Nimravis Posted June 15, 2018 Author Share Posted June 15, 2018 6 hours ago, RCFossils said: I do not see any spines or legs i am pretty sure it is calamities. That is what I was afraid of, I will take you ID. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 6 hours ago, RCFossils said: I do not see any spines or legs i am pretty sure it is calamities. Gee, thanks for the bubble burst! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 15, 2018 Author Share Posted June 15, 2018 Today I grabbed a small bucket that had some odds and ends in it. Here are the finds from today- Essexella asherae Jellyfish Myalina Clam Polychaete worm Neuropteris Ferns Annularia Pecopteris Ferns Bark Calamites Bark with internodes Long Lycopod leaves ???? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 15, 2018 Author Share Posted June 15, 2018 2 minutes ago, caldigger said: Gee, thanks for the bubble burst! That's okay since if it was, it was not the greatest preservation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimTexan Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 On 6/13/2018 at 4:38 PM, Nimravis said: ADDITIONAL UPDATES: This has been identified as Reticulopteris munsteri. And this one is Mariopteris nervosa. These different species are very confusing to ID, at least for me. Very cool though. I really enjoy seeing all the variety of fossils. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimTexan Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Those are pretty cool looking. 50 minutes ago, Nimravis said: Annularia On the right half of the left side nodule, just shortly above the crack towards the bottom is what looks like a little plant. Do you know what kind? 50 minutes ago, Nimravis said: Pecopteris Ferns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 15, 2018 Author Share Posted June 15, 2018 2 hours ago, KimTexan said: the right half of the left side nodule, just shortly above the crack towards the bottom is what looks like a little plant. Do you know what kind? Kim, I am sorry, but I do not see what you are seeing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stats Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 On 6/13/2018 at 4:38 PM, Nimravis said: ADDITIONAL UPDATES: This has been identified as Reticulopteris munsteri. I have a few of these. They can be hard to distinguish between the Macroneuropteris oribicular pinnules. Or, even small Cyclopteris. Cheers, Rich 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 Enjoyed seeing the latest. Continued success! Regards, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 17, 2018 Author Share Posted June 17, 2018 Today it was 91 degrees with high humidity outside and after I did a 5 1/2 mile hike, I spent 4 hours outside opening concretions. I believe I had about a 30% success rate today, most of the concretions were duds. Here are my finds from today: Cyclus americanus - poorly preserved. Myalina clams Myalina clam in the same concretion as an Annularia. Polychaete worm Jellyfish Coprolite Alethopteris Cyclopteris 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 17, 2018 Author Share Posted June 17, 2018 Lycopod leaves I believe a Cordaites leaf or a portion of a Lepidosrobophyllum majus bract Neuropteris Pecopteris Bark Calamites stem Unknown flora and stem 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 17, 2018 Author Share Posted June 17, 2018 1 hour ago, Plantguy said: Enjoyed seeing the latest. Continued success! Regards, Chris Thanks Chris, I keep whacking away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 "That Ralph, he's such a whacky guy!" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 17, 2018 Author Share Posted June 17, 2018 Today I started with a bucket of concretions that I collected years ago from the location of the Mazon State Bank in Braidwood, Illinois (Essex biota). I believe they were building the bank at that time that I collected them. This was the worse bucket of concretions that I have gone through so far. I believe that I cracked open about 150 concretions and only found 12 fossils. Not only was this a lousy bucket, but the temperature outside along with the humidity was crazy. Coprolite Essexella asherae Jellyfish - Poor preservation. Myalina and Mazonomya Clams Lycopod leaves Neuropteris Annularia My finds from Pit 4 are in the next posts. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 Yesterday's batch had some pretty nice stuff in it. Today's, not so good, so far. It's very interesting how different locations and at different times produce different results. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 17, 2018 Author Share Posted June 17, 2018 Here are my finds from today from concretions from Pit 4 (Braidwood Biota). Here is one that you do not find very often, a fertile Pecopteris. Here is my favorite find from today- a nice size Pecopteris. It will look nice once I clean it up. Annularia Lycopod leaves A really crappy concretion that I knew before whacking it, was going to take a lot of super glue to fix. Pecopteris Other flora 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 Better! Some of those leaves are really rather nice. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 17, 2018 Author Share Posted June 17, 2018 Bark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 18, 2018 Author Share Posted June 18, 2018 Coprolite Myalina Clams Myalina and coprolite. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 19, 2018 Author Share Posted June 19, 2018 Tonight I was only able to open about 50 concretions before a storm rolled through the area. Here are pics of a few of a couple of the concretions that I opened as well as a couple of my finds. Alethopteris Annularia radiata Sphenophyllum Pecopteris Macroneuropteris Neuropteris Lycopod Leaf Stem Bark 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 More pretty plants! Must be a pain keeping all those halves together. “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 19, 2018 Author Share Posted June 19, 2018 27 minutes ago, WhodamanHD said: More pretty plants! Must be a pain keeping all those halves together. Yes, I use to mount them on a piece of cardboard using Elmers glue and then place them in drawers, now I put them back together and place them in snack size plastic bags, if they fit, and put them in a box. I would rather have them that way versus all of the unopened concretions. I thought that I would be moving through them faster, but I have hardly made a dent in what I had collected over the years. I am enjoying the process of cracking them open and see what they yield. It is unfortunate that the collecting that was available in years past is no longer there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 5 minutes ago, Nimravis said: It is unfortunate that the collecting that was available in years past is no longer there. Thus it has been, thus it will be. Happened (and still happens) in Maryland, and all over the world. Hopefully time will expose new sites. Glad you got them while the getting was good! 1 “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innocentx Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 I'm wondering how these look after you clean them up. Does the whitish substance go away? "Journey through a universe ablaze with changes" Phil Ochs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 19, 2018 Author Share Posted June 19, 2018 3 minutes ago, Innocentx said: I'm wondering how these look after you clean them up. Does the whitish substance go away? On a lot of them yes. I soak the flora pieces on vinegar and scrub it with a tooth brush. Sometimes you have to repeat it a couple of times. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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