Gore, OK - Dallas Paleo Society quarry field trip - 5-7-16

[DinoMike]

Here's my haul from the last Dallas Paleo Society field trip to an abandoned quarry in Gore, OK. The age of the site is Pennsylvanian, Morrowan stage. The hunting was a bit difficult, due to all the recent rains encouraging TONS of plant growth throughout the site. No telling what wonderful fossils were concealed by all of the weeds. Still & all, we all found some good stuff & no one ran afoul of any snakes.

First up, the big draw of the site, a blastoid. I found this one lying on the path into the quarry.

I think this might be a weathered horn coral.

It wouldn't be a Pennsylvanian site without some crinoid stem pieces!

A 'stick' of bryozoan!

Brachiopod with a little bryozoan crust!

Another brachiopod with a heavier coat of bryozoan

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Now let's have some Fun With Hash Plates!

Hash plates #1 & #2, with a microscope shot!

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Hash plate #3, again with microscope pics!

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The micro shots!

Crinoid anal sac spine, hiding in the hash plate!

Crinoid stem section closeup

The edge of a shell peeks out of the sediment

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Here's hash plate 4, with micro shot!

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Hash plate 5! Haven't found much yet on this one worthy of micro photos.

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Hash plate 6

A crinoid stem in the sediment

Closeup of the interlocking edges of the stem

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Hash plate 7

Micro shot of bits of crinoid & stuff in the slab

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Hash plate 8. This is my favorite of them all. Lots going on here. Brachiopod, bryozoan, crinoid...

Micro shots of this slab in the next reply.

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Bryozoan

Bryozoans & a crinoid disk

More bryozoan... I think... or is this coral?

Edges & ridges of a brachiopod shell

More bryozoan

That's about all I have to show, unless future micro exploration of the hash plates reveals some more cool stuff!

[Fossildude19]

Very cool finds, and pictures.

Thanks for posting these.

Regards,

[JarrodB]

Nice finds Mike.

[Khyssa]

Nice micro shots!

[wrfisherman]

Nice! We debated on going to Gore or spending the day on NSR. North Sulphur won out. Found our coolest Vert yet so I guess it was meant to be.

Great shots. Hash #4 is my favorite. I love the overall color and the hole!

Thanks for sharing,

Mitchell