mikeymig Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 I didnt see this as a previous topic and I just found this specimen (4/19) and would like to know whats your favorite Brach in your collection. I used to be partial to spirifers until I found a few of these huge MERISTINAS and now this is my favorite lampshell in my collection. I found these two in a dry creekbed and they weathered out of a very hard limestone. You can see that the big one has bryozoans on it and its heavy feel and smooth shell makes a great worry stone. I have been carrying around in my pocket since I found it and I cant put it down. 2 Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. led zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squalicorax Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Man what a hard choice to make. Nothing better than a big spirifer or a strophomenid. umm leptaena or eodictyonella My Flickr Page of My Collection: http://www.flickr.com/photos/79424101@N00/sets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erose Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Never found a brachiopod I didn't like. I thought about this (not long) and I have three contenders for favorite: Platystrophia, because there is a nice variety within the Ordocivian and even early Silurian; Leptaena, because it's just fun and again ranges far and long; and maybe my favorite is Mucrospirifer muscrospirifer, it's just such an elegant brach with it's long wings and detailed shell. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 I have a nostalgic soft spot for the butterfly brachs too; Mucrospirifer mucronatus was the one I had ready access to, and they bring back good memories. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolmt Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Not being a brach person I do not go out specifically to collect brachiopods. But since I just love Arkona I would have to go with a brach from there, so it have to be a 3D Mucrospirifer arkonensis with complete wings tip to tip . Although they are common as anything at Arkona it is tough to find a pristine one, the wing tips are always broken. They look like a fighter jet compared to a cargo plane when compared to the Mucrospirifer thedfordensis at the same local. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Neospirifer. These brachs are fairly common, but perfect ones don't come along every day. Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erose Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 (edited) I have a nostalgic soft spot for the butterfly brachs too; Mucrospirifer mucronatus was the one I had ready access to, and they bring back good memories. Oops. Thanks Auspex. M. mucronatus is what I was thinking and what is shown in my second photo. Not sure what I was thinking when I wrote M. mucrospirifer... Neospirifer. These brachs are fairly common, but perfect ones don't come along every day. Oh yes. Still looking for that perfect Neospirifer specimen and when I find it you will hear me scream half way cross the continent. Edited April 23, 2012 by erose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Oops....Not sure what I was thinking when I wrote M. mucrospirifer... For all I knew, it was valid "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xonenine Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 i love them all, the rynchonellidas is what I'll add, with their amazing hinges...they're tiny and I am always happy to find a few whole ones "Your serpent of Egypt is bred now of your mud by the operation of your sun; so is your crocodile." Lepidus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howard_l Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 I have two favorite Brachiopods, both are from the Mississippian in age from Rowan Co. KY. The first is a Neosprifer, it isn't the largest I have found from that location but they ended up in a University collection when I gave them to a fellow student for his MS thesis. The other is a small rare brach that poped out of a nodule while I was looking foe nautiloids. It isGirtyelic, I think it looks like a fat Tick, what do you think? 1 Howard_L http://triloman.wix.com/kentucky-fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Like Malcolm, I'm not a brachiopod connoisseur either... but I do have one all-time favorite: RE: Entombment of a Trilobite within a Closed Brachiopod Shell Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 51, No. 5 (Sep., 1977), pp. 1041-1045 Author: Carlton E. Brett 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullsnake Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 (edited) Like others have said, I can't choose a favorite. A nice specimen of any kind is great, but I have a soft spot for these little guys. I always pick up a handfull when I find them That brach/trilo is too cool, Scott! Edited April 24, 2012 by Bullsnake 1 Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolmt Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 hmm... I think Piranha is stretching the rules a bit......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymig Posted April 24, 2012 Author Share Posted April 24, 2012 I’m just glad he responded and of course there had to be some connection with a Trilobite. I do however think it’s funny that there are thousands of members on FF but I seem to only attract the attention of a select few. I guess you’re the cream of the crop or shut-ins. Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. led zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolmt Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Guess we are the ones that "Need To Get a Life" It is sometimes amazing to see how many views something gets but how often there are only a few replies. I guess that is what my kids call "Lurkers". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Sharks Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 I guess I'd pick a nice big fat Parasprifer as my favorite, but I'm also partial to any that have epifauna attached There's no limit to what you can accomplish when you're supposed to be doing something else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JecintaRaptor Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Wow, that is hard to choose! I pick the trilobite, but which trilobite should I choose! There are 17000 different species been found all over the word..... so I will most probably pick.... well, it is too hard to choose. Maybe the Calymenina: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nala Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Too hard for me to make a choice,these are few French specimens i like a lot from the Mesozoic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squali Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Prior to Nala's post I too would of said a Mucrospirifer. But now I'm a fan of the French Brach's. Wow! what is the one with the red background? It's hard to remember why you drained the swamp when your surrounded by alligators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarleysGh0st Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 (edited) Well, I'd probably say Mucrospirifer, too, but since that's got several votes already and Mikey's still looking for more replies, I'll mention the most common species I find, the humble Ambocoelia umbonata. Edited April 24, 2012 by MarleysGh0st 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nala Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 (edited) Prior to Nala's post I too would of said a Mucrospirifer. But now I'm a fan of the French Brach's. Wow! what is the one with the red background? Thanks squali in the red background it's a Burmirhynchia decorata, Bathonian Ardennes France, few others,always from the French Mesozoic Edited April 24, 2012 by nala 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plax Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 My favorite is Oleneothyris harlani from the Paleocene. Good index as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nala Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 And i like also a lot these Palaeozoic brachiopods from the UK,Belgium and France 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raistlin Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Too hard for me to make a choice,these are few French specimens i like a lot from the Mesozoic Wow these are very beautiful. I am at a lose for words, there are very cool. RobertSoutheast, MO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymig Posted April 24, 2012 Author Share Posted April 24, 2012 I cant say that I wont pick up a good PARASPIRFER and I like MEGASTROPHIA but my new fav is still these MERISTINAS. Nalas got more then a few brachs in his list and who can blame him!!! Mikey 1 Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. led zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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