Jump to content

Labor Day Weekend Trip to Kentucky and Indiana For A Little Ordovician Hunting


Nimravis

Recommended Posts

I decided to leave at 5 am on Friday to head down to a roadcut that I read about that was located in Maysville, Kentucky. I knew that it was at the right off of AA Highway so I decided to grab a hotel in Wilder, Kentucky which seems to be the start of the roadcuts that are on AA Highway. After 5 hours of driving I was in Wilder and started down AA Highway knowing that I might stop at a couple roadcuts prior to hitting the big one in Maysville. Believe it or not, if you count all of the roadcuts that are on the 41 mile drive from Wilder to the turn off for Maysville you will pass, if my counting is correct 120 places to collect. Now I counted each side as a separate roadcut since sometimes I find different things on each side.

 

This will be a picture heavy post since I stopped at Maysville twice, plus 8 other roadcuts on AA Highway and on the way home Sunday I spent about 5 hours at St. Leon, Indiana. I will be identifying the locations using the name that is associated with the pictures that I took with my I-Phone, not sure if the cities / towns are correct, but besides Maysville and St. Leon, all of the stops were on AA Highway.

 

Stop 1 was at a roadcut in Melbourne, Kentucky. Like most of the places that collected at in Kentucky it has a heavy concentration of bryozoan, there were also trace fossils and Trilo-bits. Here are a couple pics of what can be found here.

 

TH000017.JPG.d4cb1c4c38ebddc859984397a31f1871.JPGIMG_7874.jpg.47a015d100184e7b9a2d5757703a4409.jpgIMG_7877.jpg.411a42e026ae4b999ba6b30d9841c894.jpg

 

Trace Fossils-

 

IMG_7870.jpg.f59db6ea82593ab57bf6ace9cbbedd23.jpg

 

Hash plate with Flexicalymeme Trilo-bits-

 

IMG_7872.jpg.7a6dd5dab84df3ff25801fee0f3fb5ee.jpg

 

Bryozoans-

 

IMG_7873.jpg.972cdaa02309e839b52dbfc356f4d917.jpgIMG_7875.jpg.b40ca05392222a60d2f1840a46842580.jpgIMG_7876.jpg.ce3356e0462084e56ebceb51c32fdbe3.jpg

 

 

Stop 2 was at another roadcut in Melbourne.

 

TH000018.JPG.df0b339f5bcecb812ff5beb05b4f3c57.JPGIMG_7891.jpg.4ec93144bfd1441950cd39bc18026b2c.jpg

 

 

This site I found the bivale Ambonychia.

 

IMG_7879.jpg.7294f571b80200cece4322d2f5acff84.jpgIMG_7880.jpg.caab946e02183d7f809aef48e0514bf3.jpg

 

Bryozans-

 

IMG_7888.jpg.875d9bda5e15589dbd0c8f1fcc146955.jpgIMG_7884.jpg.d7299770fe28faad04677ef370da9918.jpg

 

 

Hash plates with Hebertella brachiopods and Isotelus trilo-bits.

 

IMG_7886.jpg.977273e3a560614a9b6f9500f7d5d1e7.jpg

 

 

Orthoconic nautiloids-

 

IMG_7899.jpg.bd1cefc4762344b2ce523d7e62570562.jpgIMG_7900.jpg.72dbdeb11afa5df73f99d1e17240aac0.jpg

IMG_7887.jpg.e00a55dd9504a51e672aead872bd8bec.jpg

 

 

Other Trilo-bits of Flexicalymene.

 

IMG_7892.jpg.aa34d6646f1ea90225726d87e6989cc0.jpgIMG_7893.jpg.d29a9f80742265b9f1d5b919d322b086.jpgIMG_7894.jpg.90560ca9ca3ce14a10bd5c5479d23f5d.jpgIMG_7895.jpg.e9bc733398e59a1b77b3d6bc6e77e118.jpgIMG_7896.jpg.1ac1687fdf1cdacc6740d1cc09412f68.jpgIMG_7897.jpg.f4d21f095e9777b46f9d94380170f625.jpg

 

 

Stop 2 Trace fossils to follow-

 

 

  • I found this Informative 13
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Stop 2 Trace Fossils-

 

IMG_7903.jpg.bd4a4fcdbb24b90108d615002df924a0.jpg

 

Stop 3- I then finally made it to the large Maysville roadcut. I was expecting to find a lot more than I did for the several hours that I spent there. Here are some pictures of the things that you can find at this roadcut, not all of the pictures that you will see in these posts are fossils that I collected, I left the majority of fossils at the roadcuts.

