jvpartin Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 (edited) Thanks beforehand. My young granddaughters (8 and 5 yo) have went fossil hunting in their backyard around Lake Cumberland in Kentucky and as I am not experienced in identification and cleaning techniques I appreciate all help given to identify several examples of what we collected. Edited February 26, 2021 by jvpartin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 @jvpartin Please try posting your photos again. Your first attempt didn't work. Maybe this will help you. And please don't post too many at once, but rather open up new threads if need be. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvpartin Posted February 26, 2021 Author Share Posted February 26, 2021 Thanks for the reply because the picture is showing up for me. I would not have known it wasn't visible otherwise. BTW I only have one up atm Lets try this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Hi, so, if i understand well, the fossils of the Lake Cumberland are Mississipian. I guess those ones are brachiopods. 1 "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvpartin Posted February 27, 2021 Author Share Posted February 27, 2021 Thanks for the reply I haven't cleaned it at all as I'm practicing on lesser specimens. Here is a slab approximately the size of my hand covered with shells and tube structures that penetrate the three inch depth. Note all of the fossils specimens I post here where collected in a 20 foot area in my daughters back yard. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 That appears to be what collectors call a "hash plate", a mishmash of shell debris and imprints. I think I'm seeing crinoid bits, perhaps nautiloids and other unidentifiable shell pieces on it. 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 I also think there are crinoid bits and cephalopods. "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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