TheRocksWillShoutHisGlory Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 Long time lurker and just want to start sharing my finds and collection as you have kept my interest with all yours. To begin, some Mazon Creek finds: an arachnid which I believe is Terpsicroton and a shrimp (I'm bad with shrimp species). Both negative halves. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRocksWillShoutHisGlory Posted May 7, 2016 Author Share Posted May 7, 2016 A Xenacanth tooth 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 Cool! Thanks for sharing!! Tony Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRocksWillShoutHisGlory Posted May 7, 2016 Author Share Posted May 7, 2016 A clam with the trail it made while fossilized. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRocksWillShoutHisGlory Posted May 7, 2016 Author Share Posted May 7, 2016 The clam broke in half where the trail was fossilized beneath it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRocksWillShoutHisGlory Posted May 7, 2016 Author Share Posted May 7, 2016 A larger shrimp with some coloring. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRocksWillShoutHisGlory Posted May 7, 2016 Author Share Posted May 7, 2016 Partial Tully Monster with partial I guess it's a jaw now (still want to call it a probiscus) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 cool stuff.... but some of the pix are out of focus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 Awesome finds, you folks get some great specimens up there : ) Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 YOU HAVE TULLIMONSTRUM????????????????????????????????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 Very cool collection. Thanks for posting them here. Regards, 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...
Auspex Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 Very nice! "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...
Rob Russell Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 Nice Tully! Welcome to the forum! Finding my way through life; one fossil at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raggedy Man Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 Nice eye bar on that tully! I still have yet to find one. Hopefully I'll get down there with a canoe soon and hit pit 11. ...I'm back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deutscheben Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 Wonderful, diverse collection! An arachnid is truly a rare find- I would love to see clearer pictures of that and the shark tooth. The Tully monster is lovely as well. I'm not sure about the ID on the arachnid- the genus Terpsicroton is based on a single specimen found in the UK, although close relatives of it have been found in the Mazon Creek deposits. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBOB Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 You have some great finds there. Finding a Mazon Creek shark tooth is on my bucket list for sure! Keep em coming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRocksWillShoutHisGlory Posted May 10, 2016 Author Share Posted May 10, 2016 Some (hopefully) improved pictures of the arachnid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRocksWillShoutHisGlory Posted May 10, 2016 Author Share Posted May 10, 2016 Thanks for the encouragement and compliments. I'll try to work on improving pics especially the tooth. However, I am having trouble cleaning that one properly, that's why this pic was taken when wet (hence some glare). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRocksWillShoutHisGlory Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share Posted January 12, 2020 Decided to try to photograph and add a few things again. Here is a poorly preserved arachind. And I believe this is a cone My other Tully A bristle worm 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRocksWillShoutHisGlory Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share Posted January 12, 2020 Better picture of original arachnid 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 The one you called a "cone" in the photos above is a horsetail rush Annularia stellata, that grew up to 10 meters tall. Very nice specimen. 2 Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRocksWillShoutHisGlory Posted January 15, 2020 Author Share Posted January 15, 2020 On 1/13/2020 at 5:17 PM, Mark Kmiecik said: The one you called a "cone" in the photos above is a horsetail rush Annularia stellata, that grew up to 10 meters tall. Very nice specimen. I always had considered this an annularia example, and described it that way in my gallery picture of the same specimen, until I saw this specimen which is described as an end view of a cone. It's not an academic source, so I guess I should have been more careful. On that end I'm pretty sure my shrimp identification from when I created this thread is wrong too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 I didn't see the date on the thread when I scrolled up after you posted the new arachnid photo. My bad. 1 Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRocksWillShoutHisGlory Posted January 15, 2020 Author Share Posted January 15, 2020 1 hour ago, Mark Kmiecik said: I didn't see the date on the thread when I scrolled up after you posted the new arachnid photo. My bad. No no no. Thank you for pointing out any incorrect or debatable content. I appreciate your knowledge and willingness to share. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 5 minutes ago, TheRocksWillShoutHisGlory said: No no no. Thank you for pointing out any incorrect or debatable content. I appreciate your knowledge and willingness to share. What I mean is that had I noticed the date I would have concluded that three years later you know exactly what it is, especially since you are still actively engaged in collecting MC fossils. Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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