Fenestrate bryozoan prep

[Nautiloid]

Hello all!
 

I found this pretty cool bryozoan back in July and I decided to give it a prep. Its really easy matrix to work with so its good practice for someone like me who’s only done a handful of preps. 
 

Like my past preparations, this will all be done manually using mainly safety pins. 
 

Fenestella sp. ?
Middle Devonian

Hamilton Group

Moscow Formation

Windom Shale

 

DSR, Lebanon, NY

 

Enjoy!

[Nautiloid]

Here it is at the beginning of today’s prep session:

 

[Nautiloid]

When I finished for today, around 9:40 PM:

 

[PaleoOrdo]

Nice work. It seems to be the bryozoan family Fenestella, maybe Fenestella bouchardi.

Martin

[PaleoOrdo]

Is it possible to see if the bryozoan used one of the brachiopods as a substrate? Is it some pattern on the brachiopod? It is common knowlegde that bryozoans used the shells of gastropods as substrate, maybe also of brachipods.

Martin

[Nautiloid]

10 hours ago, PaleoOrdo said:

Is it possible to see if the bryozoan used one of the brachiopods as a substrate? Is it some pattern on the brachiopod? It is common knowlegde that bryozoans used the shells of gastropods as substrate, maybe also of brachipods.

Martin

As far as I can see, this bryozoan isn’t attached to another organism.