 

TH000019.JPG.1af081bf073b523bc8b1fc02271b5fff.JPGIMG_7905.jpg.db1f5fa7a6f3a0268c1d8474a7508955.jpgIMG_7908.jpg.18b9bad9b59358054714b2f442e8b58b.jpgIMG_7932.jpg.7651deddc593acbc5248a372bd0e604b.jpgIMG_7938.jpg.aca39c6233ea0e86be39766f447b659d.jpgIMG_7948.jpg.5238ebc571e8c9e6a65eb6b3de3c3671.jpg

 

 

Bivales-

Modiolopsis sp.

 

IMG_7921.jpg.c86a2895c7cf8042b8be63e7ce1ade67.jpg

 

 

Ambonychia

 

IMG_7916.jpg.d6620eb64aae6409d7c81d462b096a3b.jpgIMG_7918.jpg.a45303234ef9e3385212088dd0f77a65.jpg

 

Orthoconic nautiloid with the bryozoan Spatiopora.

 

IMG_7964.jpg.b75656695e011ee5031ae644b61f7f7d.jpg

 

The bryozoan Constellaria-

 

IMG_7911.jpg.d00ccd3e07e97a4b0a9dc6061676179d.jpg 

 

Trace Fossils-

 

Diplocraterian-

 

IMG_7943.jpg.2a1763d6a403b04456abbac91df8c24e.jpgIMG_7930.jpg.702324d1a6ecdfec217957d786416d91.jpgIMG_7927.jpg.fe1b368d4583a92c3e7a1363d528d1fc.jpgIMG_7926.jpg.9f0e49f3619d7e015c81a2349c5e2eac.jpg

 

Cruziana ??-

 

IMG_7914.jpg.626a35b2de96b74153e0449ace5efbcf.jpg

 

Kinneyia-

 

IMG_7953.jpg.8c3b2ca3d42881c253b3a05ca13e518a.jpg

 

Arthropycus-

 

IMG_7952.jpg.d501c437c3c8c0783333cdf8634f6774.jpg

 

Other trace fossils-

 

IMG_7910.jpg.f00b8a51ebf7ff63522791ea528e1590.jpgIMG_7913.jpg.0f1c670946a456197468f0a1d2c4ac00.jpgIMG_7917.jpg.b7a84f48fe9e835e371b92f0ae249980.jpgIMG_7920.jpg.a0f2cc5df7192af0b179ececd1ad2d57.jpgIMG_7922.jpg.93821941e62e0c28c27496cefbfb5183.jpgIMG_7951.jpg.556c0f5bbfbf7e25715e5966edbf765d.jpg

 

 

Stop 3 to be continued-

 

 

  • I found this Informative 10
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Stop 3 Continued-

 

The snail Cyclonema-

 IMG_7955.jpg.3d82bc0c696f23ee3ad4c7cc36adfe22.jpgIMG_7963.jpg.54984175618981d1216e86cc5ba6c506.jpgIMG_7956.jpg.7537d8e2b39dfad6e9b22ea70666f01e.jpg

 

Brachiopods-

 

Rafinesquina

 

IMG_7907.jpg.c641335a8854adcd55a224b7e6453ffe.jpgIMG_7931.jpg.fb898cca0ca1fc834db340b6229febe5.jpgIMG_7941.jpg.328281b7fee6cdf898938bc1f7c28c98.jpgIMG_7945.jpg.0983c236b7b95496529f8bb146867505.jpgIMG_7960.jpg.63d1044fdf6172cbb7676f0761a9bb97.jpg

 

Hebertella

 

IMG_7928.jpg.0f9d35c48b1d5749d9b6b8d494c17e1c.jpg 

 

Genal spine of the trilobite Acidaspis cincinnatiensis- this was a nice find for me.

 

IMG_7961.jpg.199a30cdde4df7d9a7bc698a90e3040e.jpg

 

On Saturday morning I was out collecting by 8 am and I stayed out for the next 11 hours. I again stopped at another roadcut in Melbourne for stop 4. Here are some of the things that are found at this site.

 

TH000020.JPG.7a069f9a2267f56f662e942bb2c363d5.JPGIMG_7990.jpg.bbda1892b957a511d0149192bebc8096.jpg

 

 

 

Bivalve Ambonychia

 

IMG_7984.jpg.802c96347b53ad0b394e005b9775cbe1.jpg

 

Tons of bryozoan, some with Trilo-bits.

