indyfossils Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 (edited) Nice plate from Crawfordsville, Indiana mostly crinoids of course. Edited June 11, 2013 by indyfossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indyfossils Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 And another from Crawfordsville all shells sadly I couldn't get the awesome pink purple hues to show up well in the picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sward Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 Hash plate from Denton County, TX. SWardSoutheast Missouri (formerly Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX) USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julieprice Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 Ok...I have to share...My 11 year old found this one by the neighbor's fish pond. What I LOVE about it is how on one side, it's tiny little things, and on the other it is bigger stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 Ok...I have to share...My 11 year old found this one by the neighbor's fish pond. What I LOVE about it is how on one side, it's tiny little things, and on the other it is bigger stuff. 021.JPG023.JPG Cool! That one tells a story about a changing environment; something happened in the time that sediment of that thickness (when compressed) was deposited, or else an erosional event erased intervening layers. Always the mysteries... "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julieprice Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 I will measure it after while..it is not very thick at all...like, maybe a fourth of an inch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PennyT. Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Some hash plates are tiny works of art. The detailed worlds seen through magnifying glasses is fascinating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PennyT. Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Here are more. I'm inspired by this topic, obviously! The first two are the same matrix. I was excited to find the crinoid plate. The 3rd one doesn't show how luminous the patina is on the brachiopods. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cynodictis Posted July 5, 2013 Share Posted July 5, 2013 Here's my hash plate that I found when I was about 12 years old. Some kids and I were building a dam and while we were moving some of the big rocks in our creek I found this one. I actually put it in a tree and was using it as a shelf next to one of our picnic tables for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 (edited) Hickory Creek Shale, Pennsylvanian Wilson County, Kansas This includes mollusks (gastropods, pelecypods, scaphopods), a few brachiopods, bryozoans and ostracods. Edited September 17, 2013 by Missourian Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squalicorax Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Thats a wicked cool plate missourian. Nice to see complete specimens all glued together in a rock. My Flickr Page of My Collection: http://www.flickr.com/photos/79424101@N00/sets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rejd Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 I found this hash plate last summer. I can't figure out what formation or time period it is from. It was found on Abraham mountain which is along the David-Thompson hwy near Nordeg Alberta. A fossil hunter needs sharp eyes and a keen search image, a mental template that subconsciously evaluates everything he sees in his search for telltale clues. -Richard E. Leakey http://prehistoricalberta.lefora.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Any Devonian around there? "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Thats a wicked cool plate missourian. Nice to see complete specimens all glued together in a rock. The 'presentation' of the fossils in the smooth matrix was striking when I spotted it. The usually rare scaphopods were a bonus. I wish I'd collected more. Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramo Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Can't believe I've missed this thread. Tons of cool stuff here. Thought I'd add some stuff from Central Kansas. The first is my favorite Lincoln Limestone with lots of fish and shark teeth, coprolites, and even a bone. The second is from the Kiowa Shale. Some of it is pyritized, and shines like it's made of silver. Ramo For one species to mourn the death of another is a new thing under the sun. -Aldo Leopold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgehiker Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 (edited) What a great thread. So much neat stuff to go back and look at. This specimen is a somewhat unique. It's the only time I found a solid layer where brachiopods make up all the sediment....the way bivalves can. This specimen is about 3 cm thick of layered brachs with a view of both sides of the piece. Devonian...mostly Spinatrypa with a few other brach species and epifauna. Edited September 17, 2013 by Ridgehiker 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 The examples posted here are all nice, but Northstar, that brach slab is spectacular. Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rejd Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Any Devonian around there? I beleive there is. Trying to figure out how to find out. A fossil hunter needs sharp eyes and a keen search image, a mental template that subconsciously evaluates everything he sees in his search for telltale clues. -Richard E. Leakey http://prehistoricalberta.lefora.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PennyT. Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Beautiful, everyone! Keep those pictures comin'......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 What a great thread. So much neat stuff to go back and look at. This specimen is a somewhat unique. It's the only time I found a solid layer where brachiopods make up all the sediment....the way bivalves can. This specimen is about 3 cm thick of layered brachs with a view of both sides of the piece. Devonian...mostly Spinatrypa with a few other brach species and epifauna. Gorgeous and extremely well-preserved! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymig Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Any Devonian around there? Heres a few from the Middle Devonian of NY. Mikey Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. led zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
painshill Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 (edited) Here’s a few: From the Silurian Wenlock series in Dudley, England. It has Brachiopods (Strophomena, Amphistrophia, Howellella elegans, Sphaerynchia, Atrypa), Coral, Bryozoa & Polyzoa, and Crinoid debris: A section through a chunk of the Rhaetic bone bed at Aust near Bristol, England. The beds are full of Triassic fish and reptile remains, including some large bones, together with coprolites: From the Lower Jurassic Black Ven Limestone at Charmouth, England. Arnioceras semicostatum I think - some pyritised and some calcite-replaced: This one came out of a Victorian collection without any label. Various crinoidal debris, including Isocrinus and a whole bunch of tiny fish bones. There are a number of places it could be from (in the UK). Anyone recognise the assortment as being characteristic of a particular location?: Edited September 18, 2013 by painshill Roger I keep six honest serving-men (they taught me all I knew);Their names are What and Why and When and How and Where and Who [Rudyard Kipling] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rejd Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 Auspex, on 17 Sept 2013 - 11:09 AM, said:Any Devonian around there? so it seems this is from the Banff formation so yes, Devonian. Thanks norhtstar for pointing this out to me. A fossil hunter needs sharp eyes and a keen search image, a mental template that subconsciously evaluates everything he sees in his search for telltale clues. -Richard E. Leakey http://prehistoricalberta.lefora.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PennyT. Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 mikey, those are like jewelry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 Nice! Keep 'em coming.... Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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