Nimravis Posted June 21, 2020 Author Share Posted June 21, 2020 On 6/21/2020 at 6:01 PM, Monica said: These ones are beautiful, Ralph: Great finds! Thanks Monica, I really like that Neuropteris and it is odd that one that portion was fossilized. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stats Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 Because I generally freeze/thaw and everything is wet, when partials this open, my heart stops because I think it might be an insect wing... oh, well, someday! Great specimens, Ralph! Nice to see you back! Made it out to Pit 11 4 times (3 weeks running), but the heat and ticks chased me off for a while... Cheers, Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 This Lepidostrobophyllum is cool. It looks like birds. 5 Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigred97 Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 Thanks for sharing, @Nimravis! Some really beautiful specimens. I always get excited by the bigger concretions I find, although almost always they are duds. But I've never found one as big as some of the ones you showed - wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 22, 2020 Author Share Posted June 22, 2020 On 6/22/2020 at 12:12 PM, bigred97 said: Thanks for sharing, @Nimravis! Some really beautiful specimens. I always get excited by the bigger concretions I find, although almost always they are duds. But I've never found one as big as some of the ones you showed - wow! Thanks- some contain some nice things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deutscheben Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 So good to see you back at it! Those Lepidostrobophyllum are really great, and I like the bivalves too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 23, 2020 Author Share Posted June 23, 2020 3 hours ago, deutscheben said: So good to see you back at it! Those Lepidostrobophyllum are really great, and I like the bivalves too. Thanks much- I am going to try to get to more today or tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 25, 2020 Author Share Posted June 25, 2020 Today I had a little time to go through part of a bucket that had a couple nice pieces. Below are some of my finds- a couple of these were already split and must have been that way when i placed them in the bucket over 20 years ago. Coprolite- Various species of Neuropteris- Pecopteris- Alethopteri or Pecopteris? Odontopteris- Calamostachys sp. Annularia- Myalinella meeki- I know it looks like a cephalopod, by I believe that it is a (Fiddlehead) Spiropteris sp.- @fiddlehead Jack what do you say for the below 3 items, and if you want, what did I mis-identify above? Thanks Aphlebia ?- ????? 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 Well, some very nice and interesting pieces in this batch. I like the Calamostachys best. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 25, 2020 Author Share Posted June 25, 2020 5 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said: Well, some very nice and interesting pieces in this batch. I like the Calamostachys best. Thanks Adam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 Brilliant you back whacking them. I enjoyed catching up on this thread and I also liked the Lepidodendron leaf scar, pretty cool. cheers Bobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 25, 2020 Author Share Posted June 25, 2020 51 minutes ago, Bobby Rico said: Brilliant you back whacking them. I enjoyed catching up on this thread and I also liked the Lepidodendron leaf scar, pretty cool. cheers Bobby Thanks Bobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 Hey Ralph! I think this is my favourite of your latest bunch: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stats Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 10 hours ago, Nimravis said: Various species of Neuropteris- Alethopteri or Pecopteris? Odontopteris- Love the terminal pinnule on the Neuropteris flexuosa and the Odontopteris! Pretty sure the one in the middle above is Crenulopteris acadica. Cheers, Rich 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deutscheben Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 There are some unusual and attractive ones in that bunch, nice! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruger9a Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 4 hours ago, Monica said: Hey Ralph! I think this is my favourite of your latest bunch: Mine too........... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Kahler Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 Awesome pictures guys and thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 On 6/24/2020 at 8:23 PM, Nimravis said: Is this one ribbed by chance? Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 5 hours ago, GeschWhat said: Is this one ribbed by chance? Not Calamites, if that's what you're thinking. I'm leaning towards Aphlebia. 1 Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted July 1, 2020 Author Share Posted July 1, 2020 I took some time on this 90 degree very humid day to whack open a few concretions, nothing special was found today, but I will start with a couple that I liked. A nice little piece of Calamites bark with an internode. A couple cute little Pecopteris. Annularia- And a nice double Myalinella meeki. Here are some of the other things that opened up. The most numerous was Myalinella meeki. Bark / misc. flora- Pecopteris- Annularia- Lycopod Leaf- This piece did not crack very well and looks like a possible pyritized Cuclus americanus. As usual, I have some nicely shaped concretions that I decide to take a hammer too rather than putting them off to the side to freeze and thaw, and many times the hammer spits them perfectly and they are void of anything. This piece had the look of a possible partial Tully Monster, but that was not the case. That's all for today. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phevo Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 Those blancs look pretty nice despite being empty, that small pecopteris is really nice How do you display all these fossils? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted July 1, 2020 Author Share Posted July 1, 2020 6 minutes ago, Phevo said: How do you display all these fossils? I don’t, 95% of my Mazon Creek fossils are in drawers, cabinets or boxes. I only have a small amount out due to the fact that I have a lot of other fossils displayed. I should have stuck to collecting one type of fossil, but as time goes on, my likes have changed and now I really like trackways more that I did in the past. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 I have gained a bigger appreciation of Mazon Creek material by looking though this thread. Only having a very small but nice collection of Mazon Creek nodules. I feel lucky to have my collection but I could not gauge the rarity of the pieces I own . This thread shows both the rarities and the skill and luck of the split . I wonder if it would be interesting to look at the statistics over a number of nodules to see how many and how much you find of each specimen . Great thread and as they say keep calm and carry on waking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted July 2, 2020 Author Share Posted July 2, 2020 1 hour ago, Bobby Rico said: I wonder if it would be interesting to look at the statistics over a number of nodules to see how many and how much you find of each specimen . Something like this was done many years ago, maybe one of the other Mazon Creek collectors has that info. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 I like the different colours of the lycopod leaves - very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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