Fossil Claw Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 Fossil hunt at St Leon Indiana today. One inch square for scale. 8 Flexicalymene. One so small I can't even believe I saw it. Some mini brachiopods, some small horn coral and some gastropods. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizmo Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 Very nice finds, congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 Nice finds, I can never find a Trilobite when I go, I think I need to get lower to the ground Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Tahan Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 I love those flexi’s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 Good yield! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 More adorable Ordovician goodies! Congrats on the great finds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manticocerasman Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 what a beautiful and diversified fauna great finds growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 Some small bugs and brachs are minuscule!... Ya must have been pretty close to the ground as Nim suggests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil Claw Posted April 8, 2019 Author Share Posted April 8, 2019 6 hours ago, Nimravis said: Nice finds, I can never find a Trilobite when I go, I think I need to get lower to the ground Let me know next time you going to go I can show you exactly where they're at. I typically find 6 to 12 every time I go. You literally have to get on your hands and knees with your face and a half or so from the ground and crawl to find them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil Claw Posted April 8, 2019 Author Share Posted April 8, 2019 5 minutes ago, Wrangellian said: Some small bugs and brachs are minuscule!... Ya must have been pretty close to the ground as Nim suggests. Hands and knees like playing horse rides with a kid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 That site is amazing, it always gives up something interesting! Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 Great find! Some of those brachiopods are gorgeous. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebluecatapilla Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 Beautiful finds! I really love the Brachs and the rugs coral. Preservation is beautiful. Hopefully I can make it out to Indiana sometime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erose Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 Since the cut exposes almost the entire Richmond "group" and includes a variety of different paleo environments you can come away with a huge variety of fossils. The trick is knowing what layers to explore and concentrate on. The blue shale butter layers are where those little bugs come from. But go up near the top into the Upper Whitewater/Saluda and you will find colonial corals along with the rugose varieties as well as a variety of cephalopods. The upper middle Liberty layers have an amazing variety of brachiopods and bryozoans AND can produce other rare trilobites. Then at the very bottom in the Arnheim the unusual brachiopod Retrorsirostra shows up. I have spent most of my limited trips there in those blue shales. Along with the little Flexicalymenes I have found a few small Isotelus rollers and crinoid crowns. I REALLY REALLY need to get back there....Dang you all I'm getting Cinci fever bad! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil Claw Posted April 10, 2019 Author Share Posted April 10, 2019 37 minutes ago, erose said: Since the cut exposes almost the entire Richmond "group" and includes a variety of different paleo environments you can come away with a huge variety of fossils. The trick is knowing what layers to explore and concentrate on. The blue shale butter layers are where those little bugs come from. But go up near the top into the Upper Whitewater/Saluda and you will find colonial corals along with the rugose varieties as well as a variety of cephalopods. The upper middle Liberty layers have an amazing variety of brachiopods and bryozoans AND can produce other rare trilobites. Then at the very bottom in the Arnheim the unusual brachiopod Retrorsirostra shows up. I have spent most of my limited trips there in those blue shales. Along with the little Flexicalymenes I have found a few small Isotelus rollers and crinoid crowns. I REALLY REALLY need to get back there....Dang you all I'm getting Cinci fever bad! Let me know if you plan a trip. We can go together. I have never explored the upper layers since I love the little bugs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeargleSchmeargl Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 10/10 would prep those rollers (if I had the experience). Awesome selection! Every single fossil you see is a miracle set in stone, and should be treated as such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil Claw Posted April 11, 2019 Author Share Posted April 11, 2019 7 hours ago, MeargleSchmeargl said: 10/10 would prep those rollers (if I had the experience). Awesome selection! 10/10? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeargleSchmeargl Posted April 12, 2019 Share Posted April 12, 2019 On 4/10/2019 at 9:58 PM, Fossil Claw said: 10/10? Definitely would prep those rollers. Every single fossil you see is a miracle set in stone, and should be treated as such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil Claw Posted April 12, 2019 Author Share Posted April 12, 2019 52 minutes ago, MeargleSchmeargl said: Definitely would prep those rollers. I have around 45 to 50 St Leon rollers. Not counting the aditional 20 or so I have traded, given it away or put in options to support the form. So really no big deal if I mess a couple up practicing air abraiding them. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 I stopped by St. Leon last Thursday on my way from Ontario (via Paulding) back to Georgia. I found 5 nice Flexicalymene rollers, all by crawling the Liberty horizon. Loaded up on some nice brachiopods as well, just because I can't resist a nice perfect brachiopod completely free from the matrix. I had hoped to get some time in the other formations but once again I spent so much time in the Liberty I barely got to look below that, and had no time to go up higher in the section. Next time, maybe. Don 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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