 

IMG_7986.jpg.39bc30779b886928885b0b994dc61de6.jpgIMG_7987.jpg.8413402608117f254fc70f09d2bcbfa3.jpgIMG_7992.jpg.72625e39c7bb4fac6eaf1742334eb4f5.jpg

 

Trace fossils

 

IMG_7988.jpg.d23742d68966ad1be684952882e9bcb9.jpg


Hash plates with Flexicalymene trilo-bits

IMG_7989.jpg.6d68c37a50e370814a2c4ab4458489c0.jpgIMG_7991.jpg.4722636e937dcd333d2b86541702d40a.jpgIMG_7993.jpg.169a8a1f34c29c6d4ac98227677e25c1.jpgIMG_7998.jpg.ad3c4f086af2d5fe11ddfc9d62b12438.jpg

 

And one plate that has a portion of the lace trilobite Cryptolithus.

 

IMG_7995.jpg.c6810cf2219394c2484386bf72ef2338.jpg

 

Stop 5 to follow-

 

 

  • I found this Informative 6
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Stop 5 was in the town or township of California.

 

TH000021.JPG.d127ca055bacaecd6bef9ff3cfae9b2d.JPG

 

Here are a couple pics of fossils found there.

 

Brachiopods-

 

Rafinesquina

 

IMG_8004.jpg.6982007379275275600d0166e8a8fbae.jpgIMG_8013.jpg.40fe5563e12ace4f8d2c96d42a3a3536.jpgIMG_8005.jpg.0dcca4df9099551180473a64ec4d2c90.jpg 

 

Hebertella

 

IMG_8010.jpg.5c21710de3520799a50d2860910ce616.jpgIMG_8006.jpg.441b8f8a0f8941f72460e043bbc7e122.jpg

 

As with the other stops there is a great deal of bryozoan.

 

IMG_8014.jpg.f14e821ac6fa5bd720f1777913bba824.jpgIMG_8007.jpg.d90a12923b05184edc7867260e8d223e.jpg

 

Here is a very nice bivale, possibly a small Ambonychia.

 

IMG_8008.jpg.245a707fce95020fe6c5b0e90a1b4ca8.jpgIMG_8009.jpg.172a23c24741709912d01119f8debb07.jpg 

 

Orthoconic nautiloid

 

IMG_8015.jpg.a9c7e6273fe1ad61390888d3c9771e77.jpg

 

Stop 6 was at another location in California.

 

TH000022.JPG.892374f4a53e99f575bec4ba3473ca8d.JPGIMG_8017.jpg.45d4ea2de67a4a19622ca7e90ffef868.jpgIMG_8031.jpg.d45ae1d10a8e8368b353335e7ca63d8b.jpg

 

Again there were hash plates of the brachiopod Hebertella.

 

 IMG_8022.jpg.51b3c9951eaf36898c2d2441ca156599.jpg

 

Trace fossils-

 

Diploraterion

 

IMG_8025.jpg.9a07662803550f1ffcc14baa73609f4f.jpg

 

Other trace fossils-

 

IMG_8030.jpg.4502903bee3085e2747fff4db3465a0d.jpgIMG_8032.jpg.e34bd3fb0ab6a8d95db77bf2d42a2228.jpg

 

And tons of bryozoan-

 

IMG_8024.jpg.c25fd8c6fb8b0f0fcc95da4d22f852fb.jpgIMG_8026.jpg.9c7ee619ee0dc8576869fc4b312985c8.jpgIMG_8027.jpg.9e315358e0b552aed09cd30c4a950fd1.jpgIMG_8019.jpg.370817935dfea4989650dfc75685d5c6.jpgIMG_8033.jpg.c89fc8a69ba6c2aa498baf39aff665df.jpg

  • I found this Informative 6
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Stop 7 was located in the town or township of Foster.

 

TH000023.JPG.1cd48095c3db6c510d6729a539e76947.JPGIMG_8035.jpg.cacc8bbfbf6f5e075ee8570b5e2c4782.jpgIMG_8050.jpg.b9448b2c95d9277ad226e0493dedaac7.jpgIMG_8043.jpg.09e866fe96fc18b98710a2caa086b0c1.jpg

 

Stop 8 to follow-

 

Here are some of the fossils found here.

