Show a few fossils, that are from the same state. Can we show all 50 States?

[minnbuckeye]

Iowa isn't represented yet.

 

 

 

 

 

[MarcoSr]

Maryland

 

Paleocene

 

Ray/Shark/Chimaera Specimens:

 

 

 

 

Reptile Specimens:

 

 

 

 

 

Eocene

 

Nautiloids;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eocene/Miocene

 

Shark Specimens:

 

 

 

 

Bony Fish/Marine Mammal/Reptile/Bird/Invertebrate Specimens:

 

 

 

 

Ray Specimens:

 

 

 

 

Miocene

 

 

Marine Mammal/Ray/ Shark/Bony Fish/ Reptile Specimens

 

 

 

Marco Sr.

[Ludwigia]

I'm tempted to post something here, but I thought it best to keep the field clear for the natives

[FranzBernhard]

1 hour ago, Ludwigia said:

but I thought it best to keep the field clear for the natives

We could start something for Germany, France etc?

Franz Bernhard
 

[RJB]

20 hours ago, Troodon said:

Nice crabs, hey do some areas including NZ ones have better preservation or are they all basically the same?

Everything from, so bad that it cant be prepped to ones where the rock pops off beautifully and everything inbetween.   and of course, all the concretions that are not whole, badly warn, broken and whatever else one can think of.

 

RB

[Coco]

Hi,

 

55 minutes ago, FranzBernhard said:

We could start something for Germany, France etc?

Yes, France by department and in numerical order !

 

Coco

Edited March 22, 2023 by Coco

[Yoda]

3 hours ago, Ludwigia said:

I'm tempted to post something here, but I thought it best to keep the field clear for the natives

Was thinking the same thing 

 

1 hour ago, FranzBernhard said:

We could start something for Germany, France etc?

Franz Bernhard
 

Could possibly include the UK too ??? 

[FranzBernhard]

4 hours ago, Coco said:

Yes, France by department and in numerical order !

So give it a kick-start .

 

3 hours ago, Yoda said:

Could possibly include the UK too ??? 

Sure. What are these smaller subdivisions beyond Wales, England etc. called in the UK? Just start it!

 

Something comprising European countries is also possible.

 

Franz Bernhard

[Rock Hound]

This has been a great thread so far.  Thanks to all who have contributed!!!

 

Would anyone else like to join in?

[Ludwigia]

Ok, I'll get in on the fun, since the natives are somewhat retentive at the moment.

 

A Meg from Wrightsville, North Carolina which I recieved as a gift from an American collector for having guided her to a few sites in Germany.

 

[Rock Hound]

29 minutes ago, Ludwigia said:

Ok, I'll get in on the fun, since the natives are somewhat retentive at the moment.

 

A Meg from Wrightsville, North Carolina which I recieved as a gift from an American collector for having guided her to a few sites in Germany.

 

That tooth has character.  Nice.

[SawTooth]

Well, I was going to see if someone from Alabama had any more diverse examples of what fossils could be found there, but here's what I've found in a creek there.

 

ALABAMA 

 

Sand tiger 

Tiger 

Possible cretolamna 

Ray plates 

Shark verts 

Soft shell turtle shell

[piranha]

Here are two iconic arthropods from the Silurian of the "Empire State" of New York:

 

 

Eurypterus remipes 5.5" (14cm) Fiddlers Green Fm - Silurian (Přídolí) - Herkimer County, New York

 

 

Arctinurus boltoni  6" (15cm) Rochester Shale Fm - Silurian (Wenlock) - Niagara County, New York

[Rock Hound]

13 hours ago, SawTooth said:

Well, I was going to see if someone from Alabama had any more diverse examples of what fossils could be found there, but here's what I've found in a creek there.

 

ALABAMA 

 

Sand tiger 

Tiger 

Possible cretolamna 

Ray plates 

Shark verts 

Soft shell turtle shell

That's pretty similar, to what I've been finding in Mississippi.  In some locations, almost all fossils are Black.  In other locations, almost all are White?

[SawTooth]

8 hours ago, Rock Hound said:

That's pretty similar, to what I've been finding in Mississippi.  In some locations, almost all fossils are Black.  In other locations, almost all are White?

Huh, I haven't really been paying much attention, next time I get the chance to go I'll have to look closer.

[Mediospirifer]

A few fossils from New York (yes, piranha shared a couple, but I've been photographing a bunch, so I'm going to add mine.  I'll say here that all identifications are the best I can do with the field guides I have. If anyone wants to point out mistakes in my IDs, I'm happy to be corrected!

 

Let's start with a trace fossil, Zoophycus:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And some brachiopods. Here's a hash plate, with a nice bivalve on the back. Unidentified, sorry:

 

 

Next up, a few Mediospirifers. These are M. angusta:

 

 

 

And a couple M. audaculus:

 

 

And a single-valved specimen of M. manni. I love the internal structure of this one! 

 

 

Next, here's a plate of Devonochonetes scitula. They're not perfectly intact, but you can see the hinge spines as impressions in the matrix.

 

 

Next up, Protoleptostrophia perplana, with some smaller Devonochonetes coronatus:

 

 

Here's an impression of a pathological Rhipidomella sp., with an unidentified spiny brachiopod:

 

 

And a nice Spinatrypa spinosa that I photographed when I had a better camera:

 

 

Here are some Bryozoa. We'll start with a plate of various unidentified species:

 

 

Here's an example of Fenestella planiramosa:

 

 

One of my favorite bryos, a nice crust of Botryllopors socialis on a Spinocyrtia granulosa brachiopod:

 

 

And the last bryo, a "tree" of Atactotoechus fruiticosus:

 

 

Let's have a look at some bivalves next. Here's a plate with Cypricardella bellistriata (the shell impression with the concentric ridges) and Nuculites oblongatus (the smooth impression just to the right of Cypricardella:

 

 

Here's Modiella pygmaea: 

 

 

And Paleoneilo constricta:

 

 

Tellinopsis subemarginata is the small pair of shells at the bottom left of this rock:

 

 

And this is nearly complete individual specimen is Grammysioidea sp.:

 

 

I have a similar nice specimen of Modiomorpha concentrica:

 

 

And a very nice Orthonoto undulata. It might be less than complete, but it's the best one I've found so far! 

