Jim's Trips

[JimB88]

Just now, Fossildude19 said:

Nice finds, once again, Jim!  

Thanks for continuing to post these trip reports. 
Hope that's not the last one for the season!  

 

Thanks Tim. It wont be..even if it snows it doesnt last long...

 

[Fossildude19]

Lucky you!  

[Archimedes]

 

Another productid, not sure on the type though.

 

Hi Jim I do not think this is a Productid, maybe an Orthotetoidea type brachiopod, nice find

[JimB88]

On 12/12/2016 at 9:46 PM, Archimedes said:

Hi Jim I do not think this is a Productid, maybe an Orthotetoidea type brachiopod, nice find

 

Thanks Rich.

This is one of the harder ones to id. I believe Orthotetoidea have a wide hinge and no beak; which is why I was leaning more towards productid. I need to find more literature on brachiopods from this part of the Mississippian.

[JimB88]

Wow, its been a while since Ive updated this. Ive been out several times in the past few months, when the weather was favorable. I will group the pics by locale.

 

First up is the Lower Mississippian Ft. Payne formation, which has become my favorite haunt as of late.

 

 

This is a large Zepherentis sp. horn coral, some-what worn but still a keeper..they get bigger than this at that site.

 

 

Productus sp.

 

 

Im not really certain on this one. I usually find these as impressions..they are much rarer with shell material.

 

 

I dont generally collect broken specimens, but the sheer size of this one made it an exception. Brachythyris suborbicularis.

 

 

Another large productid..not certain on the id though.

 

 

I collected this Athyris for the hematite (?) that is present on it.

 

 

I think this was a productid. Its been encrusted and had small worm tubes (?) on it.

 

 

This is an unusual form for the gastropod Platyceras sp.

 

 

 

Havent heard back from Rich yet, but I think this is Eretmocrinus sp. Its been slightly deformed and had just begun the process of becoming a geode.

 

cont. next post (later today)

 

[Fossildude19]

Nice crinoid calyx, Jim!

Not too shabby on the other finds either - that horn coral is huge!

Thanks for posting - glad you've been getting out some.

 

[JimB88]

Guess I'll continue this....

 

 

A some - what geodized Alloprosallocrinus.

 

Next up a couple of finds from the Pennington formation (Upper Mississippian)

 

 

Not sure if this is a bryo or a sponge.

 

 

A tiny nautoloid.

 

And from the upper Ordovician Leiper's Formation..

 

 

A sizable piece of a bryozoan that I need to id yet.

 

More as I clean them.

[JimB88]

10 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said:

Nice crinoid calyx, Jim!

Not too shabby on the other finds either - that horn coral is huge!

Thanks for posting - glad you've been getting out some.

 

Thanks Tim! The size of some of the fossils from the Ft Payne is impressive.

[Ludwigia]

Very nice finds, Jim!

[JimB88]

Thanks Roger

[TNCollector]

I like that nautiloid! Not sure if I have ever found one in the Pennington.

[JimB88]

1 hour ago, TNCollector said:

I like that nautiloid! Not sure if I have ever found one in the Pennington.

Theyre very small. This is the third from there.

[Archimedes]

Hi Jim very nice fossils, nautiloids are very uncommon in the upper mississippian

[doushantuo]

NICE!!!!

[JimB88]

14 hours ago, Archimedes said:

Hi Jim very nice fossils, nautiloids are very uncommon in the upper mississippian

 

Thanks! Yeah, Ive discovered that.   I actually have an impression of one much bigger than this one.

9 hours ago, doushantuo said:

NICE!!!!

Thanks Ben!

 

[JimB88]

A few more...

 

A big platyceras...

 

Platyceras sp.

 

Not sure on the id of this calyx yet, though I suspect its another Alloprosallocrinus.

 

 

This is an incidental find, discovered when trimming another block with a crinoid calyx in it.

 

Its the tegumen of an Agaricocrinus sp.

 

yet another so close, yet so far...

 

Exochops portlockii.

I wish they would split a little neater.

 

More to come...

[Archimedes]

Congratulation on more great finds Jim  very nice fossils

Very nice Alloprosallocrinus and

the second crinoid below is a Barycrinus

 

 

3 hours ago, JimB88 said:

 

 

Not sure on the id of this calyx yet, though I suspect its another Alloprosallocrinus.

 

 

This is an incidental find, discovered when trimming another block with a crinoid calyx in it.

 

Its the tegumen of an Agaricocrinus sp.

 

yet another so close, yet so far...

 

 

Exochops portlockii.

I wish they would split a little neater.

 

More to come...

 

[Peat Burns]

Nice finds!  Love that monster Platyceras.

[JimB88]

3 hours ago, Archimedes said:

Congratulation on more great finds Jim  very nice fossils

Very nice Alloprosallocrinus and

the second crinoid below is a Barycrinus

Thanks Rich, ill have to look into Barycrinus!

[JimB88]

2 hours ago, Peat Burns said:

Nice finds!  Love that monster Platyceras.

Thanks! And that one isnt the biggest Ive found by any means!

[Wrangellian]

Interesting stuff, Jim. I was thinking that crinoid looked like an ammonoid too, as Roger suggested, so he wouldn't have been the only one who was wrong.... It had such good symmetry and the segments looked less like discreet segments and more like ribbing on a ceph shell, but..   Would have been cool if it were, but all interesting in any case.

 

[JimB88]

8 hours ago, Wrangellian said:

Interesting stuff, Jim. I was thinking that crinoid looked like an ammonoid too, as Roger suggested, so he wouldn't have been the only one who was wrong.... It had such good symmetry and the segments looked less like discreet segments and more like ribbing on a ceph shell, but..   Would have been cool if it were, but all interesting in any case.

 

That would've been neat too! The arms on Agaricocrinus are very different from the calyx (with its 'globular' plates and more organic appearance.)

[TNCollector]

Nice size Platyceras Jim! Get out there before it starts to get to hot outside.

[JimB88]

2 hours ago, TNCollector said:

Nice size Platyceras Jim! Get out there before it starts to get to hot outside.

thanks! yeah, its already getting hot...too early.