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Show us your blastoid / cytoid fossils!

Atttached is a photo of my favorite Cystoid fossil about 1" long collected 2005 Carden Quarry ON. Ordovician Bobcaygeon/Verulum formation. PL

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From the NW part of Illinois.

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Thanks for posting Rozzilla... they are tiny about the diameter of USB port width. PL

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I like that Blastoid....nice natural setting/display with bits of bryozoan scattered about. Thanks for posting. PL

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A plate of West Virginia blastoids. The small yellow blastoid is there for size comparison.

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A plate of the typical Pentremites from Indiana.

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Some rhombiferids(Caryocrinites sp.?) that I collected from the Sil. near Louisville Ky. sorry about the quality of the photos... one of these days, I will correct that.

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A plate of West Virginia blastoids. The small yellow blastoid is there for size comparison.

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A plate of the typical Pentremites from Indiana.

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Holy SMOKE! Joe these are magnificent fossil plates.... I think I count (photo 1) 17 blastoids on that plate! Very Nice!!! PL

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Some rhombiferids(Caryocrinites sp.?) that I collected from the Sil. near Louisville Ky. sorry about the quality of the photos... one of these days, I will correct that.

scale in inches

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Solius: No need to apoligise... fossils look great!... thanks for posting. PL

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Attach is a photo of a cystoid for Carden Quarry ON, Verulum/Bobcaygen Formation... the rock weather for several yrs ... a recent split in the rock reveal this cystoid as found.... have not attempted air abrasion yet... PL

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Plac: Very nice blastoids... I like the 2 colour blastoid... neat looking banding patern... thanks for posting. PL

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Joe: What a SUPER COLLECTION !!!! Really amazing stuff.... aliens from space... Beautiful Cystoid collection! Thanks for sharing. PL

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And the third group is Glyptocystites multiporus.

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Unbelievable! Super fossils, super prep :wub:

Does anyone else think this one looks like a Southern Magnolia "cone"?

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Here are a few of my cystoids.

WOW - What a collection!

All I have is a Regulaecystis pleurocystoides Paul 1974 from the Lower Devonian (Emsian) of Bundenbach, Germany.

Length is about 4cm / 1.5 inch

Have fun!

Thomas

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Almost forgot this little critter:

Rhenocystis latipedunculata Dehm 1932. Also from the Emsian of Bundenbach.

Enjoy

Thomas

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WOW - What a collection!

All I have is a Regulaecystis pleurocystoides Paul 1974 from the Lower Devonian (Emsian) of Bundenbach, Germany.

Length is about 4cm / 1.5 inch

Have fun!

Thomas

Thanks for the comments. Have you been to the echinoderm section of my web page to see the other echinoderms.Echinoderms

You have some really nice Bundenbach cystoids. I do have one somewhere in my collection but not nearly as nice as yours.

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Thanks for the link. It really is a great page about fossils! I always loved these Ordovician Crinoids and Echinoderms from Ontario. What a pity, I never came close to the Bobcaygeon formation. Would like to dig there!

Thomas

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