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Very productive brachiopod hunt on Kentucky 17 and Northern Kentucky


Fossil Claw

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and a productive trip off on Kentucky 17 in Northern Kentucky any location that exposes the McMillan formation.

 

Fossils fossils in this ordovician exposure are about 445 million years old

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Lovely! 

Mainly Platystrophia ponderosa, but some nice others, too.

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Wow! Congrats on the successful hunt. Very nice brachiopods. it's very unusual for me to see their dark color!

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7 hours ago, Wrangellian said:

Wow..

Do you know the names of the species you've got there?

 

Vinlandostrophia cypha

Vinlandostrophia ponderosa

Hebertella sp.

Zygospira sp. 

Rafinesquina ponderosa

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Good! You might put labels in your pics to provide people with a little ID guide if they should collect from that location too...

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This was a nice haul for you.Were your finds loose as pictured or did you,have to remove them from some matrix material? 

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2 hours ago, ober said:

This was a nice haul for you.Were your finds loose as pictured or did you,have to remove them from some matrix material? 

Loose.

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Good stuff! That Rafinesquina with the inarticulate brachs attached is always a bonus.  I would suggest that you may have more than one species of Vinlandostrophia (formerly Platystrophia...)  V. ponderosa and another smaller type with sharper folds.  Check out the Drydredgers web site for identification help.

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4 hours ago, erose said:

Good stuff! That Rafinesquina with the inarticulate brachs attached is always a bonus.  I would suggest that you may have more than one species of Vinlandostrophia (formerly Platystrophia...)  V. ponderosa and another smaller type with sharper folds.  Check out the Drydredgers web site for identification help.

I have the Cincinnati fossil book from the dried red rose I just haven't had a chance to look them up.

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15 hours ago, erose said:

Good stuff! That Rafinesquina with the inarticulate brachs attached is always a bonus.  I would suggest that you may have more than one species of Vinlandostrophia (formerly Platystrophia...)  V. ponderosa and another smaller type with sharper folds.  Check out the Drydredgers web site for identification help.

 

10 hours ago, Fossil Claw said:

I have the Cincinnati fossil book from the dried red rose I just haven't had a chance to look them up.

Cool finds. I miss wandering around Kentucky. If you get the chance to take more photos I'd like to see a closeup of the Rafinesquina with the brach attachments that erose pointed out. Pretty neat! 

Regards, Chris 

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