Stocksdale Posted June 17, 2013 Share Posted June 17, 2013 Recently, we made our first trip to St. Leon roadcut in southeast Indiana with my kids and father. Thought I'd put together a report of the trip and show the various items found. I've tried to make my best effort at IDing the brachiopods from the drydredger website, but please let me know which ones are incorrect. Here's some pictures from the location. Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.–Carl Sagan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stocksdale Posted June 17, 2013 Author Share Posted June 17, 2013 Trilobites: My 8 year old son was the only one who found a couple. Horn corals: Ambonychia Clam: 1 Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.–Carl Sagan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stocksdale Posted June 17, 2013 Author Share Posted June 17, 2013 Brachiopods found. Leptaena richmonensis Lepidocyclus Hebertella Rafinesquina ponderosa 1 Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.–Carl Sagan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lissa318 Posted June 17, 2013 Share Posted June 17, 2013 Nice finds and looks like the kids were having lots of fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stocksdale Posted June 17, 2013 Author Share Posted June 17, 2013 More Brachiopods: Here's another Rafinesquina (alternata?) with some cool encrusting bryozoa Found a lot of these. I think these are Strophomena. Strophomena 1: front and back Strophomena 2: front and back Strophomena 3: front and back Strophomena with crinoid.... 1 Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.–Carl Sagan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stocksdale Posted June 17, 2013 Author Share Posted June 17, 2013 (edited) And the last batch of brachiopods: I think this is Plaesiomys. And more Plaesiomys Edited June 17, 2013 by Neophytus Elginian 1 Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.–Carl Sagan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stocksdale Posted June 17, 2013 Author Share Posted June 17, 2013 And, here's one of the hash plates that we found. I think the smaller brachs are Thaerodonta clarksvillensis with some strophomena, bryozoa, crinoids and some trilobite bits. Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.–Carl Sagan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evren Posted June 17, 2013 Share Posted June 17, 2013 Nice enrolled isotelus. Not nearly as common as the calymenes. Is there shell material on both sides? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgcox Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 We live close to this site and collect it very frequently last winter most of the west face slid down and covered the best Trilobite area. We are still finding some but not the quantity we found last summer. Just hoping all the rain will wash the area soon. Here is a nice Isotealus I found at the end of fall last year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 Nice finds. The Flexicalymene looks like it's being unzipped. Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilcrazy Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 Nice collection and you did well in the Trilobite department. The St. Leon / Southgate roadcut is such a nice collecting spot. Kids can't help but find interesting fossils. A couple years ago I thought St. Leon was going to be an off limits spot when the State of Indiana was cracking down on collecting highway roadsides. Guess they won't enforce there if someone isn't digging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stocksdale Posted June 18, 2013 Author Share Posted June 18, 2013 (edited) Thanks and yes it is a good spot for kids. Really nice trilobite, jgcox! We were on the east side. So the west side may have more trilobites? We also thought about stopping at some of the roadcuts between this one and Richmond, but some of those don't have good places to pull over. Edited June 18, 2013 by Neophytus Elginian Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.–Carl Sagan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crinoid Queen Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 We live close to this site and collect it very frequently last winter most of the west face slid down and covered the best Trilobite area. We are still finding some but not the quantity we found last summer. Just hoping all the rain will wash the area soon. Here is a nice Isotealus I found at the end of fall last year. That is very cool you guys are able to get over there like that. I love that road cut. That is a shame the face fell down though but the bright side that means more fossils in the future Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stocksdale Posted June 18, 2013 Author Share Posted June 18, 2013 By the way, I keep walking around saying "Rafinesquina ponderosa" while waving a pretend wand and doing my best Harry Potter impression. Unfortunately, my kids are unimpressed. Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.–Carl Sagan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 By the way, I keep walking around saying "Rafinesquina ponderosa" while waving a pretend wand and doing my best Harry Potter impression. Unfortunately, my kids are unimpressed. "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...
fossilcrazy Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 By the way, I keep walking around saying "Rafinesquina ponderosa" while waving a pretend wand and doing my best Harry Potter impression. Unfortunately, my kids are unimpressed. If you follow the same highway past Bon Hill heading East, the roadcuts are a lot better for Rafinesquina ponderosa. No wand required. The Brachs are big but the attached Epifauna are few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stocksdale Posted June 19, 2013 Author Share Posted June 19, 2013 Thanks, fossilcrazy. You mean the roadcuts east of the dam and as you head toward Liberty? Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.–Carl Sagan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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