My small Mazon creek collection

[Bobby Rico]

I thought I jump on the bandwagon of Mazon Creek and show my little collection. I’ve been picking up the odd fossil here and there to add to my allotment. This has been over the last 5 years. Originally I was introduced to the ironstone concretions by Ralph in one of his great auctions to support TFF, which I was lucky enough to win.

 

The first 3 added after the collection photographed in the drawer, I could do with a little help for identification please.

 1: sea cucumber, 2: worm, 3: Has a label but it is only the seller’s info ? 

thank you help and for looking.

 

Bobby

 

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[Bobby Rico]

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Crenulopteris Acadica both half

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And finally my favourite so far 

 

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[ziggycardon]

Lovely collection Bobby! 
Love your displays as always!  

[Tidgy's Dad]

Nice little collection, my friend.

I love my own few Mazon Creek fossils as well. 

Beautiful and fascinating. 

[Bobby Rico]

27 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

Nice little collection, my friend.

I love my own few Mazon Creek fossils as well. 

Beautiful and fascinating. 

Cheers Adam,  I don’t think I have seen your MC collection . If you get the time you’re welcome to post on this thread. 

1 hour ago, ziggycardon said:

Lovely collection Bobby! 
Love your displays as always!  

Cheers much appreciated 

[connorp]

Nice collection Bobby! A couple corrections though.

  

1 hour ago, Bobby Rico said:

The correct spelling is Mazonomya mazonensis
 

This is Myalinella meeki

 

2 hours ago, Bobby Rico said:

This is Crenulopteris acadica

 

This is Annularia radiata

 

[Bobby Rico]

2 minutes ago, connorp said:

Nice collection Bobby! A couple corrections though.

  

 

Thanks spellings is not my thing. I get MrsR to change the labels. 
Can you please look at the photos 1, 2 and 3 .

[connorp]

14 minutes ago, Bobby Rico said:

Thanks spellings is not my thing. I get MrsR to change the labels. 
Can you please look at the photos 1, 2 and 3 .

#1 looks more like the echiuran Coprinoscolex ellogimus. #2 looks like some kind of worm, I don't know if there is enough there to ID it, I don't really know worms. #3 looks like Asterophyllites but I am not very familiar with those.

[Tidgy's Dad]

This wonderful batch are also from Ralph, @Nimravis and a couple of them are among my favourite fossils.

I do have one or two other specimens from other sources, Pecopteris, I think, but I don't have photos of those just now.

Pecopteris :

Annularia :

Neuropteris :

On the left, a Neuropteris with a wiggly margin? 

Lycopod leaf and coprolite : 

Myalinella meeki : 

Cyclus americanus and half of my Belotelson magister ( there is more of it, just a cut off in the photo) : 

And an adorable Essexella asherae :

For formations without any brachiopods, this has to be my favourite. 

[Bobby Rico]

1 hour ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

This wonderful batch are also from Ralph,

Nice collection some very interesting specimens.  

[connorp]

1 hour ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

The big one is Macroneuropteris.

[Runner64]

Awesome pieces!

[Bobby Rico]

2 minutes ago, Runner64 said:

Awesome pieces!

Thanks very much 

[Mark Kmiecik]

Nice start. We'll make an addict out of you yet! One thing to bear in mind is that Asterophyllites is not a vine. It and other roughly related species of the family Calamitaceae are horsetail rushes, some of which grew to heights of more than 20 meters; that's about the height of a birch tree. Just a "bit" larger than extant species.

[Bobby Rico]

6 hours ago, Mark Kmiecik said:

Nice start. We'll make an addict out of you yet! One thing to bear in mind is that Asterophyllites is not a vine. It and other roughly related species of the family Calamitaceae are horsetail rushes, some of which grew to heights of more than 20 meters; that's about the height of a birch tree. Just a "bit" larger than extant species.

Thanks Mark that is very interesting. I will label that ASAP.  I think it does not take much to be addicted to this stuff . That little specimen I got was a bargain at £1.50 Them days are over now because Mazon Creek material is getting quite popular in the U.K,. Much more competitive bidding on our favourite auction site. Probably because of the TFF and all the amazing posts .  I am quite proud of my little collection and definitely is one of the most interesting formations in the world. 
 

if you have any artists interpretations in your database of how MC looked 309 million years ago . It would be nice to see here. 
 

Thanks again Bobby

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[connorp]

On 8/24/2021 at 1:55 AM, Bobby Rico said:

Them days are over now because Mazon Creek material is getting quite popular in the U.K,.

Huh, interesting. There have been a lot of superb Mazon Creek-like fossils posted here over the years from the coal measures of the UK. I would imagine it's much easier to find sites over there than it is here.

[Bobby Rico]

7 hours ago, connorp said:

Huh, interesting. There have been a lot of superb Mazon Creek-like fossils posted here over the years from the coal measures of the UK. I would imagine it's much easier to find sites over there than it is here.

No not really the open cast mines are long closed  and filled in. All of our coal mines was closed by Margret Thatcher in the 80s  on finds are coming from there anymore. England is a small country with a lot people . The U.K. can fit twice in California  . There are many lost fossils collecting sites here. The coastal collecting is the best but for  me  with little  money and a couple of years with ill health , it seams a long time ago that i popped open some ammonites. Also you can not dig on public land just surface finds.

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[Mark Kmiecik]

On 8/24/2021 at 1:55 AM, Bobby Rico said:

if you have any artists interpretations in your database of how MC looked 309 million years ago . It would be nice to see here. 

I personally don't, but if you Google it you should be able to find some.

 

On 8/24/2021 at 1:55 AM, Bobby Rico said:

I think it does not take much to be addicted to this stuff .

Because of the diversity of what has been preserved and the most exceptional quality of some of the specimens, MC fossils are "...like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get." I think the species count for that 160 square kilometer area is somewhere around 700 that are known and have been described.

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fix typo

[Yoda]

On 8/24/2021 at 7:55 AM, Bobby Rico said:

 I think it does not take much to be addicted to this stuff . That little specimen I got was a bargain at £1.50 Them days are over now because Mazon Creek material is getting quite popular in the U.K,. Much more competitive bidding on our favourite auction site. Probably because of the TFF and all the amazing posts .  I am quite proud of my little collection and definitely is one of the most interesting formations in the world. 

I am also keen on the Mazon Creek material 

But aside from a a few common species, not much available in the UK.

 

@Bobby Rico

The Crock Hay plants seem to be of a similar preservation? 

But as you say, that mine has also been filled in, and the fossils from that location are also hard to come by. 

[Bobby Rico]

13 minutes ago, Yoda said:

I am also keen on the Mazon Creek material 

But aside from a a few common species, not much available in the UK.

 

@Bobby Rico

The Crock Hay plants seem to be of a similar preservation? 

But as you say, that mine has also been filled in, and the fossils from that location are also hard to come by. 

Crockhay was a opencast mine near Wigan. Lost of plant material but also much more horseshoe crabs, millipedes, arachnids, insect wings it must have been a great site.

[Runner64]

@Bobby Rico, not sure you if you ended up getting an ID on #2, but it appears to be what’s commonly called an “acorn worm”. Scientific name is Mazoglossus ramsdelli

[Bobby Rico]

6 minutes ago, Runner64 said:

@Bobby Rico, not sure you if you ended up getting an ID on #2, but it appears to be what’s commonly called an “acorn worm”. Scientific name is Mazoglossus ramsdelli

I have and I completely forgot to update this thread. Thank you and I check that one out. Really much appreciated. Stay safe Bobby 

Edited January 9, 2022 by Bobby Rico