Peat Burns Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Whelp, patience pays off. I got a new species for my Paulding list today: Basidechenella lucasensis Since this photo was taken, I've exposed all of the fossil. Most of it is there except the left librigena and left side of pygidium. I'm very happy with it, nonetheless. I'll post pics when the prep is complete. I won't post all of today's finds, but here are a couple other highlights (for me at least ): Not sure yet if this is Stropheodonta titan or Megastrophia concava, but this is a nice monster that will prep out nicely. This is a really nice horn coral, because it is large and complete from the tip of the base to the tip of the calyx. It will prep out beautifully. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peat Burns Posted July 9, 2018 Author Share Posted July 9, 2018 There are large nautiloids to be found there as indicated by this mold... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Looks like we've had a successful trip today. Nice Devonian sampling. ( that emoji is as close to a high five as I could get). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peat Burns Posted July 9, 2018 Author Share Posted July 9, 2018 1 minute ago, caldigger said: Looks like we've had a successful trip today. Nice Devonian sampling. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan 1000 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Nice Trilobite! Hope you had a good trip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peat Burns Posted July 9, 2018 Author Share Posted July 9, 2018 Just now, DanKurek said: Nice Trilobite! Hope you had a good trip Thank you. It was an absolutely beautiful trip. Not a cloud in the sky. Therapeutic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aek Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Nice, looking forward to seeing your Dechenella prepped! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 What a beautiful (and large!) brachiopod - congrats on finding that as well as the other goodies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnbuckeye Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Beautiful specimens! I must have overlooked that trilobite when I was there. At least the right person discovered it. Was that found in the more shaley rock or the harder matrix? As a side note, I have sent the quarry"s general E mail a thank you message each time I have been to Paulding and never received notice that they got it. If anyone knows who to direct my thanks to, please let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Nice finds. Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Nice finds Tony! Can't wait to see that trilo prepped! I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Looks like a good time with some nice finds. I too am looking forward to seeing the finished prepp. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peat Burns Posted July 9, 2018 Author Share Posted July 9, 2018 13 hours ago, aek said: Nice, looking forward to seeing your Dechenella prepped! Thank you, aek 10 hours ago, Monica said: What a beautiful (and large!) brachiopod - congrats on finding that as well as the other goodies! Thanks, Monica. That large brach was just sitting there for the taking. It's bathing in some KOH right now 10 hours ago, minnbuckeye said: Beautiful specimens! I must have overlooked that trilobite when I was there. At least the right person discovered it. Was that found in the more shaley rock or the harder matrix? As a side note, I have sent the quarry"s general E mail a thank you message each time I have been to Paulding and never received notice that they got it. If anyone knows who to direct my thanks to, please let me know. Thanks, Mike. It was is the softer shale. I'm wondering if that harder limestone matrix is from the Dundee (just below the Silica). Good on you for contacting the quarry with thanks. I have been wanting to do the same. I've never had a fossil site so close to where I live in all my life. Very thankful for it. 9 hours ago, Fossildude19 said: Nice finds. Thanks, Tim 9 hours ago, Darktooth said: Nice finds Tony! Can't wait to see that trilo prepped! Thanks, Dave. I'll be working more on it tonight. I'm ready to begin media abrasion. 9 minutes ago, ynot said: Looks like a good time with some nice finds. I too am looking forward to seeing the finished prepp. Thanks, Tony. I think I'm going to go all Morocco on this one and sculpt the missing genal spines 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 All the Middle Devonian 'Basidechenella' in North America are now classified as: Pseudodechenella 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peat Burns Posted July 9, 2018 Author Share Posted July 9, 2018 Just now, piranha said: All the Middle Devonian 'Basidechenella' in North America are now classified as: Pseudodechenella Darn it. I just got used to Basidechenella over Dechenella . I saw that Pseudodechenella used somewhere and wondered whether it had replaced Basidechenella... Thanks for the heads up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 14 minutes ago, Peat Burns said: Darn it. I just got used to Basidechenella over Dechenella . I saw that Pseudodechenella used somewhere and wondered whether it had replaced Basidechenella... Thanks for the heads up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonianDigger Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Nice Pseudodechenella! Jay A. Wollin Lead Fossil Educator - Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Reserve Hamburg, New York, USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peat Burns Posted July 9, 2018 Author Share Posted July 9, 2018 1 minute ago, DevonianDigger said: Nice Pseudodechenella! Thanks, Jay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Great finds. Looking forward to seeing that bug prepped no matter what you call it. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peat Burns Posted July 10, 2018 Author Share Posted July 10, 2018 4 hours ago, Ludwigia said: Great finds. Looking forward to seeing that bug prepped no matter what you call it. Thanks Ludwigia. I posted the prep photos and finished product here: I'm still planning on goin' Morocco on it and sculpting the missing parts... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 43 minutes ago, Peat Burns said: Thanks Ludwigia. I posted the prep photos and finished product here: I'm still planning on goin' Morocco on it and sculpting the missing parts... Don't forget the big trident on the head. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peat Burns Posted July 10, 2018 Author Share Posted July 10, 2018 29 minutes ago, FossilDAWG said: Don't forget the big trident on the head. Don How about something like this? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 On 7/10/2018 at 4:39 AM, Peat Burns said: How about something like this? Hmmmm. You need a lot more practice to become a true Moroccan prepper. Love the trilo, but I think you know which specimen I was drooling over. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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