Nimravis Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Well this is really going to be a picture heavy, ID lacking, report on various areas that I visited on the way down and back from Sanibel Island, Florida.I just don't have the time to flesh this report out, but I wanted to show some of the "smalls" that I collected. When it comes to the shells from Florida, the pics are only a representative view of some of the different species that I collected, and I collected a lot. To be honest with you, I am finding the collecting of fossil shells more fun that any other fossils that I collect. My first stop, was one that I posted earlier, but will show the pic of my finds. Hogtown Creek- Gainesville, Florida Peace River- Arcadia, Florida Shell Pit Fill- Fort Meyers, Florida Area 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Nimravis Posted May 2, 2018 Author Share Posted May 2, 2018 Murray County Georgia- I stopped here to collect trilobites, but due the the amount of rain that GA has had, the Conasauga River was too high for me to get to the area that I was looking to collect- I will get it next time. Lawrenceburg, Indiana 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 WOW! ! ! You did have a productive trip even without the Conasauga stuff. I love the 'heteromorph' turitella like gastropods , and the shells bored by Natica ? and the brachiopods, of course. Oh and the Escharopora ! You take wonderful photos and lay the specimens out so nicely they look even better. The little cowries are so sweet! Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted May 2, 2018 Author Share Posted May 2, 2018 On 5/1/2018 at 9:36 PM, Tidgy's Dad said: WOW! ! ! You did have a productive trip even without the Conasauga stuff. I love the 'heteromorph' turitella like gastropods , and the shells bored by Natica ? and the brachiopods, of course. Oh and the Escharopora ! You take wonderful photos and lay the specimens out so nicely they look even better. The little cowries are so sweet! Thanks Adam- it was a real pain taking those pics today, I'm just glad it is done. Now I need to find time to separate everything. It will take a long time with all of the shells that I collected in Florida. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 On 5/1/2018 at 10:09 PM, Nimravis said: Thanks Adam- it was a real pain taking those pics today, I'm just glad it is done. Now I need to find time to separate everything. It will take a long time with all of the shells that I collected in Florida. I love that sort of fiddling! But not the taking photos, though, i'm with you there, it annoys me. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Amazing amount of fossils! The diversity is outstanding! Someone has been busy and has much to show for it! 1 I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalmayshun Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 So glad you joined us. I wish we had connected, as i just live off island, show my artwork in a gallery on Sanibel, and Collect on the peace and caloosahatchee rivers. So glad you were able to collect a nice, sort of standard set of pleistocene shells, and the teeth are great. Welcome to Florida. My favorites are the indiana hashplates... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted May 2, 2018 Author Share Posted May 2, 2018 9 minutes ago, dalmayshun said: So glad you joined us. I wish we had connected, as i just live off island, show my artwork in a gallery on Sanibel, and Collect on the peace and caloosahatchee rivers. So glad you were able to collect a nice, sort of standard set of pleistocene shells, and the teeth are great. Welcome to Florida. My favorites are the indiana hashplates... Thanks, I also like hash plates and have many. But that is why with this trip, I was only looking for small things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimTexan Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 That’s a lot of stuff! Nice finds. I especially love that large orthoceras. Were you able to extract that or at least the block it was in? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted May 2, 2018 Author Share Posted May 2, 2018 1 hour ago, KimTexan said: That’s a lot of stuff! Nice finds. I especially love that large orthoceras. Were you able to extract that or at least the block it was in? Good eye Kim- someone beat me too it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peat Burns Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 4 hours ago, Nimravis said: Ralph, where did you find this one? This is a freshwater Helisoma / Planorbella. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted May 2, 2018 Author Share Posted May 2, 2018 1 hour ago, Peat Burns said: Ralph, where did you find this one? This is a freshwater Helisoma / Planorbella. Same “fill” as the rest.The book that I had did ID it as freshwater and that sometimes they Ended up with the other shells. I think they still called it “common”, but I could be mistaken. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Wow, Ralph - you've been busy!!! You've collected a fantastic assortment of fossils - I am most definitely By the way - the hash plate with the two bivalves on it from Indiana - those bivalves kind of look like the Ambonychia radiata that I find in my area - are those rocks Ordovician in age? Thanks for sharing! Monica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted May 2, 2018 Author Share Posted May 2, 2018 7 hours ago, Monica said: Wow, Ralph - you've been busy!!! You've collected a fantastic assortment of fossils - I am most definitely By the way - the hash plate with the two bivalves on it from Indiana - those bivalves kind of look like the Ambonychia radiata that I find in my area - are those rocks Ordovician in age? Thanks for sharing! Monica Monica- Yes, Ordovician and I believe you are correct. I grabbed that plate because of all of the various Trilo-Bits that are on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Wow, that is quite a respectable haul. I'm sure @MikeR can help you out with all the shells, and the formation from which they likely came. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted May 2, 2018 Author Share Posted May 2, 2018 4 hours ago, FossilDAWG said: Wow, that is quite a respectable haul. I'm sure @MikeR can help you out with all the shells, and the formation from which they likely came. Don Don, I'm good with the ID's, I just did not have time to put them together, as I had to get back to work. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 Wow! Someone's been busy! Nice trip report and great photography. Cheers. -Ken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 Yep, you have quite the pile to go thru-congrats!. Reminds me I still havent got my Florida stuff done...ugh... Regards, Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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