 

Trace fossils-

 

Diploraterion

 

IMG_8042.jpg.61dc6f4642f649e02ed3319b9f09fac7.jpg

 

Brachiopods-

 

Hebertella

 

IMG_8036.jpg.59c8acb0d089f7207f3511d490ac4be0.jpg

 

Rafinesquina

 

IMG_8047.jpg.d649801e03d5707068c8fc1ce5f35462.jpg 

 

Hash plates with Isotelus trilo-bits.

 

5d6dd9061cf7c_IMG_8039(1).jpg.9e6155c74c2d77d0448afa6e7d0efd32.jpgIMG_8040.jpg.1f17450de5bb1372c5965fe65fa64896.jpg

 

Gastropods- Cyclonema and even a recent one.

 

IMG_8044.jpg.b7e3b6646dadfd94c9b743910132da97.jpgIMG_8051.jpg.7c01e051c3593ab6ba8c46d295bcb6cc.jpgIMG_8053.jpg.8d595fb23488f89e629f4bba9de55cd5.jpg

 

The bryozoan Constellaria

 

IMG_8038.jpg.01d7f62b8097a729f183d619b29b78c7.jpgIMG_8041.jpg.5b59eca6c2961d963fb0c531da51a876.jpg

 

And other branching bryozoan.

 

IMG_8046.jpg.6e56ae1ed56c35a5be00ae2973b274c3.jpg

 

  • I found this Informative 4
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Stop 8 was at a site in Brooksville.

 

TH000024.JPG.558370186902d30b0b10217a4a51ccde.JPGIMG_8055.jpg.d386c78d7e67760129a008c7a53c19d4.jpgIMG_8064.jpg.d95f51f7d7f9113b5669ca38db1ad759.jpg

 

Here are a couple pictures of fossils found there.

 

Sowerbyella sp. Brachiopods

 

IMG_8059.jpg.6d90d1569cf6542485eee50388b6e56b.jpg

 

Hash plates with trilo-bits-

 

IMG_8057.jpg.6835d1fb3b816dbf858e2c5a63f2aba8.jpg

 

Bryozoan- I forget the name of these.

 

IMG_8058.jpg.1e8939160a1ffa8b494f36b3f492a03d.jpgIMG_8065.jpg.787ead1f97ef736f218b270e9d1f661d.jpgIMG_8060.jpg.66ffed12e9c5b644cb87e39cb4b3133d.jpgIMG_8061.jpg.3ac1e52c9f3b466b45c847f7906e5edc.jpgIMG_8062.jpg.1671fdbf37f2aeadca1976b3fc8f5cfe.jpgIMG_8063.jpg.5fb9de1ffa569f5a331adc65d5a9f60e.jpg

 

I will try to finish off the last 3 stops tomorrow- I did find my first complete Isotelus at St. Leon, it is small, really small, but one that I never found before.

 

 

  • I found this Informative 11
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Hey Ralph!

 

Great stuff!!! :dinothumb:

 

As usual, I like the orthoconic nautiloids, but the Constellaria bryozoans are beautiful and the Cyclonema gastropods are so sweet! :wub:

 

By the way - I think the piece below is a Cruziana:

IMG_7951.jpg.556c0f5bbfbf7e25715e5966edbf765d.jpg

 

And do you by any chance know what the item circled in red is?  It looks like a trilo-bit of some sort:

IMG_7961.jpg.199a30cdde4df7d9a7bc698a90e3040e.jpg.bc3b015dab5334a0a992a9cc93dfe4cc.jpg

 

Thanks for sharing!

 

Monica

Link to comment
Share on other sites

@Monica you are correct, and I should have circled the item versus just saying what it is-  here you go: Genal spine of the trilobite Acidaspis cincinnatiensis.

  • I found this Informative 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites

For stop 8 I went back to the large Maysville roadcut and spent some time on the other side and also made my way up a couple of the terraces. With me going back to Maysville for a second time to total distance for each trip from Wilder was about 210 miles, making this weekend trip a total of about 950 miles driven.

 

TH000025.JPG.efe81d22623c3c95ba0fb460bf0c7600.JPGIMG_8110.jpg.dad353c9c844a3f3e7bbcc015e65886e.jpgIMG_8111.jpg.d3b343aa01df3514d4c7e2f94e48d8e6.jpgIMG_8067.jpg.f46a8f7bd6cd7e0ab2de86dbe02ff41e.jpgIMG_8086.jpg.79845a74aaf7cfe9c14b1663e16ab6df.jpgIMG_8087.jpg.d52a9b8d1ca43a72cffcaa829fce1c4c.jpgIMG_8092.jpg.4a169c24d61a8b6a85018d389ef04690.jpg

 

This time I came across these fossils.

