sTamprockcoin Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Friday I returned to one of my favorite spots that soon will be developed over. Its for sale and I wish I could buy it. These are from the [Silurian] Clinton Group, Keefer Formation - locally called the Upper Frankstown Ore Bed. The white is calcite material. The red "iron ore" is somewhat pisolitic and some fossils are filled/replaced with specular Hematite. (which doesn't photograph well.) If anyone has any idea what the big flat "Scallop like shell"{414C. 414D} is I'd be interested in hearing. I enjoy the level of detail that is sometimes preserved. Link to post Share on other sites
Innocentx Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 1 thru 3 pics are a horn coral. Nice. 6 and 7 are of a bryozoan (great looking fossil!). 8 and 9 are crinoid stem parts. 10, the larger shell is a brachiopod, Derbyia. 13 looks to be a nautiloid. Link to post Share on other sites
Fossildude19 Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 45 minutes ago, Innocentx said: 1 thru 3 pics are a horn coral. Nice. 6 and 7 are of a bryozoan (great looking fossil!). 8 and 9 are crinoid stem parts. 10, the larger shell is a brachiopod, Derbyia. 13 looks to be a nautiloid. I don't believe Derbyia is a Silurian species. I would say it is more likely a Strophomena sp. Great finds, Tim! Thanks for posting them. Regards, 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Innocentx Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Fossildude19, you are exactly right. So many pictures I forgot when it was. Link to post Share on other sites
Wrangellian Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 I like those bryozoans, and I bet that brach that is partly covered in matrix will look quite nice if you can remove it. Keep on collecting - my favorite local site is a big development in progress and with me it's a one-man fossil salvage operation. (I think - maybe the occasional 'itinerant worker' as well.) Link to post Share on other sites
sTamprockcoin Posted April 18, 2017 Author Share Posted April 18, 2017 Thanks for the input. I'm glad that the FF exists so that I can share my fun & finds with people that don't give me that condescending "oh that's nice" that they use on anyone who is not discussing hunting, guns, cars, or doctor visits . 2 Link to post Share on other sites
EMP Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 On 4/18/2017 at 8:12 AM, sTamprockcoin said: Thanks for the input. I'm glad that the FF exists so that I can share my fun & finds with people that don't give me that condescending "oh that's nice" that they use on anyone who is not discussing hunting, guns, cars, or doctor visits . The large, flat brachiopods are Protoleptostrophia sp. I have a photo of one in my Mid Atlantic Brachiopod Guide. The smaller, thicker ribbed ones are likely Cupularostrum sp. The literature is dated on those, so the genus may have changed. I also have some pictures of this genus in my guide. The cephalopods are likely Michelinoceras sp. Sorry I don't know about the horn corals in the first couple of pictures or the bryozoan or crinoid pieces (the cheerio looking pieces). 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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