minnbuckeye Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 My fossil fascination began about 4 years ago, so I may be a little further along the learning curve than a few of our members. Let me offer this sound advise to all newbies to fossil hunting/ collecting. LABEL your finds with as much detail as one can. I guarantee your memory will NOT be good enough 4 years later and you will end up suffering some of the frustrations that I have experienced with some of my finds. Here are a few items that I am asking identification on simply because I did not label. They were in a very small box and my only written words about them was "tiny fossils". I can not even think of where I collected these at or whether they were gifted to me. I am suspicious that it was Ordovician rock though. So with your help and the confidence I have in our Forum members, I expect the genus, species, and exact road cut that I found these at can be given by 5 pm tonight. Kidding aside, any tidbit of advice is truly appreciated. Mike P.S. For you newbies, ALWAYS include size when posting items for ID, something I always forget. These items are about dime size. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 I'm not sure what the item at the top is, but the 2 at the bottom appear to be crinoid Calyx bases. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 You might check into Carabocrinus calyx plates (not bases) for the bottom two fossils. Carabocrinus is an Ordovician genus, known from a lot of formations including the Maquoketa. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Doesn't look like you're going to get them down to location or even formation! Hope you do though. Can you give a list of all the areas you have collected in? Someone might be able to put the peg in the right hole for you then. I agree with the advice.. Wish I had learned that lesson earlier (and I wish all the people I have acquired fossils from had learned it too)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Hi, Heuu.... What is the size of a dime ? Foreigners don't know ! Size of fossils is better Coco 3 ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnbuckeye Posted January 19, 2018 Author Share Posted January 19, 2018 @Ludwigia, @Wrangellian, @FossilDAWG, thanks for the information. Carbocrinus images do indeed match my specimens. In my early collecting, I had a few sites in Fillmore and Goodhue Counties of Minnesota that were in the Platteville/ Decorah shale and provided many loose specimens from brachiopods to crinoids to bryozoa. My suspicions are that the road cut at Wangs, Goodhue County is the likely location. Now for the last ID. It is full of little pores so I thought sponge/ bryozoan but it is very symmetrical. Open to suggestions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnbuckeye Posted January 19, 2018 Author Share Posted January 19, 2018 @Coco, you are correct in putting me on the spot regarding a dime's size. It is not the best to use for size indication. I should get a hold of the cubes everyone uses. here is the answer to your question. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 I should use one of the 1800's large cents just to throw you off. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 1 hour ago, FossilDAWG said: including the Maquoketa. Wasn't that a fad dance in the 90's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Let's do the Time Warp, again? Wait, maybe that was in the 70's. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 looks like 2 crinoid plates and a bryozoa to me 1 "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...
Ludwigia Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 7 hours ago, FossilDAWG said: calyx plates (not bases) Sorry. I translated that directly out of the German. I learned all of my terms originally in that language. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 6 hours ago, caldigger said: I should use one of the 1800's large cents just to throw you off. You mean you want to throw him off the cent? 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westcoast Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 31 minutes ago, Ludwigia said: You mean you want to throw him off the cent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 11 hours ago, westcoast said: Good one Ludwigia "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...
Ludwigia Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 2 hours ago, Herb said: Good one Ludwigia Glad to see you can take the pun-ishment, Herb. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeargleSchmeargl Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 34 minutes ago, Ludwigia said: Glad to see you can take the pun-ishment, Herb. You're sans the skeleton, aren't you? Every single fossil you see is a miracle set in stone, and should be treated as such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Can we see the Y-shaped one from the ends, please. It looks bryozoan, but it may be a sponge. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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