 

Brachiopods-

 

Rafinesquina

 

IMG_8068.jpg.a718b9d30d848606c98dd324d23db394.jpgIMG_8071.jpg.71f0d7f2a546520808849b462db79550.jpg 

 

Vinlandostrophia ponderosa- I would have loved to get these two brachs, but they were in a very large slab (+200 pounds) and I did not want to damage them, maybe someone else will get them out.

 

IMG_8085.jpg.b0fbcc5b253b5fa8fcda31c893c6a988.jpgIMG_8083.jpg.78e792a3e8adc9331d64241bbf5ae25d.jpg

 

 

Bivalves-

 

Ambonychia

 

IMG_8075.jpg.468a9e654bd34f2e17f987a1fb2a9561.jpgIMG_8077.jpg.bbd7c3023870775d86f7b2fd0c5e408f.jpgIMG_8070.jpg.76772907ae2ffac6c8583af393b63411.jpgIMG_8081.jpg.02b1d69e02ebd5b00fc905e38642ee49.jpg 

 

Modiolopsis

 

IMG_8088.jpg.ef1286718b71db072d96e999800d07cb.jpgIMG_8090.jpg.767bc2b23508013f14b2d4c32c93f9b3.jpg

 

Trace fossils-

 

Diploraterion

 

 IMG_8073.jpg.ebd94ec592920eb1922efb8e72c36171.jpgIMG_8089.jpg.2f436cd58eab6438f91d65bfb9d52c17.jpg

 

Orthoconic Nautiloid

 

IMG_8101.jpg.2ed63736970600a9cdb61165d192cf31.jpgIMG_8105.jpg.4b9a6a97f0d4fd8ba3bbc22bbd04300f.jpg

 

IsotelusTrilobites Hypostome’s- The large one was a heart breaker, I grabbed the large slab and it broke apart in 3 pieces right at the fossil.

 

IMG_8069.jpg.fd95c70d97855da2588036a116cfa75e.jpgIMG_8091.jpg.61c2b9f54fe13589972a7355dc052e0b.jpg

 

 

Stop 9 to follow-

  • I found this Informative 5
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Stop 10 was another roadcut in Brooksville, at this roadcut I found my favorite hash plates, most of which in brought home.

 

TH000026.JPG.bf0da0bef955e77803884f495a45496e.JPGIMG_8146.jpg.ffb47975f950f37149fa15c53e781cf3.jpgIMG_8115.jpg.e2cbaff95c37c188c9646f8245b0bef0.jpg

 

 

Here are some of the fossils found at this site-

 

Sowerbyella sp. Brachiopods-

 

IMG_8116.jpg.13598b85f741661d34f7c799dd2a25d4.jpgIMG_8139.jpg.b3f7277c7d0294ffc6fc962d8adae1b6.jpg

IMG_8140.jpg.27a2228ff9d0590f2aa15da76012f909.jpg

 

Orthoconic nautiloid-

 

IMG_8131.jpg.25abc29b68090528aa6a60f864df9ab1.jpgIMG_8135.jpg.89b6fc4ec21855d27f8db194829bd5ab.jpg

 

 

Bryozoan-

 

IMG_8133.jpg.9888801bb21aa712ca14d619b0b73173.jpgIMG_8154.jpg.7fb0d30151441d815c003f2e68c0d9b6.jpg

 

 

Hash plates with Trilo-bits

 

IMG_8143.jpg.3305fa050a880cdf6320cd18e1fb6673.jpgIMG_8149.jpg.1a6144268cf521d4012a86877444a72f.jpg

IMG_8130.jpg.3891a3849cca41767d9a8cada4317673.jpg

 

 

A great hash plate with tons of Gratolites.

 

IMG_8144.jpg.aa4f5c8c2924614bcb2aa055af7c4173.jpgIMG_8145.jpg.fd482806c1fc494e47aaa0ee2e5952dd.jpg

 

A hash plate with crinoid stems-

 

IMG_8148.jpg.e9d54b708f1142a2034733c4228e945f.jpg

 

 

Modiolopis Bivalves and one plate with Trilo-bits.

