DE&i Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Can someone help me read this beautifully hand written note to describe these Blastiods please. Regards.....D&E&i The only certainty with fossil hunting is the uncertainty. https://lnk.bio/Darren.Withers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Pentremites conoideus. Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Carboniferous, Mississippian St. Genevieve Formation, Meramac Group, Oskaloosa Iowa, USA. 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...
DE&i Posted December 29, 2016 Author Share Posted December 29, 2016 1 hour ago, TqB said: Pentremites conoideus. Thank you Tarquin Regards.....D&E&i The only certainty with fossil hunting is the uncertainty. https://lnk.bio/Darren.Withers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DE&i Posted December 29, 2016 Author Share Posted December 29, 2016 4 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said: Carboniferous, Mississippian St. Genevieve Formation, Meramac Group, Oskaloosa Iowa, USA. Thank you @Fossildude19 the contents are as equally interesting as is the old UK matchbox they were found in. Regards.....D&E&i The only certainty with fossil hunting is the uncertainty. https://lnk.bio/Darren.Withers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 I've collected blastoids near Oskaloosa many times. Occasionally you will find them with the brachioles still attached at this locality. Your label might be outdated. I think the blastoid found there is Pentremites pulchellus. The formation is the Pella Formation. Old papers did call it the St. Genevieve Formation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DE&i Posted December 30, 2016 Author Share Posted December 30, 2016 2 hours ago, Al Dente said: I've collected blastoids near Oskaloosa many times. Occasionally you will find them with the brachioles still attached at this locality. Your label might be outdated. I think the blastoid found there is Pentremites pulchellus. The formation is the Pella Formation. Old papers did call it the St. Genevieve Formation. Fantastic answer @Al Dente as it's these kind of precise answers I'm looking for. As I continue to delve further into these little boxes. I shall amend my descriptions where nessecary. Regards.....D&E&i The only certainty with fossil hunting is the uncertainty. https://lnk.bio/Darren.Withers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 I think there is a misspelling on the handwritten note. The name 'Ste Genevieve Formation' (Pella) is correct, but 'Meramac Group' should be Meramec Group. Francis M van Tuyl. 1922. The Stratigraphy of the Mississippian formations of Iowa. Iowa Geological Survey, Vol. 30. p. 33-360. " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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