Greg.Wood Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 I decided to mix things up last weekend and made the 2.5 hour drive from Mississauga over to Arkona, Ontario. The Hungry Hollow formation is quite different from what I am used to closer to home so I went a little crazy...Within 10 minutes I had a bucket full of horn corals, bryozoans and brachiopods. After washing most of the mud away here are some of my favorites. Scale is in millimeters Trilobite fragments 1 2 3 4 Was really hoping for a complete specimen but I am pretty happy with this cephalon pair 5 Brachiopods 6 7 8 Gastropods 9 Chrinoids 10 11 Cephalopod - Probably came from the Arkona shale 12 @Kane you were right, I spent about 5 hours in the south pit and had a great time. Also met a really interesting guy while I was there (I'm horrible with names I think he said it was Rick). He knew the area quite well and was nice enough to donate a few pieces to get me started (#4 trilo fragment on the right and a few cool bryozoans). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 Nice finds! 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...
Wrangellian Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 That first snail is interesting, with that ornamentation. Any idea what it is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 You're off to a good start. I remember on my first visit there I came out of the south pit with 2 cloth bags stuffed full of corals . I just realized later that I couldn't take them all with me on the plane back home, so my family and friends now have a lot of rocks in their garden. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamalama Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 Nice finds! Can you post more angles of the crinoid in pic #11? It looks like you have some arms but at the base is just a stem piece. Did you find that in the Hungry Hollow or Arkona? -Dave __________________________________________________ Geologists on the whole are inconsistent drivers. When a roadcut presents itself, they tend to lurch and weave. To them, the roadcut is a portal, a fragment of a regional story, a proscenium arch that leads their imaginations into the earth and through the surrounding terrain. - John McPheeIf I'm going to drive safely, I can't do geology. - John McPheeCheck out my Blog for more fossils I've found: http://viewsofthemahantango.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 Well done, Greg. You managed to find the "south pit sampler pack," and have a lot of representative specimens from the site. You managed very well on this trip, and I can only assume you will be making your way back at some point in the future. As @Ludwigia noted, I think most of us coming to the site for the first time fill up on corals (they are - to engage in some understatement - somewhat abundant). After a trip or two, you start being more selective in collecting particular rarer coral species, if not also begin getting a bit annoyed that the corals are cluttering up the view of other fossils. Many have been the times when I wish I had the obscure superhero power of making all the coral invisible for a short time. And, yes, it is Rick. He is a very nice and interesting guy who usually spends time chopping out the Arkona mudshale. He tells some good stories, too. I haven't seen him since summer, and I know he usually makes it out there quite often. Glad to hear he is still in fit, fighting fossil form! ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolmt Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 You are off to a good start. I went there for my first time about 32 years ago. I think I still have a box in the back of the garage of all the corals and brachs I picked up on that first trip... First time there you tend to go nuts. Now when I go I end up walking out with 3 or 4 pieces and I call it a good day...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustPlainPetrified Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 Some really nice pieces! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg.Wood Posted November 30, 2017 Author Share Posted November 30, 2017 11 hours ago, Shamalama said: Nice finds! Can you post more angles of the crinoid in pic #11? It looks like you have some arms but at the base is just a stem piece. Did you find that in the Hungry Hollow or Arkona? Heres a slightly different angle and the opposite side. I'm 90% sure it came from the HH. I think it is a small calyx at the base but its coated in some tough matrix that is hard to scrape off. Looks like Decadocrinus maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smt126 Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 Those are some great finds. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 I love your pyritized cephalopod!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamalama Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 On 11/29/2017 at 7:09 PM, Greg.Wood said: Heres a slightly different angle and the opposite side. I'm 90% sure it came from the HH. I think it is a small calyx at the base but its coated in some tough matrix that is hard to scrape off. Looks like Decadocrinus maybe? Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner. That is a nice caylx there but I can't help with ID. Rare to find them intact like that in the HH. -Dave __________________________________________________ Geologists on the whole are inconsistent drivers. When a roadcut presents itself, they tend to lurch and weave. To them, the roadcut is a portal, a fragment of a regional story, a proscenium arch that leads their imaginations into the earth and through the surrounding terrain. - John McPheeIf I'm going to drive safely, I can't do geology. - John McPheeCheck out my Blog for more fossils I've found: http://viewsofthemahantango.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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