Sometimes You Have To Whack It !!

[Nimravis]

18 minutes ago, Mark Kmiecik said:

 

I don't see a shrimp here, but I also don't see a Myalinella. I think it's a Mazononmya, an Edmondia, or perhaps even a Schizodus.

I will take a closer look, but I don’t see Mazonomya. I will try to clean it up a bit. I do quick on the spot IDs after splitting them, so I see myself misidentifying things or not seeing things sometimes.

[Nimravis]

@Mark Kmiecik I cleaned it up and I still feel it is a Myalinella meeki.  As an FYI, this concretion is not split perfectly in half, so the pic looks a little different than in person.

 

 

 

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1 hour ago, Mark Kmiecik said:

 

I don't see a shrimp here, but I also don't see a Myalinella. I think it's a Mazononmya, an Edmondia, or perhaps even a Schizodus.

I'll take you word for it... my view is flat.  You can see 3-D.

 

Cheers,

Rich

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51 minutes ago, Nimravis said:

@Mark Kmiecik I cleaned it up and I still feel it is a Myalinella meeki.  As an FYI, this concretion is not split perfectly in half, so the pic looks a little different than in person.

 

 

 

Ah, yes. It's clear now.

 

Cheers,

Rich

 

[Mark Kmiecik]

I'm not convinced. Aren't these the general aspects of Myalinella versus other Mazon Creek species?

 

     

 

Edited July 8, 2022 by Mark Kmiecik
added info

[Nimravis]

1 minute ago, Mark Kmiecik said:

I'm not convinced. Aren't these the general aspects of Myalinella versus other species?

 

     

 

 

I know, I think it is how the fossil is sitting in this concretion.

[Mark Kmiecik]

@Nimravis One of those that presents better in person than in photos, I guess?

[Nimravis]

35 minutes ago, Mark Kmiecik said:

@Nimravis One of those that presents better in person than in photos, I guess?

Yes because the right side of that concretion slants downward at about an 80 degree angle.

[Bobby Rico]

Hi Ralph  . Just had an enjoyable hour catching up on your thread, cheers my friend. A lot of great and rare stuff been uncovered. I think Annularia picturesd is real nice in its competition, nice patterned bark too  and of course the little Octomedusa pieckorum. Is special too. Keep whacking  them and have a good weekend Bobby 

[Nimravis]

3 hours ago, Bobby Rico said:

Hi Ralph  . Just had an enjoyable hour catching up on your thread, cheers my friend. A lot of great and rare stuff been uncovered. I think Annularia picturesd is real nice in its competition, nice patterned bark too  and of course the little Octomedusa pieckorum. Is special too. Keep whacking  them and have a good weekend Bobby 

Thanks Bobby, I still have a lot to go.

[Nimravis]

Today I decided that I needed a break from going through the collection that I just purchased and get back to whacking open concretions.

 

Here are my finds-

 

Annularia-

 

 

Taeniophyllum latifolium-

I really like it when I find nice examples, like this one.

 

 

 

Close up pictures-

 

 

 

 

 

This looks like a basal leaf of a Neuropteris.

 

 

I do not know what this piece on the concretion is, but took a close up. Any ideas?

 

 

 

 

Alethopteris-

 

 

Lepidodendron leaf scars.

 

 

Misc. plant material-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Meganeura]

5 minutes ago, Nimravis said:

 

Awesome finds as always! Could this be a fish scale?

[Nimravis]

5 minutes ago, Meganeura said:

Awesome finds as always! Could this be a fish scale?

I don’t know Daniel, it is really small and a shape that I have not seen on any of the other scales that I have opened.

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Seems like something faunal... looks similar to the texture associated with sea cucumbers and leeches.

 

Cheers,

Rich

 

[Nimravis]

I know and is is really small.

[Mark Kmiecik]

On 7/17/2022 at 2:48 PM, Nimravis said:

I know and is is really small.

 

It has the general shape of a coelacanth scale. Juvenile?

[Nimravis]

1 hour ago, Mark Kmiecik said:

 

It has the general shape of a coelacanth scale. Juvenile?

Here are some more pics-

 

 

 

[connorp]

Not sure what that is, but it doesn’t look like a fish scale to me.

[Runner64]

8 minutes ago, Nimravis said:

Here are some more pics-

 

 

 

Achistrum sea cucumber?

[Nimravis]

1 hour ago, Runner64 said:

Achistrum sea cucumber?

Don’t think so, it is about 1 cm in size.

[Mark Kmiecik]

Is there a slight ridge all around the edge?

[Nimravis]

13 hours ago, Mark Kmiecik said:

Is there a slight ridge all around the edge?

It seems that way- 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Must be strange going back to your own stuff after the incredible collection, but fun and rewarding too? 

That Taeniophyllum is lovely and the 'fish scale' intriguing. 

[Nimravis]

34 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

Must be strange going back to your own stuff after the incredible collection, but fun and rewarding too? 

That Taeniophyllum is lovely and the 'fish scale' intriguing. 

Yes Adam, I still have a lot of concretions that want to whack open and I have to get moving on that.

[deutscheben]

That's an interesting one for sure. It seems like there might be some informative details under high magnification (the little round bits inside it), but I can't say I know what it is!