A Fascinating Facies Block

[Ludwigia]

I visited my favorite spot in the Early Kimmeridgian the other day and along with the usual ammonites, I came up with something quite interesting. It's a block out of the sponge reef facies with a Laevaptychus obliquus Aptychus as the center piece along with a Streblites tenuilobatus ammonite and a couple of smaller ones, a rhychonelloid brachiopod and even a little echinoid spine all attached to pieces of sponges. Everything is strongly calcified, so it's quite stable. I just had to abrade away the soft clay matrix and there they were.

 

 

 

[nala]

Stunning plate Roger!

[JohnJ]

Beautiful!

[Ludwigia]

4 minutes ago, nala said:

Stunning plate Roger!

Isn't it cool!

[Ludwigia]

Just now, JohnJ said:

Beautiful!

Ditto

[Monica]

Super-cool association piece, Roger!

 

Do I also see a bit of a bivalve poking out at the bottom?

[Ludwigia]

23 minutes ago, Monica said:

Super-cool association piece, Roger!

 

Do I also see a bit of a bivalve poking out at the bottom?

Thanks Monica. That's actually the rhynchonelloid brachiopod which I mentioned above.

[JimB88]

Wow! That's a great example of life on the sponge reef!

[Fossildude19]

Very interesting and lovely!

[Ludwigia]

4 hours ago, JimB88 said:

Wow! That's a great example of life on the sponge reef!

 

4 hours ago, Fossildude19 said:

Very interesting and lovely!

Yes That's why I took it home. At least I could see the Aptychus at the site. I was also hoping for some more detritus and it panned out.

[Jackson g]

Wow 

[Everhardus]

Wow, what a stunning and unusual piece !

[bthemoose]

Great find!

[Ludwigia]

8 hours ago, Jackson g said:

Wow 

 

7 hours ago, Everhardus said:

Wow, what a stunning and unusual piece !

 

6 hours ago, bthemoose said:

Great find!

Thanks everyone. Glad you're enjoying it.