gw8706 Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 I find quite a few rocks with many shells engraved in the rocks. What is the correct ID of these types of fossils? Also, are they worth anything? Thanks for your help! This is the other side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Value is relative,and this forum has strict rules regarding giving opinions on "value"(in the monetary sense). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gw8706 Posted November 7, 2017 Author Share Posted November 7, 2017 Ok sorry, I am new at this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 The shell imprints look like brachiopods. Others can be more specific on species. 1 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 November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 These are brachiopod fossils. General location where found will help in providing a more specific identification if you are interested in genus. Nice finds! The second photo reminds me of Rafinesquina. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 In a non-financial sense: a fossil becomes/is valuable in the scientific sense if it offers new insights on distribution of the plant/animal in space and time,living habits,past environments,classification,and anatomy. Might be chonetids,judging form the ornament,but that's even beyond "preliminary asessment" Fossildawg is right,of course. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gw8706 Posted November 7, 2017 Author Share Posted November 7, 2017 4 minutes ago, Peat Burns said: These are brachiopod fossils. General location where found will help in providing a more specific identification if you are interested in genus. Nice finds! The second photo reminds me of Rafinesquina. Thank you! It was in Northeast Missouri USA about 20 miles west of the Mississippi River in a small creek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 leightonlethaia1998rafinesqbrachioj.19.x.pdf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 looks like Rafinisquina sp. (Ordovician) or Orthotetes sp. (Mississippian), Deoending on location or age of the rocks 3 "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peat Burns Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 4 minutes ago, gw8706 said: Thank you! It was in Northeast Missouri USA about 20 miles west of the Mississippi River in a small creek. Looks like it might be Mississippian? (Of course stream finds can be complicated because they can be transported from rocks of various time periods, not to mention glacial deposits). Here's geologic map of Missouri Could be something like Orthotetes. @FossilDAWG might be able to help. @Herb beat me to the Orthotetes possibility. He is always quick and to the point 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peace river rat Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Much like antuiqes, you can say it worth X dollars, but what counts is what you can get. Having said that, I don't dig for the $ but the joy of discovery, I will likely will my (some what) extensive collection to any interested family, barring that, to the local library or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PyritizeMe Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Fossils are and will always be priceless, they are to valuable in research and in nature of things but some people will put a price on fossils , but don't let that distract you , when it becomes about money you will lose your gift and it will turn into a job , discover and enjoy nature keep exploring and asking important questions. These are very large brachiopod fossils , shell like filter feeders that would have lived on the sea floor sometimes with stalks to keep them afloat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gw8706 Posted November 11, 2017 Author Share Posted November 11, 2017 On 11/7/2017 at 2:46 AM, PyritizeMe said: Fossils are and will always be priceless, they are to valuable in research and in nature of things but some people will put a price on fossils , but don't let that distract you , when it becomes about money you will lose your gift and it will turn into a job , discover and enjoy nature keep exploring and asking important questions. These are very large brachiopod fossils , shell like filter feeders that would have lived on the sea floor sometimes with stalks to keep them Thanks for your info. I'll be honest, I've never sold a fossil in my life. I have a ton of them that I plan to use for my garden next spring. But these shell fossils are a dime a dozen where I am, and I'm trying to figure out how to buy kid's Christmas present this year. I agree otherwise, fossils are priceless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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