kbaldwin0630 Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 I can't seem to figure out what the bottom row fossils are they all look like some sort of shell fragments? I'm also unsure of the two far right fossils on the bottom row as well. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 crinoid stems, gastropods,brachiopods, a coral and a bryozoan 2 "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...
ynot Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Welcome to TFF! It would help if You seperate the ones and get closer pictures with something for a scale (ruler). The ones on the left look like gastropods... what Herb said. He types faster. 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...
Herb Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 39 minutes ago, ynot said: Welcome to TFF! It would help if You seperate the ones and get closer pictures with something for a scale (ruler). The ones on the left look like gastropods... what Herb said. He types faster. I type like a rooster. Hunt and peck. 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...
DPS Ammonite Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Until we get better close-up photos and an idea of the formation that they come from here are some good guesses: Second from right bottom row: Composita sp. brachiopod. Right of Composita, Antiquatonia sp. brachiopod. Bottom row: Worthenia sp. Third from right: bryozoan. Far right: horn coral. 3 My goal is to leave no stone or fossil unturned. See my Arizona Paleontology Guide link The best single resource for Arizona paleontology anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Pharkidontis sp. is to the left of the horn coral, Lophophillidium sp. The gastropod to the left of Composita sp. looks like Platyceras sp. 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...
minnbuckeye Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 51 minutes ago, Herb said: Lophophillidium @kbaldwin0630 nice finds. I hope I can butt in here and ask Herb a question. @Herb, you must know coral identification based on your comment above. I just collected some nice coral specimens from East Central Iowa (Coralville) and thought I would try to differentiate the species of horn coral found. How do you tell Lophophillidium from Heliophyllum from Zaphrentis. After reading about the horned corals, I am still confused especially when looking at posted images. Maybe misidentification of images or me just not understanding? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 These are Pennsylvanian fossils , Lophophillidium sp. is the most common and easily ID'd genus. Heliophyllum and Zaphrentis are Devonian genus'Z. has a grove, H. has bumps on the septa. 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...
minnbuckeye Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Thks @Herb. I think some images on line are mislabeled. I can make my IDs with confidence now!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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