 

IMG_8151.jpg.fb2e0dccecf032e0770f90dbe6413e6d.jpgIMG_8152.jpg.a6e0b50dabd90ff280bab0298755abb6.jpg

 

 

A great hash plate with Flexi Trilo-bits, (2) Isotelus hypostome’s, a Orthoconic nautiloid and several gastropods-

 

IMG_8117.jpg.72b3c47bb863579b53e873ea4afeb768.jpg

 

Here is another great has plate with a flipped Flexicalymene trilobite, (3) very small gastropods and a couple crinoid disks.

 

IMG_8124.jpg.5371c6188020241de512077258cb5ab0.jpgIMG_8129.jpg.4dfab62196d090ff6ff717323007311f.jpgIMG_8125.jpg.a7737999c4bd4812bcebaabed0a9076b.jpg

 

 

  • I found this Informative 7
Link to comment
Share on other sites

My last stop for Saturday was another roadcut in Brooksville, I do not recall if this one was across the road from the previous stop.

 

TH000027.JPG.49cf799ab3d67360852593f3afbca2bc.JPGIMG_8158.jpg.466fe7d28c047466104d9317fd1fb9f7.jpgIMG_8165.jpg.a81a08de9623859d77a1bfd49fe37ce8.jpgIMG_8166.jpg.4a4ca4826d2271e6a3d1ee1d6f07bd99.jpgIMG_8172.jpg.5a4aaae34192e053af064d557391caba.jpgIMG_8173.jpg.e21c843b91faa46d407db9377be49705.jpg

 

Here are some of the fossils found at this site-

 

 

Rafinesquina shingling plates-

 

IMG_8159.jpg.7480d949f8fbaf4407c4138068f6368b.jpgIMG_8160.jpg.08a0b752bdc505deecf74a3bf070b015.jpg

 

Orthoconic Nautiloid-

 

IMG_8163.jpg.ae5ceb4133b3a1a1534c666e94fb2f83.jpgIMG_8164.jpg.1d8b6ae6502eccacf2a0efd2e235b80e.jpg

 

Bryozoan-

 

IMG_8161.jpg.2a8e8c199c52be276d02e641e0a18e4a.jpgIMG_8162.jpg.a95cf7882387733f7d593e97706c429f.jpg

 

Kinneyia Trace Fossil plate-

 

IMG_8171.jpg.5eec444f119bbc3d765d3b456e9da120.jpg

 

Plates with Trilo-bits-

 

IMG_8167.jpg.da316b21b605d8203b2078749762a4a6.jpgIMG_8170.jpg.1fd17a9eb5bf94aae0cb226f7e204f0f.jpg

 

A nice little plate with Hebertella brachiopods, Flexi Trilo-bits and a nice Escharopora falciformis bryozoan.

 

IMG_8169.jpg.5f4d2383120f8bb2ffcfb1b5c9696bd7.jpg

 

 

I will post my final stop (St. Leon) for this trip later in the day- 

  • I found this Informative 6
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Wow!

Excellent reports and finds so far, Ralph!

Thanks for taking us with you. :) 

  • I found this Informative 1

    Tim    VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER

   MOTM.png.61350469b02f439fd4d5d77c2c69da85.png      PaleoPartner.png.30c01982e09b0cc0b7d9d6a7a21f56c6.png.a600039856933851eeea617ca3f2d15f.png     Postmaster1.jpg.900efa599049929531fa81981f028e24.jpg    VFOTM.png.f1b09c78bf88298b009b0da14ef44cf0.png  VFOTM APRIL - 2015  

__________________________________________________
"In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks."
John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~   ><))))( *>  About Me      

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Why have I not been to Northern Kentucky for a fossil hunt yet?!?!?! :default_faint::drool:

 

You always have the best reports and pictures! Thanks for sharing!  :envy:

  • I found this Informative 1

The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it.  -Neil deGrasse Tyson

 

Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't. -Bill Nye (The Science Guy)

Link to comment
Share on other sites

that road cut at Maysville is so huge...and high...I could see spending several days there looking up and down in the layers...I found different things at the different levels, and seem to remember that several different formations are represented, though they are all upper ordovician. It seems like most of the sites I go to are ordovician...wonder if that is becaause of the part of the country i haunt....like from indiana, kentucky, ohio, to michigan even the U.P.   Just rambling because your rambling trip carried me back to my own trip there, and added some nice future bucket list sites. Thanks alot. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

It's a real shame that you didn't find any bryozoans. :D I love your trips and what you find, especially the way you present it. Thanks for the effort. I know how much more time it takes to document what you do, and I appreciate how much is taken away from your personal hunting time to bring us in on your trip. Thank you, again.

