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The Famous Winterset Composita Layer

Samurai

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Hello! Here is an image of the famous Winterset Limestone Composita composite layer! I love how they get geo-itized and get filled with calcite crystallization. It adds and shows a unique story. I also have found a brachiopod with a lophophore in this layer, which I will post later.

 

Edit: Correction on the lophophore, it is most likely the brachidium as noted by collector.

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Missouri Brachiopods

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Collector9658

Collector9658

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Awesome plate. Have always wanted to collect a slab of those from that locality, but I haven't had a chance yet to get back and collect around the KC area. Look forward to seeing the brachiopod with the brachidium.

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Samurai

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1 hour ago, Collector9658 said:

Awesome plate. Have always wanted to collect a slab of those from that locality, but I haven't had a chance yet to get back and collect around the KC area. Look forward to seeing the brachiopod with the brachidium.

Thank you! This was a site I hunted a few times when I was a kid and my "starting" area. Sadly most of it is now overgrown but it's still producing good finds. Also I have now corrected the terminology, as I wasn't too familiar with internal preservation and anatomy. I have now uploaded it in the album!

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Tidgy's Dad

Tidgy's Dad

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Very nice indeed.:brach2:

And, yes, the lophophore is an organ and soft and does not preserve except in exceptional circumstances.

The supports for the lophophore are what are sometimes preserved.

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