Acquired a collection

[Adam86cucv]

Yesterday I received a 30 pound box of various shell, marine fossils, and some other miscellaneous fossils and a few extant bits as well.  I will post in the ID section some as not everything has a label.  It is a large overwhelming amount to sort through so this will be a bit at a time kind of thread.  

 

Please let me know if anything of the id tags are using outdated names or incorrect, etc.

 

First an overall picture the seller had of the lot.

 

 

 

Some Brachiopods from Wutach Germany 

 

What appears to be clam steinkerns also from Wutach Germany second picture of hinge point if that is useful.

 

A pair of Glycymeris Americana with matching valves from Virginia 

 

Sticking with the Virginia theme a pair of Crucibulum constrictum

 

A crab burrow from another Virginia location.

 

And last but not least for now is some Olivia carolinensis from North Carolina 

 

I will try to make additional posts every few days as I unpack and sort this collection out.  Stay tuned folks.

[Bobby Rico]

27 minutes ago, Adam86cucv said:

It is a large overwhelming amount

Oh the hardship of it all .  nice hoard  mate, 

Edited May 24, 2023 by Bobby Rico

[Tidgy's Dad]

Nice haul.

Yes, Spiriferina walcotti, one of the last of the spiriferinids. Lovely. 

And it's Glycymeris americana, as per the label ;  a species name is never capitalized even if it is the name of a country or person. 

I look forward to seeing more of this exciting collection. 

 

 

Edited May 24, 2023 by Tidgy's Dad

[Adam86cucv]

2 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

Nice haul.

Yes, Spiriferina walcotti, one of the last of the spiriferinids. Lovely. 

And it's Glycymeris americana, as per the label ;  a species name is never capitalized even if it is the name of a country or person. 

 

 

Thanks.  I think my phone's autocorrect snuck the capitalization in on me...

 

Just wait Adam there's more Brachiopods to be revealed.  So I believe have no labels so we'll have a mystery to solve. 

[Adam86cucv]

22 minutes ago, Bobby Rico said:

Oh the hardship of it all .  nice hoard  mate, 

 

Hahaha it's a terrible burden but somebody had to take it on.  

[Yoda]

Wow! 

Fantastic, very nice 

[Adam86cucv]

Ok, time to see some more of the Brachiopod bounty!

 

Need a little glue and a steady hand for the one.

 

And thanks to Adam they are actually Stropheodonta demissa, that label would be for a horn coral. 

 

A few from Ohio

 

I might try to gently pick a bit more of the matrix material off this one...and also turns out the old labels have a typo.  

 

Forgot to flip my cube when I flipped it over 

 

Missing a label but pretty sure it's another Paraspirifer bownockri

 

More in next post!

Edited May 25, 2023 by Adam86cucv

[Tidgy's Dad]

Stereolasma rectum is a solitary rugose horn coral. 

I think that's Stropheodonta demissa. 

And it's Paraspirifer bownockeri. 

Edited May 25, 2023 by Tidgy's Dad

[Adam86cucv]

Up first these were wrapped in a old sheet of paper with only the date '11/87' and 'Swatara' written on the outside of it.  More investigation to be done but it definitely looks like to similar rock to that at Swatara state park.

 

This one I tried looking up words from the label...not all of them came back with things in Google that made sense... obviously there is some trilobite bits...kopf translates to head...hypostum seems to be related to the trilobite mouth...Ostsee seems to be the German coast along the Baltic sea...but Bredtene makes google point to a coastal town in Belgium called Bredtene..so if anyone can shed some light I would appreciate it.

 

At least one type of Brachiopod and a clam like critter from Germany

The hinge of the clam like critter if that helps 

 

I think 3 different types of Brachiopods frome Germany

 

3 more Brachiopods and a belemnite? from Germany as well.

 

I believe this is all my photos for today.  

[Adam86cucv]

10 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

Stereolasma rectum is a solitary rugose horn coral. 

I think that's Stropheodonta demissa. 

And it's Paraspirifer bownockeri. 

Thank you Sir Adam Baron of the Brachiopods!  I will keep an eye out for some horn coral without a label.  Or maybe I'll find a horn coral with a Stropheodonta demissa label.

[Tidgy's Dad]

I think it could be the orthocerid Michelinoceras, Cryptolithus and Sowerbyella from the Swatara. 

Might be Sowebyella rugosa. 

Edited May 25, 2023 by Tidgy's Dad

[Adam86cucv]

1 hour ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

I think it could be the orthocerid Michelinoceras, Cryptolithus and Sowerbyella from the Swatara. 

Might be Sowebyella rugosa. 

 

I will have to get out my macro lenses and see if I can get a better picture of the possible Cryptolithus...I initially thought it was a cluster of tiny Brachiopods...but you might be right.