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2019 Mazon Creek personal finds !!


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On 1/30/2021 at 11:22 AM, stats said:

Awesome shrimp, Phil!  Can't wait to get back out again!

 

Cheers,

Rich

Thanks Rich !!  We can't wait to get out as well !! We went for a drive yesterday, checked out pit 1 area (golf course), pit 2 area (fossil rock). Fossilrock has done a lot of work since we drove by there a year ago. Also checked out Mazonia South Unit, saw a couple dozen ice fisherman out on various lakes. Even went by the Braceville spoil pile.

 

Phil

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Had a nice fish scale open today !!! Check it out !!  Pictures are less than great, but the best I could do currently. I need to get a new GOOD camera !!  Philfishscale2.jpg.5b635d1ba6ca0f49b553e9243c2d98bd.jpgfishscale3.jpg.6d969de35de6a4c2d121c2644769b931.jpgfishscale1.jpg.659962d7efedd6a94dc9b147858d641b.jpg

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12 hours ago, flipper559 said:

Had a nice fish scale open today !!! Check it out !!  Pictures are less than great, but the best I could do currently. I need to get a new GOOD camera !!  Philfishscale2.jpg.5b635d1ba6ca0f49b553e9243c2d98bd.jpgfishscale3.jpg.6d969de35de6a4c2d121c2644769b931.jpgfishscale1.jpg.659962d7efedd6a94dc9b147858d641b.jpg

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Nice!  I think you are right.  I can see the texture.  Great find... looks like a river rock?

 

Cheers,

Rich

 

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1 minute ago, stats said:

Nice!  I think you are right.  I can see the texture.  Great find... look like a river rock?

 

Cheers,

Rich

 

Thanks Rich !!    Yep, from the creek !!   Good eye !! :thumbsu:

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19 hours ago, flipper559 said:

Had a nice fish scale open today !!! Check it out !!  Pictures are less than great, but the best I could do currently. I need to get a new GOOD camera !!  Philfishscale2.jpg.5b635d1ba6ca0f49b553e9243c2d98bd.jpgfishscale3.jpg.6d969de35de6a4c2d121c2644769b931.jpgfishscale1.jpg.659962d7efedd6a94dc9b147858d641b.jpg

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Lungfsh....very nice! There are a few lungfish species from Mazon but this isn't a close match with any of those. My guess would be Ctenodus or Sagenodus.

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41 minutes ago, jdp said:

 

Lungfsh....very nice! There are a few lungfish species from Mazon but this isn't a close match with any of those. My guess would be Ctenodus or Sagenodus.

Thank you  !!

Phil

 

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1 hour ago, deutscheben said:

Very lovely scale!

Thank you !!

Phil

7 minutes ago, connorp said:

Awesome scale!

Thank you !!

Phil

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Cool piece of bark, Mazon Creek Fossil, and a nice fern plate. Both were 28 March  open finds !! What do you think ??

 

Rock On !!!

 

Phil

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I’m just starting to learn about the Mazon Creek flora (I’ve been mostly collecting Devonian material). I especially like the first fossil in these new pictures. Nice thick stem with intact leaves branching off. Quite striking. 

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  • 4 months later...

Here are 3 of the horseshoe crabs I found in the summer of 2021.

All of these were open finds from the creek.

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 More Summer of 2021 finds . These were all creek finds, and found open.

2021 was another pretty nice year for me.

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Some real dang nice finds there! I especially love the spider. It’s amazing that you found all of these open, you’ve clearly got your eyes well-calibrated. :thumbsu:

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  • 1 month later...

Opened this one this morning !! Mazon Creek Fossils !!

This was a creek find, summer 2021 - Opened  2-16-22

Spider !!

 

Phil

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Holy cow, man! 2 spiders in a year, that is astounding. I'm curious about the smaller structures surrounding the body in the first picture, I wonder if they are separated parts of the spider as well?

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2 hours ago, deutscheben said:

Holy cow, man! 2 spiders in a year, that is astounding. I'm curious about the smaller structures surrounding the body in the first picture, I wonder if they are separated parts of the spider as well?

Ben, those are parts of the legs.

I'm thinking about having this one prepped.

Phil

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On 2/16/2022 at 12:50 PM, flipper559 said:

Opened this one this morning !! Mazon Creek Fossils !!

This was a creek find, summer 2021 - Opened  2-16-22

Spider !!

 

Phil

Sweet one!  I need to follow you around more!

 

Cheers,

Rich

 

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