nala Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Very Very nice ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeriderdon Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 My favorite would be the Mucrospirifer sp that I have found for years in WVA. I do not have any pics of the ones I have and those are packed away. As for slabs, I have several that are in my front yard. These are from KY and I lost the paper that I wrote the formation and stuff on. I really need to get that info again. LOL : Next, also from KY is a small grouping where the brachs have actually become geodes: Hope you all like. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymig Posted April 26, 2012 Author Share Posted April 26, 2012 I like the one with calcite and dolomite crystals. Thanks mikey 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 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Looks like jaws ans teeth........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymig Posted April 26, 2012 Author 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 WoW, I collect specimen seashells also and this brach reminds me of a Star-Shell. The ANGARIA sp.(a marine gastropod) have thin spines on their shells and there not so much for protection but to help promote the growth of algae, sponges, and other critters for camouflage. When you are acid cleaning them do you find other silicified fossils like bryozoans on them? mikey Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. led zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeriderdon Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 mikey, I have aton of pop outs that I collected that I am soooooo tempted to try and split to see what goodies are inside. Just not sure the best way to go aboutit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xonenine Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 (edited) stunning examples, jkfoam, and I also enjoy collecting the geodized brachs, very nice smokeriderdon i have been cutting a few on the wet saw, most of the intact ones arent too interesting inside, they seem to need to have a hole or be cracked to help the process along Edited April 26, 2012 by xonenine "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...
Missourian Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 ..... 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. ...... 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 Excellent. It could be called a Tiffany lamp shell. Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kehbe Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 (edited) I'm stumped, so tell me, 'whats my favorite brachiopod?' I been thinkin' bout this since you started this thread and I can't make the call. It really is a tough decision considering the choices and the fact that I am pretty certain I have not yet seen every genus there is! Just for kicks, take a look at this list http://en.wikipedia....achiopod_genera It took a few seconds to load on my ol' computer Okay, given I really cannot choose, I will say today my favorite one was this one my grandaughter found! She declared and named it... "Squushed flat seashell" sp I guess I would have to say I like whichever one I happen to find but I do like the enteletes, and these are fun to find because they are big! Pennsylvanian, Brachiopod Productid, echineria The one on the left has some really soft purple coloring in spots but it doesn't show real well in the photo. Any dispute or confirmation on ID would be appreciated and the jurasania are interesting Edited May 4, 2012 by Kehbe 1 It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change. Charles Darwin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Speaking of Neospirifer, I found this guy yesterday: Spring Hill Limestone, Pennsylvanian Clay County, Missouri 1 Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squalicorax Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 That is a beaut missourian. Love those enteletes too My Flickr Page of My Collection: http://www.flickr.com/photos/79424101@N00/sets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kehbe Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Speaking of Neospirifer, I found this guy yesterday: Spring Hill Limestone, Pennsylvanian Clay County, Missouri Nice one Missourian! I have found a few examples but none with both wingtips intact! The nicest unbroken neospirifers I have found remain 'in situ' There is a large exceptional example in this boulder a neospirifer with very long wings! And here are some different brachs I have posted in the last 6 months! I think these are meekella but not 100% certain, any thoughts? Various productids and a spirifer. and a couple of the many geodized brachs I have found! 1 It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change. Charles Darwin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dromiopsis Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Hello, One day, I received Brachiopods during an exchange and in the package, one was broken....but we can see the "Brachidium" who hold the lophophore... Postepithyris cincta, Upper Oxfordian, Bourges, France For one time...thanks for the "rough handler" of the french national post company!!! D 1 Gallery pictures http://www.flickr.com/photos/supergrevling/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Hello, One day, I received Brachiopods during an exchange and in the package, one was broken....but we can see the "Brachidium" who hold the lophophore... Postepithyris cincta, Upper Oxfordian, Bourges, France For one time...thanks for the "rough handler" of the french national post company!!! D It's also cool how you can see how the sediment seeped in and pooled in the bottom half. Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerryK Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 This brachiopod cluster is from the Silica Shale of Ohio. I saw it for sale at MAPS and had to have it. A lot of encrusted Paraspirifer have been illustrated but I have never seen anything as spectacular as this specimen. When I got back from MAPS, I posted it on the forum. Since then I cleaned a lot of the encrusting shale and now the pyritized brachs look a lot better. This amazing specimen is an example of encrusting organisms and what can be learned from them. There are 12 Orthospirifer attached to the Paraspirifer. The cluster of Orthospifer show how the Paraspifer was in life position in the mud with the pedical down and the commissure up. As the Othorspifers attached to the shell and grew, they eventually covered the commissure preventing the Paraspirifer from opening its valves and probably killed it. The Othospirifer were then encrusted by bryozoans and worn tubes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 This brachiopod cluster is from the Silica Shale of Ohio. ..... That would be top on my list too. Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymig Posted July 24, 2012 Author Share Posted July 24, 2012 Thank you for posting that amazing brach cluster Gerry. Its not only a cool thing to look at, it also comes with a great story from the Devonian. Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. led zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 I'm kind of partial to the Lingulids. 1 "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 I'm kind of partial to the Lingulids. Me too; that middle one is a beaut! "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...
palaeopix Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 I'm kind of partial to the Lingulids. Those are awesome Herb! Do you know what age they are and where they were collected? Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymig Posted March 24, 2013 Author Share Posted March 24, 2013 I just got this specimen and wanted to add it to my thread. Its my new fav and its very similar to the specimen my buddy Gerald posted. Like Gerald's brach cluster, I think these spirifers were attached to the one Paraspirifer in the middle of this cluster. 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...
mdpaulhus Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 My favorites are the nice assemblages where you really get a feel for the environment the came from. This set is a group of Onniella from Kentucky. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rastellum Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Brachiopoda Conchidium biloculare, 4 cm,Silurian,Gotland ,Sweden 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indy Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Theodossia hungerfordiDevonian - Lime Creek FormationCerro Gordo Member Collected near Rockford, Iowa several years ago Associated fossilscolony of an Auloporid coral and Spirorbis sp. worm tubes This brachiopod, with additional views, is showcased on 2 web pages Click Here and Click Here 1 Flash from the Past (Show Us Your Fossils)MAPS Fossil Show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 (edited) Those are awesome Herb! Do you know what age they are and where they were collected? Dan Thanks, they are Devonian from KY and IN. Edited April 12, 2013 by Herb "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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