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From the album: Ordovician Fossils (by Peat Burns)
Platystrophia (=Vinlandostrophia) cf. P. acutilirata (Brachiopoda) Late Ordovician: Richmondian Stage Indiana, USA© 2017 Peat Burns - All Rights Reserved
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