Ordovician Collecting Day 3- St. Leon, Indiana

[Wrangellian]

10 hours ago, digit said:

Are you invested in the Fidelity Bryozoan 401k plan?

It's amazing how many collectors have caches of fossil material "saved for later". I guess it makes sense to move lots of rock like @Kane the Human Backhoe when you are younger and work through those reserves in the winter months or our autumn years of life.

Cheers.

-Ken

That, and collect the sites that are accessible now, before they're closed!

[Mark Kmiecik]

33 minutes ago, Wrangellian said:

That, and collect the sites that are accessible now, before they're closed!

That's for sure, even though there's new sites opening the amount closing outnumbers the new sites 4 to 1, and most of the new sites are temporary in nature, i.e., new construction.

[Wrangellian]

It's certainly the case around here, but I hear about it elsewhere too. The law of diminishing returns - More people, more competition (not just for fossils, but for land etc, which affects the accessibility of fossils).

 

[Steve D.]

Those last two finds are incredible. Thank you for sharing!

[Nimravis]

1 hour ago, Steve D. said:

Those last two finds are incredible. Thank you for sharing!

Thanks Steve

[Mediospirifer]

On ‎7‎/‎22‎/‎2019 at 6:09 PM, Mark Kmiecik said:

Ahem -- class, pay attention please. Repeat after me, "One can never have too many fossils, just too small a space to keep them all".

 

And/Or "not enough time to curate them properly". (That's my biggest problem...)

[Mark Kmiecik]

3 minutes ago, Mediospirifer said:

 

And/Or "not enough time to curate them properly". (That's my biggest problem...)

That's when you need to hire someone to do half the work. You can get fossil addicts to work for peanuts. (As long as they're fossil peanuts) 

[Mediospirifer]

Just now, Mark Kmiecik said:

That's when you need to hire someone to do half the work. You can get fossil addicts to work for peanuts. (As long as they're fossil peanuts)

 

Or peanut wood?

 

[Mark Kmiecik]

1 minute ago, Mediospirifer said:

 

Or peanut wood?

 

Peanut wood and jelly on white? When do I start?

[Tidgy's Dad]

On 7/11/2019 at 2:37 PM, FossilNerd said:

My goodness! Some great finds and a great report! For some reason I have a fondness for horn coral, and you found some nice ones.  

 

@Tidgy's Dad will be here shortly to drool over the brachiopods.  

Well, not quite a moment. Sadly it has taken me about three months! 

But you are right, i'm drooling buckets, though I have many of these species thanks to the generosity of Ralph himself. 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Some absolutely super finds, Ralph, and not just the brachiopods. 

I love the corals in particular. 

Brachiopods I see include Lepidocyclus perlamellosum, Cincinnetina meeki, Leptaena richmondensis, Glyptorthis insculpta, Strophomena concordensis and Rafinesquina alternata. 

But that's probably way off, though i'm busy with the ones you sent me. 

Thanks @Nimravis

[Tidgy's Dad]

On 7/11/2019 at 5:36 AM, Nimravis said:

Strophomena planumbona.

Zygospira modesta.

 

 Vinlandostrophia cypha. 

 

Larger and very clear growth lies is Lepidocyclus perlamellosus. Slightly smaller with weaker, but still visible, growth lines is Hiscobeccus capax. 

 

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

On 7/11/2019 at 5:44 AM, Nimravis said:

Couple of Hebertella  the little elongated ones in the hashplate are your Eochonetes clarksvillensis.