 

 

Mark.

 

Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

5 minutes ago, Mark Kmiecik said:

It's a real shame that you didn't find any bryozoans. :D I love your trips and what you find, especially the way you present it. Thanks for the effort. I know how much more time it takes to document what you do, and I appreciate how much is taken away from your personal hunting time to bring us in on your trip. Thank you, again.

Thanks Mark, and you are correct about the time. I am always trying to take pictures of items as I find them and the the amount of time to reduce the pics and try to fit them into the individual posts. But all in all, I enjoy it and want to pass info on to a new member who might see the posts and collect at the sites, I am not the best at the identifying of these things, but I get help from menbers such as @Peat Burns who will always help when asked. Tonight I will add to the post and then show pieces that I trimmed down yesterday, like this plate. 

 

7362C91B-C3B7-4D53-A521-F9037F9C9E7C.thumb.jpeg.082dcacf7be8ce911726c0fa67bbf0b9.jpeg

  • I found this Informative 7
Link to comment
Share on other sites

I eagerly look forward to more of your post. Always entertaining and informative.

  • I found this Informative 1

 

 

Mark.

 

Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

You mention that there wasn't as much at Marysville as you expected/hoped. I think Dry Dredgers may have been there recently.
 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

On Sunday I made a 4 hour stop at the St. Leon Road cut on State Road 1, this is always a good place to look for Ordovician fossils. The farther up the slope you go the more horn coral you can find, there are also numerous weathered out brachiopods and if you get on your hands and knees you can search the “butter shale” for trilobites. One thing that I do not find much of at this location is bryozoan, they are there, but not to the abundance that I find along AA Highway. As usual with this site and all of the other roadcuts that I collected at or drove by over the weekend, I was the only one out.

 

Here are some pictures of the area and then some of my finds. With this visit, I spent most of my time searching for trilobites, but I did collect a few brachiopod hash plates, they are really pretty at this location.

 

TH000028.JPG.c0a2ce945206b0555460f8b678d6842c.JPGIMG_8267.jpg.2a8853f775480acd69d9b9d61039c033.jpgIMG_8193.jpg.3db1e3ac8c9d3ea0190c49a097f8456a.jpgIMG_8192.jpg.de0cbd3e2db55fb94f5390c56df21649.jpg

 

Trilobites-

 

Isotelus- This was my first one ever.

 

IMG_8265.jpg.482d8dd16cb141dd1fd1e1a6c8cca765.jpgIMG_8266.jpg.9ee611bce2d549c401802b82bbc04cad.jpg 

 

Flexicalymene

 

IMG_8230.jpg.af3a6b1460e3d48bca12f34ba2dbdca8.jpgIMG_8243.jpg.3303b58f4819a11242f204a9b41571be.jpgIMG_8249.jpg.2a985e48c431332d24f760d224b6733c.jpgIMG_8250.jpg.1230b4e1310148823f1f40a175924f79.jpgIMG_8251.jpg.1b8d6ef331af7365134f22e1bff04435.jpgIMG_8258.jpg.1913bb8cde4767cf4624d81324ae5180.jpgIMG_8262.jpg.d9e6a5a1d2674381ef6592db3482cff8.jpgIMG_8263.jpg.ad2ae7d97ff2d4c6cdb3b093054e57f9.jpgIMG_8264.jpg.de603b7db3ce988de40866e2b9ecb795.jpgIMG_8271.jpg.e33886536e41ab5926cb92e1c6c32348.jpgIMG_8273.jpg.6ac4bcd51055f05bb128d5c90d8c6d38.jpg 

 

Comparison between the two above species.

 

IMG_8272.jpg.b15a279d444f08ba8c0c1057e2ecbb1a.jpg

 

Flexi Trilo-Bits

 

IMG_8240.jpg.0989ce9c8b8885ec3882d355901741db.jpgIMG_8241.jpg.2d8eb4794d0071dcc329249132c46cbb.jpgIMG_8260.jpg.6a0c8b4d979442ac946a31b69c88f555.jpg

 

 

Isotelus thorax sections- I also found a lot of other parts of Isotelus trilobites.

