aek Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 About a month or so ago, I had a few hours to kill and decided on a whim to go search for the Lecthaylus gregarius in Blue Island, Illinois. I walked down to the river and found the Lockport shale which was really fun and easy to split apart, but all I came across were lots of plates of worms like this one: I wasn't even sure if these were Silurian annelids. In the end, I was unsuccessful in finding Lecthaylus gregarius, however I did find these fossils: If anyone has more info on genus types, etc. would be greatly appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 Roy, S.K., & Croneis, C. (1931) A Silurian worm and associated fauna. Field Museum of Natural History, 4(7):229-247 LINK Weller, S. (1925) A new type of Silurian worm. Journal of Geology, 33(5):540-544 Weller1925.pdf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 Second picture looks like a calamite to me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aek Posted November 28, 2016 Author Share Posted November 28, 2016 1 hour ago, piranha said: Roy, S.K., & Croneis, C. (1931) A Silurian worm and associated fauna. Field Museum of Natural History, 4(7):229-247 LINK Weller, S. (1925) A new type of Silurian worm. Journal of Geology, 33(5):540-544 Weller1925.pdf Thanks, Piranha, I appreciate the reading materials. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aek Posted November 28, 2016 Author Share Posted November 28, 2016 24 minutes ago, caldigger said: Second picture looks like a calamite to me. Interesting to note, Caldigger. It does indeed have more of a stem/floral quality to it. Thanks, need to research this more.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimB88 Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 you would have to go to Braidwood to find Calamites. Its part of a spyroceras cephalopod. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 I agree with Jim. These periods are hundreds of millions of years apart. For Calmites and Silurian material to be exposed near each other seems highly unlikely. Just a friendly bit of advice, knowing the age of where you are hunting will help tremendously with IDing your finds, and vise versa. Happy hunting. 1 ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aek Posted December 2, 2016 Author Share Posted December 2, 2016 On 11/29/2016 at 9:39 AM, JimB88 said: you would have to go to Braidwood to find Calamites. Its part of a spyroceras cephalopod. Thanks! Makes sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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