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Mazon Creek Fauna


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A few items from my collection.

Extra large Essexella asherae

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Multiple Essexella asherae

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Essexella asherae and worm

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A few Tully Monsters (Tullimonstrum gregarium)

Appears to be a young one.

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Larger examples

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Eurypterid (Adelophthalmus mazonensis)- found this fossil is a "sandy type" concretion at Pit 4 (Shadow Lakes), normally do not pick up this type and it was the first time that I ever found something included.

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A beautiful Kottixerxes gloriosus.

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Hydroid (Drevotella proteana)

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Egg Cases (Mazonova helmichnus)

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Here are some fish:

Gilpichthys greenei

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Acanthodes

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Gilpichthys greenei

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Lamprey (Mayomzon pieckoensis)

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Errr,there are a couple of scientists who might like to see these.

Fossil cyclostomes are rare,rare,rare

Be careful with these

 

 

 

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Esconichthys apopyris - these fossils are still known by collectors as "Blades" or "Ghosts". I have always known these as being larval lungfish, but I think that is up for debate.

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Multiple Esconichthys apopyris

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Barnacles (Illilepas damrowi)

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Wye (Escumasia roryi)

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Palaeoxyris

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Coprinoscolex ellogimus with gut pellets

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Nice finds, it may be easier to post the other pictures as another post rather than as a separate topic by clicking the "more reply options" and loading more pictures into there.

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Kellibrooksia macrogaster

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Fish Scale

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Cyclus americanus

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Horseshoe Crab (Paleolimulus

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Great collection. (This to your whole series of posts. Maybe the mods can merge them all into one?)

How long have you been collecting Mazon?

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Trevor- my first posts, I wish I would have seen your comment. Thanks

Your topics have been merged into one collection. :)

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Love it! Mazon Creek fauna has always interested me.

"Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe" - Saint Augustine

"Those who can not see past their own nose deserve our pity more than anything else."

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Incredible collection!

I have actually never seen a few of these.

Thanks for posting them here.

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Errr,there are a couple of scientists who might like to see these.

Fossil cyclostomes are rare,rare,rare

Be careful with these

You are correct about that, the Lamprey is the only one that I have and luckily Mazon Creek fossils have 2 halves.

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Your topics have been merged into one collection. :)

John J- Thanks so much for taking care of that for me- I'm new to TFF and still learning, hopefully I will post other pics properly.

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Great collection. (This to your whole series of posts. Maybe the mods can merge them all into one?)

How long have you been collecting Mazon?

Thanks for the comment and I am glad that the posts were merged. I have been collecting Mazon Creek fossils for over 25 years.

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A few more Fauna to add to the list:

Jellyfish- (Anthracomedusa turnbulli)

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Insect Nymph- (Mischoptera douglassi)

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Coelacanth Fish- (Rhabdoderma exiguum)

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Flea Shrimp- I believe is Convexicaris mazonensis

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Polychaete Worm- (Esconites zelus)

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Chiton- (Glaphurochiton concinnus)

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Cockroach

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Shrimp- (Kallidecthes richardsoni)

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Millipede- (Euphoberia)

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Winged Insect- (Eucaenus ovalis)

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Beautiful pieces, sir. Thanks for sharing these.

Glad you enjoyed them- it's just some of the Fauna that I have.

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What a wonderful collection! You have some quite remarkable finds. Thank you for posting them- It gives me something to aspire to in my Mazon hunts.

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