Ordovician Collecting in Wilder , Cold Spring and Alexandria, Kentucky

[Nimravis]

Today I drove from Northern Illinois into Indiana, over to Ohio and down into Kentucky to do some collecting on AA Highway. I stopped and spent 7 1/2 hours at 4 sites along AA, I will start with my first stop which was located in Wilder, Kentucky. I believe that this is the Kope Formation and is Upper Ordovician in age.

 

 

 

Here are some of my finds-

 

I only found one sort of complete trilobite- Flexicalymene sp.

 

 

Here are a bunch of trilo- bits of Flexi and the lace collar trilobite Cryptolithus sp.

 

 

This location had numerous loose Sowerbyella sp. brachiopods.

 

 

I did find one bi valve-

 

 

I find one plate that had some graptolites-

 

 

I found a couple cephalopods-

 

 

A couple cool Crinoid stem plates-

 

 

This may or may not be something-

 

 

Site 2 on next post.

[Nimravis]

Stop 2 and 3 were in Cold Water, Kentucky-

 

 

Here are some of my finds-

 

This location had a lot of loose Herbertella brachiopods-

 

 

Trilo-bits and trace fossils and bryozoan.

 

 

 

[Nimravis]

Site 3 was across the road in Cold Spring, Kentucky.

 

Here are some pics - 

 

 

This site had bryozoan, Rafinesquina ponderosa and Herbertella Brachiopods.

 

[Nimravis]

Site 4 was in Alexandria, Kentucky, a short distance from Cold Spring. As with the other locations, I believe that this is also the Kope Formation.

 

 

This location had various fossils which included cephalopods, bryozoan, Isotelus, Flexi and Cryptolithus sp trilo-bits, Rafinesquina, Herbertella and Sowerbyella brachiopods-

 

[Darktooth]

Great report and pics, Ralph. Those hash plates are awesome!

[Nimravis]

7 minutes ago, Darktooth said:

Great report and pics, Ralph. Those hash plates are awesome!

Thanks- I really like the smaller hash plates, they have so much going on.

[Darktooth]

I have yet to find such interesting  hashplates here in New York. When I do find a plate it is usually a bunch of one species of fossil.

[Nimravis]

2 minutes ago, Darktooth said:

I have yet to find such interesting  hashplates here in New York. When I do find a plate it is usually a bunch of one species of fossil.

There are a ton of those here, I will take those if they are smaller and in good shape.

[Darktooth]

I am the same way, keep em if they are small.

[Thecosmilia Trichitoma]

Nice finds. I love the Brachiopods and the Hash Plates!

[minnbuckeye]

Excellent report and finds. My sister lives in Cincinnati but  can I find time to visit her and take the AA trip. NO! Though it is always in the back of my mind. Some day soon big sis. Some day soon.

 

Mike

[Fossildude19]

Nice report and pictures, Ralph. 

Thanks for showing us!

 

[Nimravis]

37 minutes ago, Thecosmilia Trichitoma said:

Nice finds. I love the Brachiopods and the Hash Plates!

Thanks-I also like those.

[Nimravis]

27 minutes ago, minnbuckeye said:

Excellent report and finds. My sister lives in Cincinnati but  can I find time to visit her and take the AA trip. NO! Though it is always in the back of my mind. Some day soon big sis. Some day soon.

 

Mike

You have to check it out, there are so many road cuts on that road and I will only be able to hit a few more tomorrow before I head to Lawrenceburg and then St. Leon.

[Nimravis]

8 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said:

Nice report and pictures, Ralph. 

Thanks for showing us!

 

I am glad you enjoyed the post.

[FossilNerd]

2 hours ago, Nimravis said:

 

the lace collar trilobite Cryptolithus sp.

 

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Thanks for the great report! So many awesome finds, but this little hash plate with Cryptolithus sp. really stands out for me. I like all the little lace collar pieces. 

[Nimravis]

1 hour ago, FossilNerd said:

Thanks for the great report! So many awesome finds, but this little hash plate with Cryptolithus sp. really stands out for me. I like all the little lace collar pieces. 

I am with you on this, I like when I find this species and especially on this odd matrix.

[Peat Burns]

Oooh. That bivalve is a trip maker!

[Johannes]

8 hours ago, Nimravis said:

 

 

 

 

No trace fossils, but really nice kinneyia ripples.

[doushantuo]

 

about 9 Mb

Kinneyia: A Flow-Induced Anisotropic Fossil Pattern from Ancient Microbial Mats
Stephan Herminghaus1*, Katherine Ruth Thomas1† , Saeedeh Aliaskarisohi1,
Hubertus Porada2 and Lucas Goehring1
1 Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen,

Front. Mater., 12 July 2016 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fmats.2016.00030

totally nifty report,Ralph

[Nimravis]

1 hour ago, Johannes said:

 

No trace fossils, but really nice kinneyia ripples.

Thanks, I thought it was cool and I believe it is the first time that I have seen it in all the times that I have collected Ordovician rocks in this tri-State area so I grabbed it.

[Nimravis]

6 hours ago, Peat Burns said:

Oooh. That bivalve is a trip maker!

If you say so Tony it must be good, but you know me, I’m not an Ordovician guy, but do love to collect fossils.

[Nimravis]

59 minutes ago, doushantuo said:

 

about 9 Mb

Kinneyia: A Flow-Induced Anisotropic Fossil Pattern from Ancient Microbial Mats
Stephan Herminghaus1*, Katherine Ruth Thomas1† , Saeedeh Aliaskarisohi1,
Hubertus Porada2 and Lucas Goehring1
1 Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen,

Front. Mater., 12 July 2016 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fmats.2016.00030

totally nifty report,Ralph

Thanks for the info and I am glad you liked it, let me see what I find today- at least I don’t have the 5 hour drive like yesterday, that will come tomorrow.

[Castle Rock]

Great finds and a location I would LOVE to visit myself! I would suggest that the bottom image in your FIRST post for location #1 COULD be a stony bryozoan..Prasopora. Could you possibly post a second image of the TOP side of that specimen?  Dave 

[Nimravis]

4 minutes ago, Castle Rock said:

Great finds and a location I would LOVE to visit myself! I would suggest that the bottom image in your FIRST post for location #1 COULD be a stony bryozoan..Prasopora. Could you possibly post a second image of the TOP side of that specimen?  Dave 

Dave- it is covered in matrix, nothing to be seen- sorry and thanks for the input, it just looked weird to me and stood out.