 

 

And here's a plate with a large Mytilarca oviformis, plus some good brachiopods. The partial "butterfly shell" is Mucrospirifer mucronatus, and there are several small Devonochonetes coronatus scattered around:

 

 

And here's the final bivalve plate, which is also the first gastropod plate! Vertumnia reversa on the right, and impressions of the bellerophontid gastropod Aglaeoglypta koeneni at left. 

 

 

Here are a couple of specimens of Naticonema lineata:

 

 

And a Glyptotomaria capillaria:

 

 

I have one cephalopod for this lineup, Michelinoceras sp., with a fossil plant stem. Yes, I have other cephs, but it I'm trying to not show off too much, here. 

 

 

Next, we'll look at some corals. Here's a few different species:

 

 

And here are a couple of Alveolites goldfussi:

 

 

 

Here's a coral that's encrusting another coral. Aulopora serpens has grown on the horn coral Eridophyllum subcaespitosum:

 

 

Next are a bunch of horn corals, starting with Eridophyllum subcaespitosum:

 

 

A pair of small horns that are either Stereolasma rectum or Streptelasma ungula:

 

 

A couple examples of Heterophrentis simplex:

 

 

Cystiphylloides americanum:

 

 

And Cystiphylloides conifolis:

 

 

Heliophyllum halli:

 

 

And my only example of Heliophyllum delicatum:

 

 

Here's a case of fossils with encrusting fossils on them. Most of the brachiopods are Tropidoleptus carinatus, and the most prominent encrusters (the webs of black squiggles) are Hederella canadensis:

 

 

I'm having trouble uploading the next set of fossils, so I'll post another comment. 

 

 

[Mediospirifer]

Continuing with my collection.  A couple of plant fossils, starting with an Archaeopteris sp. that I found:

 

 

And a lycopod fossil I bought in a rock shop:

 

 

The one glass sponge I've ever found, Hydnoceras sp.:

 

 

A really cool graptolite that Mr. Spirifer found:

 

 

And another graptolite that we bought. Geniculatis typicalis, in association with some Triarthus eatoni trilobites:

 

 

Now for a bunch of trilobites! Let's start with Dipleura dekayi. This cephalon is almost three inches wide, so this was a big bug! 

 

 

Bumastus ioxus:

 

 

Dalmanites limulurus:

 

 

Basidechenella sp.:

 

 

An undescribed Greenops that Mr. Spirifer found. We were told this is a juvenile:

 

 

And one of our biggest trilos, Trimerus delphinocephalus:

 

 

Here's a partial phyllocarid, Rhinocaris columbia:

 

 

And a couple of eurypterids, Eurypterus remipes:

 

 

Last but certainly not least (except in size, this one's about a cm wide!), the one blastoid I've ever found, Nucleocrinus sp.:

 

 

That's a fair representation of my collection, and I hope you all enjoy! 

 

[doushantuo]

good collection;

BTW: there is no graptolite genus  called "geniculatis" .

Maybe Geniculograptus typicalis ?

Edited March 29, 2023 by doushantuo

[Mediospirifer]

Oops! Yes, the tag says Geniculograptus, I mistyped when I named the photograph! And then I just copied the file name. My mistake...

[doushantuo]

no worries,enjoyed "rummaging" through your collection.

You got some nice stuff!

[Mediospirifer]

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it. Most of the pieces are things we found, and we had a good time in the hunting. 

 

[doushantuo]

anyone with a brachiopod avatar has my respect and admiration

[Mediospirifer]

8 hours ago, doushantuo said:

anyone with a brachiopod avatar has my respect and admiration

 

 

The first fossil I ever found was a spiriferid brachiopod. It's long since vanished from my collection, but it sparked my interest!

 

[piranha]

13 hours ago, Mediospirifer said:

Bumastus ioxus:       Basidechenella sp.:

 

All of these spectacular New York fossils deserve an exclusive thread of their own!

 

Holloway 2021 reclassified Bumastus ioxus as a junior synonym of Bumastus barriensis.

 

Basidechenella is a European genus. In North America classified as Pseudodechenella.

 

If you check again more closely, it needs an entirely different label...

 

 

Holloway, D.J. 2021

Middle Silurian Trilobites from Arkansas and Oklahoma, USA. Order Corynexochida.

Palaeontographica Abteilung A, 319(1-6):1-55

[Mediospirifer]

7 hours ago, piranha said:

All of these spectacular New York fossils deserve an exclusive thread of their own!

 

Thank you! From you, that's high praise. 

 

7 hours ago, piranha said:

Holloway 2021 reclassified Bumastus ioxus as a junior synonym of Bumastus barriensis.

 

Good to know, I'll have to update the tag.  Thanks!

 

7 hours ago, piranha said:

Basidechenella is a European genus. In North America classified as Pseudodechenella.

 

Is this another recent reclassification? We bought it a year or two ago, and our "Trilobites of New York" book (Whiteley, Kloc and Brett, copyright 2002) lists both Basidechenella and Pseudodechenella as species found in New York. Our specimen was found in the Hamburg, NY area. 

 

Thanks for the input!