Archie Posted December 20, 2018 Author Share Posted December 20, 2018 A well preserved little gastropod, possibly Borestus sp? 12mm. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Posted December 20, 2018 Author Share Posted December 20, 2018 A couple of rare articulated trilobites from one of the few Carboniferous localities in Scotland they can be found, Clatteringwell quarry in Perth and Kinross. Both are Paladin mucronatus mucronatus. The first is 15mm long, the second 13mm. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Posted December 20, 2018 Author Share Posted December 20, 2018 A little crinoid calyx Im not sure of the identity of, 14mm across. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 Just adore these invertebrates. Very special. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Posted December 21, 2018 Author Share Posted December 21, 2018 Thank you glad you like them! The weather is still awful glum here but as soon as the sun is shining I'll get pics of a lot more, I might as well post all the invertebrates from this bed on this thread to add a bit of context to the teeth! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Lovely finds, Sam. Stepping out on the vertebrates are you? Cheeky fella! 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...
Tidgy's Dad Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 22 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said: Lovely finds, Sam. Stepping out on the vertebrates are you? Cheeky fella! Coming to his senses! 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Posted December 21, 2018 Author Share Posted December 21, 2018 Oh no gentlemen nothing of the kind! All byproducts of tooth hunting, honest! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Nice either way. 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...
Monica Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Wow - those inverts are unbelievable!!! AND you get to find them alongside all of those cool teeth? I'm Thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Posted December 21, 2018 Author Share Posted December 21, 2018 13 hours ago, ynot said: Nice either way. Thanks Tony! 8 hours ago, Monica said: Wow - those inverts are unbelievable!!! AND you get to find them alongside all of those cool teeth? I'm Thanks for sharing! Thanks glad you like them! I'm very lucky in the amount of great Carboniferous sites right on my doorstep! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Posted December 21, 2018 Author Share Posted December 21, 2018 Talking of which I've been meaning to post this complete fish I found a few months ago in an old quarry in my hometown that exposes a freshwater formation, the Burdiehouse Limestone. This bed is only slightly older than the marine Blackhall Limestone and still within the Visean. Still waiting on a positive ID from contacts at the museum but most likely an Elonichthys sp., probably E. robisoni. Fish is 14cm long. A friend and I must have split through over a hundred blocks of limestone and shale each before this finally popped out, found some nice plants and coprolites along the way though! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimB88 Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Wow! Awesome stuff! I love finding conularids! My last trip to a Lower Carb road cut yielded several partials from the same boulder (but no teeth!) I was happy nonetheless. Ive found similair crinoid cups, i believe they are from Platycrinites , here is mine.. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Posted January 1, 2019 Author Share Posted January 1, 2019 3 hours ago, JimB88 said: Wow! Awesome stuff! I love finding conularids! My last trip to a Lower Carb road cut yielded several partials from the same boulder (but no teeth!) I was happy nonetheless. Ive found similair crinoid cups, i believe they are from Platycrinites , here is mine.. Thanks Jim! I'd certainly be happy with that too! Those cups are awesome! They definitely look very similar to mine, I really like that beautiful surface texture that's still preserved on yours! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 On 12/21/2018 at 2:08 PM, Archie said: Talking of which I've been meaning to post this complete fish I found a few months ago in an old quarry in my hometown that exposes a freshwater formation, the Burdiehouse Limestone. This bed is only slightly older than the marine Blackhall Limestone and still within the Visean. Still waiting on a positive ID from contacts at the museum but most likely an Elonichthys sp., probably E. robisoni. Fish is 14cm long. A friend and I must have split through over a hundred blocks of limestone and shale each before this finally popped out, found some nice plants and coprolites along the way though! Awesome find, Sam! Please give us an update when you get a more firm ID. 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...
Fossildude19 Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 3 hours ago, JimB88 said: Wow! Awesome stuff! I love finding conularids! My last trip to a Lower Carb road cut yielded several partials from the same boulder (but no teeth!) I was happy nonetheless. Ive found similair crinoid cups, i believe they are from Platycrinites , here is mine.. Welcome back, stranger! Great finds, Jim! Glad you got out. 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...
Archie Posted January 3, 2019 Author Share Posted January 3, 2019 On 1/1/2019 at 10:38 PM, Fossildude19 said: Awesome find, Sam! Please give us an update when you get a more firm ID. Thanks Tim! I will do, actually just found a couple more that I think are the same genus in the last couple of weeks I'll post shortly! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Posted January 27, 2019 Author Share Posted January 27, 2019 Just found another nice fish from this bed in an old quarry on my local golf course Probably another E. robisoni, unfortunately the fish never split out well from this limestone and it will need glued back to its counterpart and reverse prepped but I'm still really pleased with it! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Posted January 27, 2019 Author Share Posted January 27, 2019 Also had more more luck on the Conulariid front over the last few weeks of hunting I've picked up a couple more specimens from a couple of Blackhall Limestone exposures, the first is my most complete yet so I'm really chuffed with it! At the site I found this one the Blackhall limestone is underlain by a dolerite sill that has baked and recrystalized the limestone. The second is in pretty bad shape but is by far the biggest Ive found at 27mm across and also 3D! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Posted January 27, 2019 Author Share Posted January 27, 2019 Found some more interesting teeth lately but these still need a lot of prep, just finished a nice large Cochliodus contortus tooth plate (21mm) and a Petalorynchus sp. crown minus the root (10mm) though from the big block I found a few months back, now theres one last nice big Petalodus to prep from that block and then its all small and partial teeth, its been such a good block though I live in hope of finding another like it!! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Nice fish and I love those conulariids. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Posted January 27, 2019 Author Share Posted January 27, 2019 3 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said: Nice fish and I love those conulariids. Thank you! I'm fast falling in love with Conulariids! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Posted January 27, 2019 Author Share Posted January 27, 2019 A friend has also identified this crinoid cup to the genus for me, its a Poteriocrinites sp. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Hey Sam! Great little fish there! I think it should be oriented this way, though, due to the tail end scales - they should go further up on the upper caudal lobe. 2 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...
Archie Posted January 27, 2019 Author Share Posted January 27, 2019 48 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said: Hey Sam! Great little fish there! I think it should be oriented this way, though, due to the tail end scales - they should go further up on the upper caudal lobe. Thanks Tim! I think your right! I was thinking the two fins at the bottom of the pic (the way you've oriented it) are the pectoral and anal and the fin at the top the dorsal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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