Nimravis Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 I tried to post this last night, but my phone was not cooperating. Yesterday was a hot day and I spent about 9 hours outside collecting and going through a lot of water. I first stop and my first location on Monday located in Wilder, Kentucky. This site is very productive and I wanted to stop back and check out another portion of it. Here is a picture of the location- Here are some of my finds- Cryptolithus tessellatus- Flexicalymene meeki- Flexi / Crypto and Isotelus Parts- Graptolites: Geniculogratus typicalis 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted July 11, 2019 Author Share Posted July 11, 2019 Gastropods- Cephalopod- Bi-Valves Brachiopods- Bryozoan- Crinoid Hash Plates- I have always loved hash plates. Trace- Next Up will be Site 5- Melbourne, Kentucky 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted July 11, 2019 Author Share Posted July 11, 2019 I next stopped at a road cut in Melbourne, Kentucky. Here are a couple shots of the area. Trilobites- Flexicalymene meeki- Isotelus- Cephalopods- Site 5 Continued - 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted July 11, 2019 Author Share Posted July 11, 2019 Trace- I did not take any pictures of the brachiopods that I collected here, but by far the most common fossil found is Bryozoan, that was the case at all locations visited, with the exception of St. Leon-m I will post that info in a separate Post for today. Next I stopped at another site in Alexandria, Kentucky- here are some pics of the area. Here are some of my finds- as usual, I do not take every fossil that I take pictures of. I was really upset when I was leaving this site because I left my favorite 1 cm photo cube, besides being my favorite, it was my only 1 cm one. I do have a 1 inch cube, but that is a little too big for most of my pictures. Trilo- Bit Brachiopods- Bryozoan- Cephalopods- Trace- Next I went to Site 7 in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. Here are some of my finds- Trilo-Bits of Flexi and Isotelus- Site 6 Continued- 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted July 11, 2019 Author Share Posted July 11, 2019 Brachiopods- Bryozoan- Cephalopod- Trace- 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 What do you feel created the trace fossils? Huge variety of stuff you are finding Ralph. This plate looks just like what much of my cousins back forty ( actually 500 ) looked like. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted July 11, 2019 Author Share Posted July 11, 2019 36 minutes ago, caldigger said: What do you feel created the trace fossils? Huge variety of stuff you are finding Ralph. This plate looks just like what much of my cousins back forty ( actually 500 ) looked like. Doren, these are individual crinoid disks from a couple different species, there are also a couple Trilo-Bits there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 Wow, Ralph - what productive sites!!! I am amazed at all of the graptolites congregated together on some of the rocks in Wilder, Kentucky - WOW!!! But I think my favourites fossil in this thread is the gastropod hash plate - very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deutscheben Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 Thanks for all of your reports from this epic Ordovician road trip! The teeny trilobites and the cephalopods are great, but I agree with @Monica, the gastropod hash plate is my favorite too- it's so distinctive and different from the rest of your finds. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted July 11, 2019 Author Share Posted July 11, 2019 2 hours ago, Monica said: Wow, Ralph - what productive sites!!! I am amazed at all of the graptolites congregated together on some of the rocks in Wilder, Kentucky - WOW!!! But I think my favourites fossil in this thread is the gastropod hash plate - very nice! Thanks Monica- the funny story with the graptolites is that after I found the piece the day before, I was not positive on its id, so rather than carrying it to the car I left it on the guardrail. When I got back to the hotel, I did some checking and determined they were graptolites and posted the picture and I was going to go back in the morning to recover it. So in the morning I drove the short distance to the site and after parking I walked and found a rock on the guardrail, but after looking at the rock I did not see any graptolites. I was thinking that someone switched rocks on me, being from Chicago I can see that happening- lol, but I really think that leaving it exposed to the sun might have done something to them. As luck would have it I found this block which was way to big to take, but I was able to get some nice pieces off of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 Cool site thanks for the photos its a beautiful area with lots of variety. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted July 11, 2019 Author Share Posted July 11, 2019 1 hour ago, Troodon said: Cool site thanks for the photos its a beautiful area with lots of variety. Thanks Frank- it does have variety and quantity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 You are having waaaaaayyyyyy too much fun and finding waaaaaaayyyyyyy too many fossils. And that's the waaaaaaaayyyyyyyyy I like it, uh-huh, uh-huh. Keep the trip posts and photos coming -- I got lots more popcorn left. 1 Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 Nice varieties at those sites. Thanks for sharing! 1 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 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 Ralph, I admire your productivity. Love the graptolites, mollusks, and ichnofossil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted July 11, 2019 Author Share Posted July 11, 2019 1 hour ago, Peat Burns said: Ralph, I admire your productivity. Love the graptolites, mollusks, and ichnofossil. Thanks Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stats Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 Those sites look even richer than St. Leon! Thanks for posting! Cheers, Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted July 12, 2019 Author Share Posted July 12, 2019 7 minutes ago, stats said: Those sites look even richer than St. Leon! Thanks for posting! Cheers, Rich That first site in Wilder is crazy, I could have stayed all day there, but I wanted to hit a couple other road cuts- there are so many and so close. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 Looks like You been having a whole lot of fun and fine finds. 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...
minnbuckeye Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 On 7/11/2019 at 9:30 AM, Nimravis said: I was thinking that someone switched rocks on me, being from Chicago I can see that happening- lol, but I really think that leaving it exposed to the sun might have done something to them. As luck would have it I found this block which was way to big to take, but I was able to get some nice pieces off of it. I am not surprised your graptolites faded. When I first expose them, the black color beautifully contrasts the light rock. They look great. But I take the samples home and let the rock dry out, I can hardly see them. Application of a consolidate (dilute) brings back the lovely contrast. So I wish you had harvested that rock. Which guardrail is it sitting on. Maybe I will take a road trip. LOL. Great trip report!! Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted July 13, 2019 Author Share Posted July 13, 2019 11 minutes ago, minnbuckeye said: Maybe I will take a road trip. LOL. Lol Mike- I threw it back onto the hill, so it is waiting for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 WOW! ! ! ! I dream of visiting these sites. Love the brachiopods, of course, and all the hash plates and cephalopods, but I adore those graptolites. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted November 5, 2019 Author Share Posted November 5, 2019 3 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said: WOW! ! ! ! I dream of visiting these sites. Love the brachiopods, of course, and all the hash plates and cephalopods, but I adore those graptolites. These are great sites Adam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nala Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 Stunning hash plates! Thanks for sharing!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted November 5, 2019 Author Share Posted November 5, 2019 4 minutes ago, nala said: Stunning hash plates! Thanks for sharing!! Thanks, there are so many to choose from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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