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My finds from St. Leon, Indiana, Part 1


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It's been a few weeks since we returned from the road cut along Old Indiana 1 in St. Leon. I've attached photos of my finds. Many I've identified, but some are mysteries, and I'm hoping my friends here can help me out. Finally, I found lots of Rafinesquina, but I'll save those for another time. Also, because of size restrictions, I need to send these in batches.

 

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Don't know what this is. It's 1 mm in length.

 

 

 

 

 

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Sorry, I forgot to add something for scale. They're pentagonal in shape, so I think they're Xenocrinus baeri.

 

 

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Sorry about the resolution. This looks like a well-worn horn coral. What was unusual were the worm-like shapes on all sides. Chondrites.JPG.74c06fdbeaff904391cb8e0ea57c9961.JPG

 Are these Chondrite specimens?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Your first item looks like a cross section through a bryozoan. 

The quality of the photo is blurry, as you said, but the worm shaped things could be the beginings of beekite. 

Neat finds.  :) 

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The fist picture seems to be a tiny bryozoan.

Second, crinoid stems, but I thought Xenocrinus were tetragonal. 

Third, the coral is covered in what were probably epibionts, maybe microconchids, but would need a better picture of them.

Fourth, could be burrows, not sure. 

Nice finds. :)

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What a sweet-looking little bryozoan with a nice view of its internal structure!  Well done!

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