Tarheel59 Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 I am one of the "Lurkers" commenting now. Way down here in the south I have only found a cast of one Brach. Us southern Lurkers are shark people or marine bones. :) Wish we had some exposures of some of those guys down this far. I have a decent hammer that sits and gathers dust. Really love Nala's stuff as well as all the others. Thanks for sharing all. Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymig Posted April 25, 2012 Author Share Posted April 25, 2012 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. They may be humble but when you find them you know your in trilobite land. Besides, its hard to find a good one with both valves and a plate with hundreds on them is diff a keeper. Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. led zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squali Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Burmirhynchia decorata. Thanks Nala 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...
Fossildude19 Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 So many types... I love them all... Regards, 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raistlin Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 So many types... I love them all... Regards, You have some very nice brachs as well. So far this thread is awesome. It is very helpful for newbies like myself in seeing the large variety that there are. My fossil book is not very good in showing much variety. RobertSoutheast, MO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilman01 Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 As for brachiopods,I collect them because they are a fossil.I keep very few,usually end up trading or just giving them away to the kids that like them.... One I did keep though was a death plate of shells(species slips my mind at the moment),their awesome to admire... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Got any pic's? I love to see mortality plates. KOF, Bill. Welcome to the forum, all new members www.ukfossils check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vordigern Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Ive only found a couple small ones but for a sheerly beautiful brach Id say Mucrospirifer, but Ive been hunting the Vincentown/Hornerstown contact and have a soft spot for Olenoethyris Harlani as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Got any pic's? I love to see mortality plates. Per your request sir... Dalmanella sp. & Flexi tail Ordovician - Ohio indet. genus - Devonian - Concorde, Maine Zygospira modesta (200+) - Ordovician - Ohio 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 (edited) Death plates.... Here are a couple I have on hand in my attachments folder. Productids Argentine Limestone, Pennsylvanian Kansas City, Missouri: Juresania Spring Hill? Limestone, Pennsylvanian Kansas City, Missouri: These aren't in my collection because they're too big. Edited April 25, 2012 by Missourian Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilman01 Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 (edited) My death plate-its from Arizona.............About the size of a bowling ball........ Edited April 25, 2012 by fossilman01 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Great examples. I've not collected any myself but I do appreciate them. KOF, Bill. Welcome to the forum, all new members www.ukfossils check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t-tree Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 My favorite Gigantoproductus giganteus lower carboniferous Derbyshire UK. 1 Be happy while you're living for you're a long time dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dromiopsis Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Hello! My favorite Brachiopods are the craniidea...Inarticulated brachiopods...like my avatar.... These smiley faces are fascinating for me...some genus are still alive! Crania anomala from Rophammaren's fjord close to bergen in Norway(1 cm) that I have collected myself during a fishing day and with a little imagination..... and just today...I receive this Genus: Isocrania.....so happy! Enjoy! D 1 Gallery pictures http://www.flickr.com/photos/supergrevling/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymig Posted April 25, 2012 Author Share Posted April 25, 2012 Hello! My favorite Brachiopods are the craniidea...Inarticulated brachiopods...like my avatar.... These smiley faces are fascinating for me...some genus are still alive! Crania anomala from Rophammaren's fjord close to bergen in Norway(1 cm) that I have collected myself during a fishing day and with a little imagination..... and just today...I receive this Genus: Isocrania.....so happy! Enjoy! D Those are great! I cant wait to show them to my girl. She is always looking at my fossils and saying stuff like " thats a brachiopod? looks like a bean" or " its a coral? looks like an elfs cap". Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. led zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymig Posted April 25, 2012 Author Share Posted April 25, 2012 Here are my favorite Brachiopod death slabs from my collection. 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...
siteseer Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Yeah, Mucrospirifer looks like a spaceship out of "Buckaroo Banzai" so that wins. The coolest name has to go to Neospirifer condor. 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Yeah, Mucrospirifer looks like a spaceship out of "Buckaroo Banzai" ... Makes me want to describe a new species, so I can name it M. redlectroidii. (Big Buckaroo Banzai fan here) "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...
jkfoam Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 This has been an interesting thread and I have enjoyed it. Brachiopods have always been one of my favorite phylums of invertebrates. Their variety of form never ceases to amaze me. My favorite group of brachiopods has always been the silicified brachiopods from the Permian formations of the Glass Mountains in Brewster County, Texas. I was fortunate in having been able to collect there back in the 1970's. I took out several limestone chunks that I was able to dissolve in acid and recover the silicified fossils. My favorite brachiopod is a very unusual brachiopod being in the Super Family Richthofeniacea. Generally, brachiopods are attached to the ocean floor by a stalk called the pedicle. This pedicle protrudes from the brachiopod through an opening in one of the two valves or shells that make up the brachiopod (This valve with the opening is called the pedicle valve). Well, with my favorite brachiopod this is not the case. This brach is shaped kind of like a cone (think horn coral) and the apex of the cone is attached to the ocean floor and generally supported in an upright position by spines that grow form the cone to the floor. This cone is the pedicle valve and recessed in the cone is the second valve or brachial valve. Also the top of the cone is covered by a protective calcarious mesh. This particular brachiopod is identified as Hercosestria cribrosa Cooper and Grant, 1969. Its picture is shown below. Its Order is Strophomenida the SubOrder is Productidina. side view top view Jim 2 The Eocene is my favorite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Jim, That is one incredible brachiopod. Just looked it up in the reference you cited. Guess you already know your specimen is nicer than the figured examples (holotype & paratype) at Smithsonian. Congrats and thanks for showing us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymig Posted April 26, 2012 Author Share Posted April 26, 2012 Jim, That is one very cool brach. Do you have any from that formation with the lophophore preserved and visible? Mikey Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. led zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkfoam Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Mikey, I only recovered two of the H.cribrosa. Both were very well preserved and intact specimens so I was'nt going to open them to look for lophophore. I gave one to a paleontologist friend of mine for prior serves rendered. I recovered sereral of specimen of the genus Prorichthofenia (same Super Family) but again I don't recall finding the lophophore preserved. I would give anything to be able to go back to the Glass Mountains to collect some large chunks for acid treatment. Don't know if it will ever happen though. Jim The Eocene is my favorite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkfoam Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Piranha, Yes, I am very proud of that brachiopod as well as all my other Glass Mountain material. That stuff is very fragile. I have it stored in cotton lined boxes and I don't handle them except with extreme care. I origionally thought that silicified fossils would be pretty tough but the degree of silicification is pretty thin in most of my stuff. You can crush the fossils to powder between your fingers with little effort. Check out this Productid brachiopod. Jim 1 The Eocene is my favorite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 ...This particular brachiopod is identified as Hercosestria cribrosa Cooper and Grant, 1969. Its picture is shown below. Its Order is Strophomenida the SubOrder is Productidina. Jim, Such an odd, intricate, and beautiful fossil; thank you so much for posting it! "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...
thair Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Couple of my Cen Tex ones 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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