Archie Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Earlier this week I got the chance to get out for a hunt at a great site on the east coast of Scotland for the Lower Carboniferous shrimp Tealliocaris woodwardi. The specimens here are beautifully preserved but decent sized blocks of the right bed can be hard to find so I was really happy to get this large multi-block with three well preserved shrimp, and in both dorsal and lateral views! The largest shrimp is 34mm. Thanks for looking Sam 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 These are Fantastic, Sam! I'd be right Chuffed with this block if I were you! Well done, mate. EDIT: Is that shrimp I smell on the barbie, or in the IPFotM contest?? 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...
TqB Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Lovely specimens and superb detail, Sam. Is that a single bedding plane mass mortality? Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Wow! What a great piece! Congratulations. ~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...
Kane Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Wow! Incredible find, and these critters are very nicely preserved. Congrats! ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Posted June 16, 2017 Author Share Posted June 16, 2017 27 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said: These are Fantastic, Sam! I'd be right Chuffed with this block if I were you! Well done, mate. Thanks Tim! I sure am! 4 minutes ago, TqB said: Lovely specimens and superb detail, Sam. Is that a single bedding plane mass mortality? Thanks Tarquin! I think these beds are thought to have been deposited on tidal flats with the high concentrations of shrimp fossils possibly representing dried out pools, or they may have been killed off en masse by a change in salinity level caused by marine incursions. 9 minutes ago, fossilized6s said: Wow! What a great piece! Congratulations. Thanks! 8 minutes ago, Kane said: Wow! Incredible find, and these critters are very nicely preserved. Congrats! Thanks Kane! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNCollector Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Wow that's awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Fantastic specimen! Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDudeCO Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Amazing! Was there much prep required? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Posted June 16, 2017 Author Share Posted June 16, 2017 1 hour ago, TNCollector said: Wow that's awesome! Cheers Jim! 24 minutes ago, FossilDAWG said: Fantastic specimen! Don Thanks Don 19 minutes ago, FossilDudeCO said: Amazing! Was there much prep required? Thanks! None whatsoever luckily! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 That is a really great find! Congratulations! I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Holy Cow!!! Just beauties those are!!! I love the crustaceans and you have me being super envious!!! Those are just cooler than you know what!!! RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Congratulations. Those shrimp fossils look exquisite. That much eye candy is hard to digest. Thanks for showing it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 Am I too late to come to the congratulations party? I brought cocktail sauce! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBOB Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 Those shrimp are spectacular! Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 Ditto to what the others have said!! Most definitely fossil of the month material! 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...
Carl Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Wow wow wow!! FOSSIL OF THE MONTH!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t-tree Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Great find , i would have been happy with one shrimp but three is brilliant. John Be happy while you're living for you're a long time dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimB88 Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Wow! Those are great! What are the white lines that criss - cross the plate? Algae maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Stunning! John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Posted June 21, 2017 Author Share Posted June 21, 2017 Thanks guys! I'll enter this in Fossil of the Month Jim I think these lines are calcite veins that have infilled fractures, they run right through the rock. They are really handy for breaking blocks down to size without as much risk of breaking through a shrimp! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Wonderful. I have one single shrimp on a small piece from that place, but... people closer to a given site always have a better chance of getting the real nice pieces, don't they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Posted June 22, 2017 Author Share Posted June 22, 2017 15 hours ago, Wrangellian said: Wonderful. I have one single shrimp on a small piece from that place, but... people closer to a given site always have a better chance of getting the real nice pieces, don't they? Thanks! I think this was an extremely lucky find Ive never found a block of the shrimp bed this big before! Most pieces are so small there's little chance of getting multiple specimens on one plate now, I think there's a good chance I'll never get another piece like this here but sadly I think they used to be common finds before the site was over collected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonianDigger Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 Jay A. Wollin Lead Fossil Educator - Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Reserve Hamburg, New York, USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 8 hours ago, Archie said: Thanks! I think this was an extremely lucky find Ive never found a block of the shrimp bed this big before! Most pieces are so small there's little chance of getting multiple specimens on one plate now, I think there's a good chance I'll never get another piece like this here but sadly I think they used to be common finds before the site was over collected. The law of diminishing returns... Take care of it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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