Oglesby Roadcut

[Tales From the Shale]

Went to Oglesby Illinois to explore a well known site last weekend.

Took me awhile to partially scrub and organize these individual specimens.

 

 

Some Composita brachiopods? Can't remember for sure.

 

 

 

 

My favorite find (looks better in person) someone must have tried to bash it out of the rock, as it has damage from a hammer, when I had found it in the matrix. I think its a Neospirifer, and quite large at that. Shame it has that shell damage but still great regardless.

 

 

 

 

And then finally these very common brachiopods named Echinoconchus.

By far the largest brachiopods I've ever found, that last one was so large I was having difficulty framing it on the grid paper.

 

 

  

 

The site is very overgrown there are a monstrous amount of insects, but I did just fine with bugspray and a dream. I also went after a rainstorm, the wet ground made it much easier to spot brachiopods around the area.

 

 

 

A few more Neospirifers.

 

[Nimravis]

You did good- it is hard to collect there in the summer.

[deutscheben]

Nice selection of brachiopods! You also have some Linoproductus and Parajuresania in there too.