Mazon Creek Pit # 11 ID Requests

[Patrick K.]

Hello all! 

 

 Had a successful hunt with my 16 year old daughter last week, we both came back with heavy backpacks and smiles on our faces. I have a lot to freeze/thaw, but I had a few open partials (that were not Essexella  )  that I was hoping were not weathered past ID'ing. These were covered in deposits and the edges are pretty rounded which leads me to believe some were open for quite some time -  and I am not extremely gentle with those ones when prepping/cleaning. But still happy with the 3rd trip out ever! 

 

1 - It has some bumps/raised areas close the the break and smooths out, and since it is broke, I can see the fossilized organism was pretty thick - maybe stick or fish tail? 

 

 

 

 

2-pretty small - has that white fossil material that is not from the elements though -

 

 

3 - just a circle but has the white fossilized material 

 

 

 

 

 

4 - worm of some sort - no visable mouth parts that I can see -

 

 

5 - another worm of sorts - 

 

 

 

 

# 6 - Stem? I so wanted it to be a blade! 

 

 

# 7 - Some sort of shrimp or molt? This one is strange - has a groove/indentation/valley that runs from the center of the object to the upper right corner in this first image - it is just odd looking. 

 

 

 

# 8 - Lastly this one - maybe one of those tunnels I read about in the Esconi book? just a little half circle valley that ends at the white deposit. 

 

 

Thanks in advance, I appreciate the help! 

 

Patrick

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[connorp]

6 is Calamites. None of the others look like anything obvious.

[hadrosauridae]

I can only see pics 1, 2 & 8.  All the rest are just a dash in a circle image.

[Patrick K.]

10 minutes ago, hadrosauridae said:

I can only see pics 1, 2 & 8.  All the rest are just a dash in a circle image.

Yeah not sure why it shows up like that on my phone and it shows up just fine on my PC -- guess I need to learn the ropes on this forum still! 

36 minutes ago, connorp said:

6 is Calamites. None of the others look like anything obvious.

Thanks Connorp - I had figured as much, but being a newbie I'd rather ask instead of assume! 

[Fossildude19]

14 hours ago, Patrick K. said:

Yeah not sure why it shows up like that on my phone and it shows up just fine on my PC -- guess I need to learn the ropes on this forum still! 

 

 

You need to upload the images directly to the Forum.
The ones not showing are linked google content that others cannot see.

[Patrick K.]

2 hours ago, Fossildude19 said:

 

 

You need to upload the images directly to the Forum.
The ones not showing are linked google content that others cannot see.

Thank you Tim!!  I'll keep that in mind for the next one. 

[Mark Kmiecik]

On 4/7/2023 at 8:28 AM, Patrick K. said:

Thank you Tim!!  I'll keep that in mind for the next one. 

 

It would be really nice if you could load images to this post. It would make it significant to anyone who sees it in the future. Also, I'm an MC collector and would love to see them. 

[Patrick K.]

 

Ok, I figured out how to upload them in order and add the numbers. 
 

 

 

1 - It has some bumps/raised areas close the the break and smooths out, and since it is broke, I can see the fossilized organism was pretty thick - maybe stick or fish tail? 

 

 

 

2 - pretty small - has that white fossil material that is not from the elements though -

3 - just a circle but has the white fossilized material t try hat didn’t come off from the vinegar soak

 

4 - worm of some sort - no visable mouth parts that I can see - 

 

5 - another worm of sorts 

 

 

 

# 6 - Stem? I so wanted it to be a blade! (Calamites, thanks connorp!)

 

 7 - Some sort of shrimp or molt? This one is strange - has a groove/indentation/valley that runs from the center of the object to the upper right corner in this first image - it is just odd looking. You can see the legs - bottom left of first pic, bottom right in second. 

 

 

 

[Mark Kmiecik]

2 hours ago, Patrick K. said:

Ok, I figured out how to upload them in order and add the numbers. 

 

Thank you. I appreciate your effort. All those who view this post in the future will as well.

#1, 2 and 3  I can't tell from the photos, but hang in there, someone might.

#4 and 5 are most likely some sort of worm. Not well enough preserved to ID species.

#6 is Calamites cistii.

#7 is a shrimp molt. Some are identifiable; most are not. I'm not good at shrimp.

#8 is still missing -- I would like to see it because it sounds interesting.

Edited April 9, 2023 by Mark Kmiecik