 

IMG_8226.jpg.79e68eaeaf73952f5f5f2af831edea50.jpgIMG_8242.jpg.7d92cd1249e6d22a0f686881a64b74a6.jpgIMG_8217.jpg.537c1f88a759ab8e91a597d1fb3c9462.jpg

 

Brachiopods-

 

Strophomen

 

 IMG_8203.jpg.69b65cc6e53195ba071bd6df0a7e9ea2.jpgIMG_8210.jpg.a16a44d15f78dfe94828c0f557099414.jpgIMG_8214.jpg.bf7039a5e5684700914df7ba1cd757c2.jpgIMG_8215.jpg.0a5363fce8ce1fc6fb324d56853a9714.jpgIMG_8219.jpg.1c43a0b5472f39499fbf707ac4a43336.jpgIMG_8225.jpg.d37a87977f8e0e4c6aaf2fc3164d1294.jpg

 

 

  • I found this Informative 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Zygospira

 

 IMG_8244.jpg.faddf6c8b0b50782b540409866bfcfa6.jpgIMG_8245.jpg.07083cbbe779ae287152262dd1885390.jpg

 

Hebertella (?)

 

IMG_8202.jpg.d354213a448500da513aa2f930a6de48.jpgIMG_8205.jpg.be870ef88975e70ed3b54c445a7f8f7f.jpg

 

 

Lepidocyclus (?)

 

IMG_8200.jpg.0192fe84865e75218a98b3afff4b1499.jpgIMG_8204.jpg.de0158e3108f2c7e2c52ade64bc9eb70.jpg

 

 

Rafinesquina / Zygospira / Sowerbyella sp.

 

IMG_8206.jpg.ec5e895b8962dfa4961d32faa2a264c5.jpg

 

Gastropods-

 

Phargmolites dyeri - This is my first find of this fossil.

 

 IMG_8231.jpg.a1c80294ded9cc744486db3f2ffd78af.jpgIMG_8232.jpg.172e4c0ae8d868c96982b67af9c14324.jpg

 

Orthoconic Nautiloid

 

 

IMG_8195.jpg.89f0d7a91c429cc6bb4fcd89e27ee8b2.jpg

 

Horn Coral-

 

IMG_8196.jpg.324f0a927d2a6c867718a27e9a27f218.jpgIMG_8198.jpg.59fbacb422cc6b25116a8223f1dbc305.jpgIMG_8201.jpg.d0a7e4773e3c9d2c21ff0e481cd3dd5c.jpg

 

Next Post will show some pieces that I trimmed up.

  • I found this Informative 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Here are some pieces that I used my cheap $35.00 tile saw to trim up t make them more appealing and easier to store.

 

IMG_8282.jpg.adfbdd819d4e26b2843f21ef1cb70db2.jpgIMG_8284.jpg.54bbf040790630eb810524c1a1df3e0a.jpgIMG_8285.jpg.b727325f99a7fb66e95a8f7a7d48be6c.jpgIMG_8286.jpg.698137a40c6ba27b23aee4eb2fb20840.jpgIMG_8287.jpg.7e601f169986e0f34d999e3baac4481d.jpgIMG_8291.jpg.ef8d6be6d05147ad450cf7373db92621.jpgIMG_8295.jpg.58b88c37b810db94597b009fc373e26f.jpgIMG_8296.jpg.66e5b7407bc7c3e72859359ff4eb2c3b.jpgIMG_8297.jpg.11c3f4fcc66b009a10d906ad4caf62a5.jpgIMG_8298.jpg.e6569fb8bf6688c73fac38330ad4ca9c.jpgIMG_8300.jpg.c36138479fe17d1abb80cdb47c4d9d7b.jpgIMG_8301.jpg.abb9a378a1cb8d4927056de48b410283.jpgIMG_8302.jpg.d73af904bbf27f24b48dd27a58802dd4.jpgIMG_8303.jpg.6a571dbd423baa77995746a8b54aa015.jpgIMG_8316.jpg.02520142976af79fbb6077ab43377a54.jpgIMG_8317.jpg.9300f98adfb8584007e4ce0b4adf0937.jpg

 

And here are all of the complete trilobites that I found on Sunday.

 

IMG_8313.jpg.2bddace6860d728fb161ba9b2a9f9701.jpg

 

Hope everyone liked this post, it was fun collecting the stuff.

 

  • I found this Informative 6
Link to comment
Share on other sites

1 hour ago, hrguy54 said:

You mention that there wasn't as much at Marysville as you expected/hoped. I think Dry Dredgers may have been there recently.
 

That could very well be, I know they sometimes go there in September and I was thinking that I was going to see some one, but that was not the case.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
×
×
  • Create New...