Getting My Feet Wet In the Ordovician of Wisconsin and Iowa

[RCFossils]

[Kane]

45 minutes ago, Al Dente said:

Might be Hindia.

I hadn't considered that, but it does seem more likely in this case. Perhaps a close-up of the second piece near the bottom might clear this up. I am seeing what appear to be "dirty" sculptural pattern near the bottom that has a regular pattern that put me in mind of Cyclocrinites. From the Hindia I have seen in similar Ordovician strata, it would explain the effacement of features. But... I'm not sure if the pattern I'm seeing is an artifact of the camera or a feature that may be present. A closeup image of that, @RCFossils? 

[Northern Sharks]

Great stuff RC!!! Familiar, yet different to what we "used" to find around here before the last accessible quarry stopped allowing collectors. I'll also add my vote into the Hindia camp for your spheres.

 

[The Amateur Paleontologist]

Very nice haul of Ordovician material! It's almost as if you went back in time, cut out a portion of seabed and brought it back to us  A wonderful snapshot of life in the Iapetus ocean!!

-Christian

[ynot]

18 hours ago, RCFossils said:

Pretty sure they are not concretions.

They have all been nearly perfectly spherical.

Many concretions are perfect spheres. (moqui balls)

Would still like to see pictures from other angles than the one shown.

[Darktooth]

Great report and pics! You did really well with the trilobites! Congratulations! 

[stats]

Nice fossils!  Congrats!

 

Cheers,

Rich

 

[Zapsalis]

I live in Wisconsin, and I went fossil hunting near Fennimore at the Fennimore Formation last Fall with my college geology club.  I’m going to have to post photos here when I finally get around to it. 

 

Amazing finds! I never found a trilobite, so I’m EXTREMELY jealous of you! Wow!