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Sorry I didnt see this earlier. Great thread all! Some really nice material. Especially the plant material! 

 

Regards, Chris 

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Based on the new pictures, I am now thinking that this is a partial coprolite.

The projections are quite interesting. I would love to take a look at them under a microscope. 
They are possibly bones.

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Couple of new ones from the freeze/thaw process...

 

Cheers,

Rich

 

Neurtopteris inflata

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Diplazites

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fertile Diplazites.

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Another new opening from this week.  I believe it was collected last year.  This has been in the freeze/thaw for a while, at least 6 months and maybe more.  I let it split down to just 3 layers left, 2 on one side and 1 on the other.  They layers are thicker than usual.

 

It's an insect, probably Eubleptus danielsi from the spots on the wings.  The first photo is the full concretion with the fossil area about the size of a dime.  The later two photos are from my microscope.  The wings are obvious.  There might be legs and body in between.

 

Cheers,

Rich

 

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That’s an exquisite little bug! I love seeing 300 million year old wings with their pigmentation preserved, it’s so evocative.

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21 hours ago, HynerpetonHunter said:

Anyone on that trip find the prized Tully?

Tullys are not known from the Mazon River.  For them, you have to go to Pit 11.  In the past, Tullys were found in Chowder Flats in Morris, IL, but unfortunately that locality is now a housing development.

 

Cheers,

Rich

 

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On 8/30/2021 at 2:05 PM, minnbuckeye said:

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Congratulations, @flipper559, she's a beauty! :yay-smiley-1:

 

Nice work to you all, awesome finds. :)

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On 9/1/2021 at 9:34 AM, Ludwigia said:

Looks like this was a really successful community event. Wish I could have been there!

 

You and me both, Roger. Us Europeans will have to host a similar event sometime! 

 

I hear the Jurassic coast is quite profitable at this time of the year ;)

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26 minutes ago, IsaacTheFossilMan said:

 

You and me both, Roger. Us Europeans will have to host a similar event sometime! 

 

I hear the Jurassic coast is quite profitable at this time of the year ;)

Sure could be nice, but I'm afraid we'll have to wait out this pandemic thing first.

 

Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger

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On 10/30/2021 at 2:41 AM, stats said:

Another new opening from this week.  I believe it was collected last year.  This has been in the freeze/thaw for a while, at least 6 months and maybe more.  I let it split down to just 3 layers left, 2 on one side and 1 on the other.  They layers are thicker than usual.

 

It's an insect, probably Eubleptus danielsi from the spots on the wings.  The first photo is the full concretion with the fossil area about the size of a dime.  The later two photos are from my microscope.  The wings are obvious.  There might be legs and body in between.

 

Cheers,

Rich

 

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My-oh-my, that's a stunner! A hearty party-hat-and-balloons-smiley-emoticon.gif.d57691610f98710aa0791de8eff490c2.gif is in order!

 

Isaac

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Laundry day has become a real workout. All that additional drooling. :thumbsu:

 

 

Mark.

 

Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them!

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Here are a couple new opening from the river trip.  I have a few more I'll post soon.

 

Cheers,

Rich

 

Syncarid shrimp, maybe Acanthotelson stimpsoni or Paleocaris typus

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Mariopteris nervosa

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Macroneuropteris scheuchzeri orbicular pinnule

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Shrimp

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Please post photos directly to the Forum.

These are showing as google user content.

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1 hour ago, Fossildude19 said:

Please post photos directly to the Forum.

These are showing as google user content.

Can you see them now?

 

Cheers,

Rich

 

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I can see them, very nice! That first shrimp is delightful, the dorso-ventral preservation really gives you a different picture of the creature. 

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20 hours ago, Sjfriend said:

Really like the first shrimp as well. The presentation is excellent 

Thanks!

 

Cheers,

Rich

 

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