Shamalama Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 So these fossils are not from a recent trip but from two prior trips in the last year to the Verulam formation near Brechin, Ont. (middle Ordovician, Katian/Mohawkian stage). I was cleaning and sorting some boxes when I re-found them (most still in their paper wrapping). Loose Brachiopods - clockwise from top: Dalmanella testudinaria, Rafinesquina alternata, Sowerbyella sericea, Rynchotrema increbescens A hash plate with many Dalmanella testudinaria brachs among the debris Unknown Bryozoan but it was big and cool looking so I kept it. Stictoporellina sp. bryozoan The graptolite Diplograptus amplexicaulis A couple of Conularia trentonensis that Kevin @Northern Sharks found and gave me. A nice big, intact mound forming bryozoan that is either Prasopora sp. or Mesotrypa sp. A plate with a few large mound forming bryozoans that are either Prasopora sp. or Mesotrypa sp. Possibly a Sphenothallus sp. specimen? Partial Trilobite A small but nice Flexicalymene sp. specimen A Cruziana specimen that @Northern Sharks spotted and let me extract I think this is a crinoid calyx, possibly an Ectenocrinus? 1 -Dave __________________________________________________ Geologists on the whole are inconsistent drivers. When a roadcut presents itself, they tend to lurch and weave. To them, the roadcut is a portal, a fragment of a regional story, a proscenium arch that leads their imaginations into the earth and through the surrounding terrain. - John McPheeIf I'm going to drive safely, I can't do geology. - John McPheeCheck out my Blog for more fossils I've found: http://viewsofthemahantango.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 It is almost as fun to rediscover a good batch of fossils as it is to find them in the first place. Nice finds! 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...
Northern Sharks Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 I thought some of those looked familiar when I saw them on FB. That Flexi should be a beauty once prepared There's no limit to what you can accomplish when you're supposed to be doing something else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 The Verulam is truely a paleontological wonderland. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 It is always fun to look through stuff from some time ago - always find something I missed, or forgot about. Thanks for the post, Dave - Wonderful finds. 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...
Malcolmt Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 Definitely from the Verulam, I gave a very nice conularid to someone up visiting from Buffalo the other weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 Very nice finds, Dave. Congratulations. I especially like the bryozoans and the conularids. You must have found tons of other good stuff to forget about this really exquisite material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamalama Posted November 17, 2016 Author Share Posted November 17, 2016 14 hours ago, Jeffrey P said: Very nice finds, Dave. Congratulations. I especially like the bryozoans and the conularids. You must have found tons of other good stuff to forget about this really exquisite material. Thanks to everyone for the compliments. Jeff, It really was just a case where I set the flat down under a table and then it got forgotten and covered by some empty flats and boxes. I probably was moving stuff around and it just got missed. -Dave __________________________________________________ Geologists on the whole are inconsistent drivers. When a roadcut presents itself, they tend to lurch and weave. To them, the roadcut is a portal, a fragment of a regional story, a proscenium arch that leads their imaginations into the earth and through the surrounding terrain. - John McPheeIf I'm going to drive safely, I can't do geology. - John McPheeCheck out my Blog for more fossils I've found: http://viewsofthemahantango.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 (edited) Hey Dave, just getting around to looking at what others have been digging up. Oh man, Very nice finds! That graptolite is pretty sweet...dont get to see many of them on the forum here. congrats! Regards, Chris Edited November 24, 2016 by Plantguy I cant spell worth a dang sometimes and mistype constantly..lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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