Jeffrey P Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 Last week I drove out to Kentucky to spend a week with my family. Of course I also hit the fossil beds. The first day I visited the two Mississippian sites- Wax and Leitchfield that I visited last year. Here are some of the highlight finds of that day. First- Wax: Blastoids and bryozoans: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted October 29, 2017 Author Share Posted October 29, 2017 And the brachiopod- Punctospirifer: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted October 29, 2017 Author Share Posted October 29, 2017 Next I visited Leitchfield. Some Archimedes bryozoans. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 Looks good so far! 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...
Jeffrey P Posted October 29, 2017 Author Share Posted October 29, 2017 More Archimedes and a piece of a branching bryozoan and crinoid stems: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted October 29, 2017 Author Share Posted October 29, 2017 A very tiny brachiopod:: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted October 29, 2017 Author Share Posted October 29, 2017 Also some rugose corals coated with bryozoans and a partial crinoid head: And calyxes of the crinoid, Agassizocrinus: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted October 29, 2017 Author Share Posted October 29, 2017 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 Wow some really nice finds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted October 29, 2017 Author Share Posted October 29, 2017 The next I met up with TFF member, Herb. He showed me some Upper Ordovician roadcut sites southeast of Louisville. Brachiopods such as these Vinlanostrophia and Hebertella wer practically leaping out of the rocks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 Still looking good! 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...
Jeffrey P Posted October 29, 2017 Author Share Posted October 29, 2017 There were also Rafinesquina, a bivalve; Ambonychia robusta, and colonial corals: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 NIce! Especially the crinoid head! “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted October 29, 2017 Author Share Posted October 29, 2017 Two days later, Herb me to some roadcut sites north of Frankfort. More Ordovician brachiopods. These are Zygospira and Retrorsirosta: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted October 29, 2017 Author Share Posted October 29, 2017 There were also bryozoans: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted October 29, 2017 Author Share Posted October 29, 2017 And this Constellaria: Isotelus trilobite parts were extremely plentiful in a certain layer. I found this thorax: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted October 29, 2017 Author Share Posted October 29, 2017 There were also pieces of straight-shelled nautiloids: The second one was a gift from Herb: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted October 29, 2017 Author Share Posted October 29, 2017 We also stopped briefly at a roadcut outside Versailles and picked up these Ordovician brachiopods replaced with silica: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted October 29, 2017 Author Share Posted October 29, 2017 My favorite finds of the day were the gastropods, Cyclonema bilix. Here are two examples: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted October 29, 2017 Author Share Posted October 29, 2017 On the last day I visited two more Mississippian sites near Elizabethtown. One site which was right near my parents' had abundant rugose corals: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted October 29, 2017 Author Share Posted October 29, 2017 The last site had numerous very fat crinoid stems: I would like to thank Herb for his tremendous help and great companionship. Another wonderful visit to the Ohio Valley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 Sounds like a wonderful trip with some very nice finds! Thanks for sharing. 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...
Ludwigia Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 You sure do get around, Jeffrey! Nice finds! I guess you must have been able to squeeze in a bit of time for your parents in between trips Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakebite6769 Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 Great finds Jeffrey. Love the isotelus thoracic segments..my favorite trilobite. Thanks for sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 WOW!!!!! What an amazing mixture of fossils you've found!!! I especially like that partial crinoid head - amazing!!! Thanks for sharing! Monica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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