sixgill pete Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 Thought I would share a few things that I collected during a short trip into the Waccamaw Formation in south eastern North Carolina on Saturday. We only spent about 2 and a half hours at the site but some really nice items were found. First a Melitta cf.M. aclinensis. Usually the sand dollars are found only as isolated pieces at this location, occasionally a whole one is found on matrix that is crushed and broken. However I found this complete unbroken one on matrix and another person found a complete unbroken one without matrix. I have started prepping this one out since the pic, it is coming along nicely. Another Melitta sp. I found. Cannot ID for sure as to species as it is broke, but complete and covered with matrix. Will also prep this one out as much as possible to try to ID to species. Next a block of matrix containing a rare Rhyncholampas sabistonensis echinoid. This is an irregular echinoid from the Pliocene / Pleistocene. I have found pieces of these before(and one today) but this is my first complete one. Even crushed and in poor shape I am happy with the find. Top of the matrix the echinoid itself and the bottom I am going to try and expose as much of this echinoid also. Without making it come apart. Double valve bivalves for the day ....... Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted September 19, 2017 Author Share Posted September 19, 2017 and some of the rest of the stuff ...... We went to a couple other spots and we did pretty well. Thought I would share a few pics of a Cretaceous Oyster reef ... Flemingostrea subspatulata .. this is from our final stop. Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peat Burns Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 Nice finds! Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 Nice finds, Don! Please post pictures of the final results after you've finished prepping your echinoids - I'd love to see them uncovered! Thanks for sharing! Monica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 Thanks to a full teaching load yesterday, I haven't even had a chance to take the fossils out of the car yet! I'll post what I got soon. It was a pretty good day, and once again, thanks @sixgill pete and @Plaxfor showing us around! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted September 21, 2017 Author Share Posted September 21, 2017 @Boesse anytime. It is always enjoyable and educational when fossiling with you guys. I fully enjoyed every minute of it. I have been working on my sand dollars with dental tools for a bit each day, they are much more exposed but still a ways to go. Will post some new pics soon. BTW. great talk Sunday. Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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