traveltip1 Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 Here are some finds from a late August to early September long loop road trip, fossil hunting through Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana and Kentucky. I'll appreciate detailed specimen identification help. First photo shows brachiopods & a trilobite from the Devonian Silica Shale Formation near Sylvania, northwestern Ohio. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traveltip1 Posted October 14, 2020 Author Share Posted October 14, 2020 Brachiopods, bryozoa and echinoderms from the Devonian of northeastern Michigan. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traveltip1 Posted October 14, 2020 Author Share Posted October 14, 2020 Enrolled complete trilobite from the Ordovician of southern Indiana. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traveltip1 Posted October 14, 2020 Author Share Posted October 14, 2020 Nautiloids, horn corals and bryozoa from the Ordovician of southern Indiana and northern Kentucky. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traveltip1 Posted October 14, 2020 Author Share Posted October 14, 2020 Brachiopods from the Ordovician of southern Indiana and northern Kentucky. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traveltip1 Posted October 14, 2020 Author Share Posted October 14, 2020 Horn corals, blastoids & crinoid column segments from the Mississippian of southern Indiana. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traveltip1 Posted October 14, 2020 Author Share Posted October 14, 2020 Large crinoid column segments from the Mississippian of southern Indiana. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 Wow! Lots of great finds. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 That is a very nice diverse smorgasbord of Paleozoic goodies. Clearly you had an excellent trip. Don 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 Wow! Lots of nice stuff! Congratulations on a very successful trip! I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 looks like you had a good trip "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Praefectus Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 Nice finds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 Ordovician, Devonian, Mississippian brachiopods, crinoids, corals, nautiloids, blastoids, and a Flexi! Oh my! What a trip! What a haul! Congrats and thanks for sharing your finds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilNerd Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 A great diversity of finds! Looks like you had an awesome trip. That for sharing! The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. -Neil deGrasse Tyson Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't. -Bill Nye (The Science Guy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnbuckeye Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 Great finds. I love the Michigan crinoid cups. Alpena?? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilNerd Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 I just saw you asked for ID help. It might be hard to pin down specifics without multiple pictures of each one, but here are a few educated guesses. Your horn coral from the Ordovician of the Kentucky area are likely Grewingkia canadensis. Some of the brachiopods from the Kentucky area look to be a species or another of Vinlandostrophia (row 4). The last row looks to have some Rafinesquina in it. The blastoids from the Mississippian rock of southern Indiana may be Pentremites, and the screw like things are Archimedes bryozoans. Hopefully I got a few of those right, or at least gave you a good place to start. I could probably come up with a few more once I get back to my laptop. 2 The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. -Neil deGrasse Tyson Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't. -Bill Nye (The Science Guy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traveltip1 Posted October 15, 2020 Author Share Posted October 15, 2020 Thanks! I think you nailed those ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traveltip1 Posted October 15, 2020 Author Share Posted October 15, 2020 2 hours ago, Jeffrey P said: Ordovician, Devonian, Mississippian brachiopods, crinoids, corals, nautiloids, blastoids, and a Flexi! Oh my! What a trip! What a haul! Congrats and thanks for sharing your finds. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pemphix Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 Nice Finds ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimitris Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 The rolled bug and the corals are perfect! Very beautiful finds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 You have found an outstanding array of Ordovician goodies - wow!!! I really like the specimen boxed in red in the photo below: Is this a crinoid calyx? And if so, do you know its identity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traveltip1 Posted October 26, 2020 Author Share Posted October 26, 2020 On 10/24/2020 at 8:41 AM, Monica said: You have found an outstanding array of Ordovician goodies - wow!!! I really like the specimen boxed in red in the photo below: Is this a crinoid calyx? And if so, do you know its identity? Thanks. Its a crinoid calyx, nice pentagonal pattern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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