TqB Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 (edited) This is part of an Archaeocidaris scatter I found a few days ago. I was pleased with that anyway but I think it's much enhanced by this little Fenestella plebeia colony. This obverse side (with zooecial pores) doesn't often show in this material - in most specimens, the plain reverse side is exposed, presumably because the obverse sticks better to the matrix (as in the different fenestellid below it in the first photo). Brigantian, Co. Durham, UK. Fenestella is 1cm across Edited May 17, 2016 by TqB 1 Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted May 17, 2016 Author Share Posted May 17, 2016 Another closeup: Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 Sweet find! I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lissa318 Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 That is wonderful Tarquin!!! I really like the fenestella as well! Although I am really not at all familiar with them. Those are great pictures though I would have guessed it was bigger than 1 cm! Nice find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 Beautiful! Thanks for showing it, Tarquin. 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...
MR.CRINOID Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 Nice! One of these days I will have to plan a trip ti the UK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 Good images, interesting specimen! http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 That is some fine detail. It may be worth checking the slab(s) and associated shale for microfossils. Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted May 18, 2016 Author Share Posted May 18, 2016 Thank you all for the kind comments! Missourian - you're right, it's on my to do list. I'm going to try some KOH on a few other pieces from here. Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 (edited) *********a horrific shade of green fills the messagebox ***************** https://www.researchgate.net/publication/248352470_The_Bashkirian_Fenestella_Shales_and_the_Moscovian_Chaetetid_Shales_of_the_Tethys_Himalaya_South_Tibet_Nepal_and_India http://cdn.palass.org/publications/palaeontology/volume_31/pdf/vol31_part3_pp665-675.pdf Edited May 18, 2016 by doushantuo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted May 18, 2016 Author Share Posted May 18, 2016 Thanks, doushantuo! I'm fortunate to know the author of the second one, he gave me the ID. I'll put some of those weird fenestellid palaeocorynid appendages up sometime - in fact here's one (from Co. Durham again): Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 A most pleasing melange! "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...
sixgill pete Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 (edited) Beautiful bryozoan for sure. Edited May 24, 2016 by sixgill pete Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dre464 Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 Nice bryozoan! Amazing textures. I also like the texture of the spiky piece on the left side of the bryozoan. Is that a spine from the Archaeocidaris? It looks like it extends across the whole plate in the first picture. "Men became scientific because they expected Law in Nature, and they expected Law in Nature because they believed in a Legislator." - C.S. Lewis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted May 26, 2016 Author Share Posted May 26, 2016 Thanks Auspex, Pete & dre. Dre464 - yes, it's a spine, the top part isn't exposed though. Here's the whole plate. Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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