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Hi everyone. Here is a trip report from a recent visit to the Liberty formation in Indiana. I almost exclusively hunted the "butter shale". I made a 3.5 hour drive from Illinois and hunted for approximately five hours. Feel free to drop some IDs if you know them offhand. this is my first time hunting this area so im relatively unfamiliar with the flora. Here is a picture of most of my finds before cleaning: I'll start with the trilobites. I did not do as well as I had hoped in this department, but I did manage to get a few. My best trilobite was about 75% complete and only about half an inch long. I somehow managed to lose that little guy along the way, as he wasnt in my bag when I got home. As for the trilobites that made it home, here are some pieces: Next are some brachiopods. I just want to say how happy I am to have found this first one. It is in such good condition and I love the shape of it: Here are some more images of a few brachiopods I cleaned up. This does not reflect all the brachiopods I found, but shows a good representation of what is present in this formation. Here is one of many horn corals just because: And here is something I do not have an ID on. Anyone have any thoughts on this? Thanks for looking. If I return back the this site, my fingers are still crossed for rolled trilobite!
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Hello. I am terribly bad at stratigraphy and was wondering if I could get some assistance demarcating the cut off between the Waynesville and Liberty Formations at South Gate Hill on Indiana 1. In particular, after looking through a decent number of threads online, I have found that the "Butter shale" has been ascribed to both formations, and I'm just wondering which it belongs to. Thank you, and I apologize that I do not currently have an image of the hill to contribute to this question.
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From the album: Scolecodonts
Scolecodont fragment (Left side view) Size: Approx. 1.5 mm. Found in surface-collected muddy matrix, which could have weathered from any of three different formations, listed below. Upper Ordovician Waynesville/ Liberty/ Arnheim Fms. Cincinnati Group Bon Well Hill Outcrop Brookville, IN -
From the album: Scolecodonts
Scolecodont fragment (Interior face) Size: Approx. 1.5 mm. Found in surface-collected muddy matrix, which could have weathered from any of three different formations, listed below. Upper Ordovician Waynesville/ Liberty/ Arnheim Fms. Cincinnati Group Bon Well Hill Outcrop Brookville, IN -
From the album: Scolecodonts
Scolecodont fragment (Exterior face) Size: Approx. 1.5 mm. Found in surface-collected muddy matrix, which could have weathered from any of three different formations, listed below. Upper Ordovician Waynesville/ Liberty/ Arnheim Fms. Cincinnati Group Bon Well Hill Outcrop Brookville, IN -
From the album: Scolecodonts
Scolecodont fragment (Right side view) Size: Approx. 1.5 mm. Found in surface-collected muddy matrix, which could have weathered from any of three different formations, listed below. Upper Ordovician Waynesville/ Liberty/ Arnheim Fms. Cincinnati Group Bon Well Hill Outcrop Brookville, IN -
From the album: Scolecodonts
Scolecodont fragment (Right side view) Size: Approx. 2 mm. Found in surface-collected muddy matrix, which could have weathered from any of three different formations, listed below. Upper Ordovician Waynesville/ Liberty/ Arnheim Fms. Cincinnati Group Bon Well Hill Outcrop Brookville, IN -
From the album: Scolecodonts
Scolecodont fragment (Left side view) Size: Approx. 2 mm. Found in surface-collected muddy matrix, which could have weathered from any of three different formations, listed below. Upper Ordovician Waynesville/ Liberty/ Arnheim Fms. Cincinnati Group Bon Well Hill Outcrop Brookville, IN -
From the album: Scolecodonts
This is box #22 in my display case, containing 3 scolecodonts. The first specimen is around 2 mm long, the second and third around 1.5 mm. These were found in surface-collected muddy matrix, which could have weathered from any of three different formations, listed below. Upper Ordovician Waynesville/ Liberty/ Arnheim Fms. Cincinnati Group Bon Well Hill Outcrop Brookville, IN -
From the album: Scolecodonts
Scolecodont (Right side view) Size: Approx. 2 mm. Found in surface-collected muddy matrix, which could have weathered from any of three different formations, listed below. Upper Ordovician Waynesville/ Liberty/ Arnheim Fms. Cincinnati Group Bon Well Hill Outcrop Brookville, IN -
From the album: Scolecodonts
Scolecodont (Left side view) Size: Approx. 2 mm. Found in surface-collected muddy matrix, which could have weathered from any of three different formations, listed below. Upper Ordovician Waynesville/ Liberty/ Arnheim Fms. Cincinnati Group Bon Well Hill Outcrop Brookville, IN -
From the album: Scolecodonts
