A pocket of colonies = A Settlement of Bryozoa

[mikeymig]

The fossil bryozoa colony I found on April 6th turned out to be a pocket of individual colonies. I've posted about this find in the past month. Happy Collecting.

 

Atactotoechus fruticosus 

 Fossil Bryozoa Colony 

 

Moscow Formation, Middle Devonian (380 million years) 

New York State 

 

It's very difficult to find complete/near complete colonies of Devonian bryozoans that also look great in a display case. These Atactotoechus fruticosus bryozoan colonies are from a newly (4/2022) discovered pocket of around two dozen individual colonies.

This Bryozoa colony was found on April 6th. 2022 in the Devonian shales of New York. Many hours of reassembling were needed to put these colonies back together after they were excavated from the shale outcrop. 

[Fossildude19]

Great reconstructions, Mikey!
Thanks for showing us.  

[Tidgy's Dad]

Absolutely lovely! 

[Denis Arcand]

They look lot bigger than the millimeter size I found. What is the approximate scale ?

 

That's a very nice puzzle. Thanks for showing us.   

[mikeymig]

21 minutes ago, Denis Arcand said:

They look lot bigger than the millimeter size I found. What is the approximate scale ?

 

That's a very nice puzzle. Thanks for showing us.   

I hope this helps

[Jeffrey P]

Wonderful reconstructions, Mike. Some look like whimsical statues. Very fine! Congrats. I wish I could find whole colonies of Atactotechus. I've been limited so far to small, isolated pieces. Thanks for posting.