Jeffrey P Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Those shark teeth, especially the Saivodus are simply amazing. The crinoids and jellyfish are impressive too. Congratulations on some excellent finds and thanks for sharing them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 My Godddddd, Your finds absolutely KILL me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Posted September 25, 2019 Author Share Posted September 25, 2019 @fossilsonwheels@Jeffrey P@Carl Thanks guys! Glad you enjoyed seeing them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Posted October 22, 2019 Author Share Posted October 22, 2019 Had a hunt at a good spot for blocks of the Blackhall limestone with good cleavage at the weekend and made a find I'm really pleased with, a plate with the most complete crinoid I've ever found having the calyx and partial arms, and alongside it the best specimen of the undescribed jellyfish from this formation I've found so far. A friend has ID'd the crinoid as Ureocrinus bockshii (Geinitz). The jellyfish is 6 cm across. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Whoa! That is awesome, Sam. Individually the fossils are impressive - even more so when associated on the same plate! Great find, mate! You must be chuffed with this. Cheers! Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER 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 More sharing options...
Archie Posted October 22, 2019 Author Share Posted October 22, 2019 Thanks Tim! I really am chuffed with this one! A good Jellyfish and a crinoid thats articulated at all have been high up the bucket list for years so cant believe I've found both on the one rock! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t-tree Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Great finds and all on one block the Jellyfish is brilliant. John Be happy while you're living for you're a long time dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Now that's a fantastic combination! Congrats! Can't wait to see it prepped. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connorp Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Spectacular finds. Do you think there’s much more of the crinoid to expose? Hard to tell from the pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nala Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Wonderfull finds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 That last piece with a jellyfish and crinoid is outstanding!!! Congratulations!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deutscheben Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Awesome! What a great association, and the preservation on that jellyfish is so clear, how astounding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Posted October 23, 2019 Author Share Posted October 23, 2019 @t-tree @Ludwigia @connorp @nala @Monica @deutscheben Thanks everyone! This jellyfish is by far the clearest example I've found yet many are pretty hard to see and almost impossible to get a good photo of, I must have missed a good few over the years while my eyes were set to tooth mode! Prepped the crinoid earlier today as much as I can I think, there was more of the arms but they are pretty disarticulated. I'll post some pics tomorrow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 Wow... I'd be setting my eyes to jellyfish mode for sure if I ever got a chance to collect in your location. You should enter that one in the FOTM, I feel I can say with confidence that I'd vote for it! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 Awesome,Archie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GallinaPinta Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 Those are some spectacular finds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Posted October 24, 2019 Author Share Posted October 24, 2019 @Wrangellian @doushantuo @GallinaPinta Thank you! I'll enter it in the FOTM contest Finished prepping the crinoid and really pleased with the result! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 ALMOST as good as your Devonian/Carboniferous fish posts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Posted October 24, 2019 Author Share Posted October 24, 2019 2 minutes ago, doushantuo said: ALMOST as good as your Devonian/Carboniferous fish posts Haha thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t-tree Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 Looks Good you must be pleased with it. John Be happy while you're living for you're a long time dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 Excellent beautiful crinoid/jellyfish piece. Congratulations. Thanks for posting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 That's a keeper. Nice find. 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...
Wrangellian Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 It looked great already but now it's even better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Posted October 26, 2019 Author Share Posted October 26, 2019 On 10/24/2019 at 6:43 PM, t-tree said: Looks Good you must be pleased with it. John Thanks John! Really pleased with it think its one of my favorite finds of all time! On 10/24/2019 at 9:07 PM, Jeffrey P said: Excellent beautiful crinoid/jellyfish piece. Congratulations. Thanks for posting it. Thank you! On 10/24/2019 at 9:10 PM, Mark Kmiecik said: That's a keeper. Nice find. Thanks! On 10/25/2019 at 12:58 AM, Wrangellian said: It looked great already but now it's even better. Thanks! I was really happy when a little bit more of the arms and calyx started to show during prep even though they're a bit scattered! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 Happy New Year everybody! The weathers been pretty grim in this part of Scotland for the last few weeks but on New Years Eve it was unseasonably warm and sunny so decided to get out and try and make some last finds for 2019! I never got round to posting any of the stuff I'd found and planned to post on this thread in other Carboniferous formations so I'll post these finds, also from the Blackhall Limestone, here and the rest of 2019's finds over the next few days. The first find of the day was this near complete jellyfish that's small but quite clear unlike most I've found. I then stumbled across this sponge body which is the best example I've found so far, I think its fairly complete and maybe a Hyalostellia sp., maybe @TqBcould confirm this? I didn't find much more for a few hours and was about to leave when I turned over a block that had a really well preserved complete jellyfish which has weathered to a much lighter color than the surrounding rock showing the radial canals and concentric banding. My pack was getting pretty heavy and its a good trek out to this site so I called it a day and headed home. When I went to cut the blocks down to size I noticed just in time there were a couple of Ctenoptychius lobatus teeth, one partial crown and one mostly buried near the edge of the block, just prepped it out and its turned out to be complete 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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