Scolecodont (Top view) Size: Approx. 3 mm. Found in surface-collected muddy matrix, which could have weathered from any of three different formations, listed below. Upper Ordovician Waynesville/ Liberty/ Arnheim Fms. Cincinnati Group Bon Well Hill Outcrop Brookville, IN -
From the album: Scolecodonts
Scolecodont (Bottom view) Size: Approx. 3 mm. Found in surface-collected muddy matrix, which could have weathered from any of three different formations, listed below. Upper Ordovician Waynesville/ Liberty/ Arnheim Fms. Cincinnati Group Bon Well Hill Outcrop Brookville, IN -
From the album: Scolecodonts
This is box #21 in my display case, containing 2 scolecodonts. The first specimen is around 3 mm long, the second around 2 mm. These were found in surface-collected muddy matrix, which could have weathered from any of three different formations, listed below. Upper Ordovician Waynesville/ Liberty/ Arnheim Fms. Cincinnati Group Bon Well Hill Outcrop Brookville, IN -
From the album: Scolecodonts
Scolecodont (Top view) Size: Approx. 1 mm. Found in surface-collected muddy matrix, which could have weathered from any of three different formations, listed below. Upper Ordovician Waynesville/ Liberty/ Arnheim Fms. Cincinnati Group Bon Well Hill Outcrop Brookville, IN -
From the album: Scolecodonts
Scolecodont (Bottom view) Size: Approx. 1 mm. Found in surface-collected muddy matrix, which could have weathered from any of three different formations, listed below. Upper Ordovician Waynesville/ Liberty/ Arnheim Fms. Cincinnati Group Bon Well Hill Outcrop Brookville, IN -
From the album: Scolecodonts
Scolecodont (Top view) Size: Approx. 1.5 mm. Found in surface-collected muddy matrix, which could have weathered from any of three different formations, listed below. Upper Ordovician Waynesville/ Liberty/ Arnheim Fms. Cincinnati Group Bon Well Hill Outcrop Brookville, IN -
From the album: Scolecodonts
Scolecodont (Bottom view) Size: Approx. 1.5 mm. Found in surface-collected muddy matrix, which could have weathered from any of three different formations, listed below. Upper Ordovician Waynesville/ Liberty/ Arnheim Fms. Cincinnati Group Bon Well Hill Outcrop Brookville, IN -
From the album: Scolecodonts
Scolecodont (Top view) Size: Approx. 1.5 mm. Found in surface-collected muddy matrix, which could have weathered from any of three different formations, listed below. Upper Ordovician Waynesville/ Liberty/ Arnheim Fms. Cincinnati Group Bon Well Hill Outcrop Brookville, IN -
From the album: Scolecodonts
Scolecodont (Side view) This specimen is too 3-dimensional to focus on the whole piece in one image under this level of magnification. This photo is focused on the lower half of the specimen. Size: Approx. 1.5 mm. Found in surface-collected muddy matrix, which could have weathered from any of three different formations, listed below. Upper Ordovician Waynesville/ Liberty/ Arnheim Fms. Cincinnati Group Bon Well Hill Outcrop Brookville, IN -
From the album: Scolecodonts
Scolecodont (Side view) This specimen is too 3-dimensional to focus on the whole piece in one image under this level of magnification. This photo is focused on the upper half of the specimen. Size: Approx. 1.5 mm. Found in surface-collected muddy matrix, which could have weathered from any of three different formations, listed below. Upper Ordovician Waynesville/ Liberty/ Arnheim Fms. Cincinnati Group Bon Well Hill Outcrop Brookville, IN -
From the album: Scolecodonts
Scolecodont (Bottom view) This specimen is too 3-dimensional to focus on the whole piece in one image under this level of magnification. This photo is focused on the lower half of the specimen. Size: Approx. 1.5 mm. Found in surface-collected muddy matrix, which could have weathered from any of three different formations, listed below. Upper Ordovician Waynesville/ Liberty/ Arnheim Fms. Cincinnati Group Bon Well Hill Outcrop Brookville, IN -
From the album: Scolecodonts
Scolecodont (Bottom view) This specimen is too 3-dimensional to focus on the whole piece in one image under this level of magnification. This photo is focused on the upper half of the specimen. Size: Approx. 1.5 mm. Found in surface-collected muddy matrix, which could have weathered from any of three different formations, listed below. Upper Ordovician Waynesville/ Liberty/ Arnheim Fms. Cincinnati Group Bon Well Hill Outcrop Brookville, IN -
From the album: Scolecodonts
This is box #18 in my display case, containing 3 scolecodonts. The first two specimens are around 1.5 mm long, the third around 1 mm. These were found in surface-collected muddy matrix, which could have weathered from any of three different formations, listed below. Upper Ordovician Waynesville/ Liberty/ Arnheim Fms. Cincinnati Group Bon Well Hill Outcrop Brookville, IN -
From the album: Scolecodonts
Scolecodont fragment (Right side view) Size: Approx. 1 mm. Found in surface-collected muddy matrix, which could have weathered from any of three different formations, listed below. Upper Ordovician Waynesville/ Liberty/ Arnheim Fms. Cincinnati Group Bon Well Hill Outcrop Brookville, IN
