Nimravis Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 After making a stop at the Anna Roadcut, I drove about 15 minutes to Vienna, Illinois where there is a roadcut at the entrance to Interstate 24. This rock is supposed to Be Mississippian Menard Limestone. At this location I also found some nice hash plates, my biggest blastoid of the day, Horn coral, Archimedes’ screw, bryozoan and brachiopods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 More niceness! 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...
Peat Burns Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 I love these palaeozoic trip reports! That location looks just like Sulphur, IN. That is a beautiful, inflated blastoid. And those brachiopods are in really nice shape for Mississippian material (especially that spiriferid). Nice finds and pics. Thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted October 27, 2017 Author Share Posted October 27, 2017 15 minutes ago, Peat Burns said: I love these palaeozoic trip reports! That location looks just like Sulphur, IN. That is a beautiful, inflated blastoid. And those brachiopods are in really nice shape for Mississippian material (especially that spiriferid). Nice finds and pics. Thanks for posting. Thanks for the comments Pete, and yes, I was looking for more of the same, but no luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archimedes Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 Upper Chester fauna, beautiful Pentremites spicatus specimen , these larger Pentremites are especially nice to find. Great pics of a well used rock hammer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 Those are some impressive blastoids! Huge! ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted October 27, 2017 Author Share Posted October 27, 2017 5 hours ago, Archimedes said: Upper Chester fauna, beautiful Pentremites spicatus specimen , these larger Pentremites are especially nice to find. Great pics of a well used rock hammer! Thanks and yes, my hammer has been around lol.. 5 hours ago, Kane said: Those are some impressive blastoids! Huge! I know someone with a miserable life who would love to hunt here. Thanks, the only problem with This road cut was it was littered with a ton of trash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 That is a big blastoid - WOW! This thread makes me even more !!! I'm glad you had a nice day out hunting! Monica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 Easily accessible roadcut sites like this are a treasure. Thanks for another great report. Regards, 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...
Bobby Rico Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 Some great finds Ralph I love the Archimedes screws. I have always wanted to add some to my collection and that blastoid . Cheers Bobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 Nice finds! Did you find them all in the scree at the bottom or did you also clamber about a bit? Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted October 27, 2017 Author Share Posted October 27, 2017 @Monica , @Bobby Rico , @Fossildude19 Thanks for the nice comments. 5 hours ago, Ludwigia said: Nice finds! Did you find them all in the scree at the bottom or did you also clamber about a bit? Nothing was found at the bottom, I had to climb around a bit.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalmayshun Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 Gorgeous, and hashplates are one of my favorite things, I look at them for hours with my loupe...nature is absolutely amzing. Congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt2396 Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 Nice finds, I've spent many hours at both of those spots, got stung by a hornet last time I was at the Vienna cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted October 28, 2017 Author Share Posted October 28, 2017 On 10/27/2017 at 1:59 PM, dalmayshun said: Gorgeous, and hashplates are one of my favorite things, I look at them for hours with my loupe...nature is absolutely amzing. Congrats Lol, I do the same with some hash plates that I have.. 19 hours ago, matt2396 said: Nice finds, I've spent many hours at both of those spots, got stung by a hornet last time I was at the Vienna cut. Matt, Lol, I had hornets all around me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimTexan Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 The blastoids are beautiful. I have never seen any of those around here. At least not where I’ve hunted. Now the picture below your group of blastoids with all the shells, I have found quite a few of those around here, but they are all in the Pennsylvanian, but I guess they’re both Carboniferous and not so far apart that the Mississippian might have species crossing over into the Pennsylvanian period. I found these about 10 days ago in a road cut here in Texas. I think they may be neospirifer. They look similar to the one stuck in matrix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted October 31, 2017 Author Share Posted October 31, 2017 10 hours ago, KimTexan said: The blastoids are beautiful. I have never seen any of those around here. At least not where I’ve hunted. Now the picture below your group of blastoids with all the shells, I have found quite a few of those around here, but they are all in the Pennsylvanian, but I guess they’re both Carboniferous and not so far apart that the Mississippian might have species crossing over into the Pennsylvanian period. I found these about 10 days ago in a road cut here in Texas. I think they may be neospirifer. They look similar to the one stuck in matrix. Very nice finds Kim, I think they are possibly of a different species.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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