daddio Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 Hi, new here and wanted to show members some of the Brooksella's i have found on my property in NE Alabam. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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prem Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Auspex Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 Terrific! Are they as abundant there as it looks, or are they the fruit of years collecting? "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...
Fossildude19 Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 Very cool!Thanks for showing them to us. 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...
daddio Posted May 27, 2016 Author Share Posted May 27, 2016 I have been finding them wash up on my private drive for 10 years theses are from the past 3 years. I really dont do anything but walk the road a couple times a mounth and pick them up. Have many more stored. will get them out one day and show them. I have also found other things, not sure what some of them are, but will post in id thread soon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 nice trilobite... so what are these Brooksella? A sponge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddio Posted May 27, 2016 Author Share Posted May 27, 2016 I think so just became an empty nester and now i have time to study them and learn about them, would love to hear from members about them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 I believe they were originally interpreted to be jellyfish, or jellyfish impressions. I think that has changed now to sponges. Brooksella wikipedia page. Old Geological Survey PDF. 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...
piranha Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 Brooksella is no longer classified as a medusiform trace fossil. Recent research has reassigned it as a siliceous hexactinellid sponge. Ciampaglio, C. N., Babcock, L. E., Wellman, C. L., York, A. R., & Brunswick, H. K. (2006). Phylogenetic affinities and taphonomy of Brooksella from the Cambrian of Georgia and Alabama, USA. Palaeoworld, 15(3):256-265 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izak_ Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 Well thats fantastic. Especially that trilobite! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 (edited) Very Cool. You said washed up on your driveway. do they wash out of the drive or is there a creek nearby that they wash out of? Edited May 28, 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...
daddio Posted May 28, 2016 Author Share Posted May 28, 2016 They just wash up no creek near. every time we have a real hard downpour I walk the long drive searching for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR.CRINOID Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 Very nice to be able to walk on your property and find these treasure! Good for you! Thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 Nice finds! Do You find many trilobites in the driveway? 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...
daddio Posted June 3, 2016 Author Share Posted June 3, 2016 Hi Tony, Have only found the one in the pic. Wish I could find more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 To bad, Hope You find more!! 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...
daddio Posted June 8, 2016 Author Share Posted June 8, 2016 These are todays finds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 These are very cool. I had to look them up as I had never heard of them before this posting. 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...
daddio Posted June 8, 2016 Author Share Posted June 8, 2016 (edited) Found them today they washed up after we had rain for two days Edited June 8, 2016 by daddio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddio Posted July 13, 2016 Author Share Posted July 13, 2016 Todays Find: picked this Brooksella up today. Not a great specimen but thats ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Todays Find: picked this Brooksella up today. Not a great specimen but thats ok. Brooksella 7-2016 (2) (1024x906) (1024x906).jpgBrooksella 7-2016 (4) (1024x665).jpgBrooksella 7-2016 (5) (1024x630) (1024x630).jpgBrooksella 7-2016 (7) (1024x702) (1024x702).jpg I dunno. I'd be pretty stoked with that find. 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...
daddio Posted July 22, 2016 Author Share Posted July 22, 2016 Some new finds :DThis is #1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddio Posted July 22, 2016 Author Share Posted July 22, 2016 (edited) #2 Edited July 22, 2016 by daddio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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