Nimravis Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 Thursday night I check the weather report for Lawrenceburg, Indiana and saw that on Friday it was going to be in the 50's. So I did what any other Fossil Collector would do, I called the Hilton Doubletree and made a reservation for Friday night (on a side note, this is a great hotel to stay at, and it is right on the Ohio river). I let work know that I was going to be off and put together my collecting gear. 4:30 am (Friday), I was on the road to Southern Indiana for a little Ordovician collecting. 5 hours and about 350 miles later, I was collecting in Lawrenceburg. The standard stuff was found, bryozoan, brachiopods, trilo-bits, multiple straight cephalopods and some cool Isotelus trilobite pieces (Genal spines, Hypostome, thorax segments and really big piece - if some one can ID that piece, it would be appreciated; I'm thinking that it is a thorax segment. Pieces of Trilobites: Isotelus Trilobite- Genal Spines / Hypostome Isotelus Trilobite- Thorax Segments Isotelus Trilobite- What Part ??????? Straight Cephalopods- Brachiopods- Bryozoan- UNKOWN- 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 Looks like you had a good day. Also appears to be a great place to hunt. Nice finds! I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 Yep, nice finds. Nice brachs and unknown...I miss hunting in Indiana...thanks for the pics. Regards, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted January 28, 2018 Author Share Posted January 28, 2018 5 minutes ago, Darktooth said: Looks like you had a good day. Also appears to be a great place to hunt. Nice finds! It is- also the St. Leon roadcut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted January 28, 2018 Author Share Posted January 28, 2018 4 minutes ago, Plantguy said: Yep, nice finds. Nice brachs and unknown...I miss hunting in Indiana...thanks for the pics. Regards, Chris Thanks Chris, even though the trip is 11 hours / 700 miles round trip in 2 days, it is a lot of fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 Ya gotta love those unknowns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 The unknown reminds me of Girtyocoelia (sponge), but that's the wrong period. So, no idea... Interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 Nice plates! I particularly like the brachiopods. That last unknown, I can't see properly but is it spiral? If not could it be something like Tentaculites? Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted January 28, 2018 Author Share Posted January 28, 2018 1 hour ago, Tidgy's Dad said: Nice plates! I particularly like the brachiopods. That last unknown, I can't see properly but is it spiral? If not could it be something like Tentaculites? It does not appear to be a spiral, it more like the round beads speared at equal intervals. I does not look like other pics of Tentaculites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 Is there anything to the left of it? My first thought would be something like the nodular siphuncle of a Sactoceras sp. For comparison, image from Hessin: And the Isotelus part is likely a cheek with some base of the genal spine. Also, in your first batch of trilobite pieces pics, the pygidium showing there is likely a Flexicalymene sp. 4 ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted January 28, 2018 Author Share Posted January 28, 2018 @Kane I think you nailed it - that is exactly how “my little string of pearls” look. Thanks for id on the Isotelus part- I was happy to find such a large fragment. i figured that was a Flexi. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 We have a comparable formation up here, so a lot of these are like old friends. And, I would wager to guess that your brachiopods are Strophomena sp. I can't drill that one down any further as I'm not that savvy with these kinds of brachs. 4 ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Nice finds. Thanks for sharing the trip. 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...
Monica Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Nice finds yet again, Ralph!!! I love that lonely siphuncle, as well as the pink-ish brachiopod - thanks for sharing!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 What formations are exposed there? I stopped by a couple of years ago and found tons of bryozoans and brachiopods in the lower part, below and above the first bench. I didn't find much in the way of trilobites, just one Flexicalymene thorax+pygidium. My impression at the time was that the outcrop was perhaps a bit too fresh, and would get better with time and erosion. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted January 31, 2018 Author Share Posted January 31, 2018 17 hours ago, Monica said: Nice finds yet again, Ralph!!! I love that lonely siphuncle, as well as the pink-ish brachiopod - thanks for sharing!!! That was my favorite brachiopod- I love the color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimTexan Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 Very nice finds. Looks like a cool place to hunt. I went hunting Saturday in the NSR, but still need to clean some of mine up a bit before I post them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted January 31, 2018 Author Share Posted January 31, 2018 8 hours ago, FossilDAWG said: What formations are exposed there? I stopped by a couple of years ago and found tons of bryozoans and brachiopods in the lower part, below and above the first bench. I didn't find much in the way of trilobites, just one Flexicalymene thorax+pygidium. My impression at the time was that the outcrop was perhaps a bit too fresh, and would get better with time and erosion. Don Checking the "Fossils and Stratigraphy of the Upper Ordovician Standard in South Eastern Indiana", it shows the Bellevue, Fairmount, Mt. Hope, McMicken and Southgate. I agree, it is fresh, but it seems to get better as the time goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrguy54 Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 I agree. It's still early in the winter. More come out as the snow melts and re-freezes day after day and the rain erodes the hillside.....the typical cycle. And, for all you know someone was there a few days earlier when the temps were in the 40's. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 Here is a link to the paper "Fossils and Stratigraphy of the Upper Ordovician Standard in South Eastern Indiana" that Nimravis mentioned. It seems to be an excellent resource for anyone who collects in the area. Don 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted February 3, 2018 Author Share Posted February 3, 2018 On 1/31/2018 at 11:15 AM, FossilDAWG said: Here is a link to the paper "Fossils and Stratigraphy of the Upper Ordovician Standard in South Eastern Indiana" that Nimravis mentioned. It seems to be an excellent resource for anyone who collects in the area. Don Thanks Don, I never know to link papers. Much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 Thank you for calling my attention to that paper. It's really useful! Also some of the comments in the ID section are pretty funny, such as the one about sea stars (starfish): "It is best not to let anyone know that you found one until months later. Could lead to violence." Don 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 Very nice Ralph. Those brachs are fantastic. Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted February 4, 2018 Author Share Posted February 4, 2018 2 hours ago, sixgill pete said: Very nice Ralph. Those brachs are fantastic. Thanks Don. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 On 1/31/2018 at 5:15 PM, FossilDAWG said: Here is a link to the paper "Fossils and Stratigraphy of the Upper Ordovician Standard in South Eastern Indiana" that Nimravis mentioned. It seems to be an excellent resource for anyone who collects in the area. Don Great paper. Thanks. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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