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Meristina maria, HallIMG_9339.jpg

Sun, 03 Jan 2021 18:02:35 +0000

Wonderful specimen of the brachiopod Meristina maria, Hall. Conspicuous in the Waldron, specimens retaining all the shell material an fully inflated are not commonly collected. Specimen measures 1.25" in length.

Calymene brevicepsIMG_4200.jpg

Sun, 03 Jan 2021 18:02:33 +0000

Calymene breviceps. Middle Silurian Waldron Shale Formation. IMG_4198.jpg

Sun, 03 Jan 2021 18:02:31 +0000

Featured is a beautiful specimen of Calymene breviceps from the Waldron Shale. Despite this species being a somewhat common trilobite of the Waldron Shale, specimens of this quality are hard to come by. Specimen is 1" on matrix measuring 3.5" x 4.5". Collected and Prepared by Ken Karns.

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Sun, 03 Jan 2021 18:02:29 +0000

Eucalyptocrinites elrodi (Hall) Middle Silurian Waldron Shale FormationPA220015.jpg

Sun, 03 Jan 2021 18:02:28 +0000

Plate with two specimens of the Crinoid Eucalyptocrinites elrodi (Hall). Plate measures 10" x 7" with crowns measuring approx. 2.5" in length. Specimens of this quality are exceedingly rare in the Waldron. Note the one specimen complete with root system.

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Mon, 30 Nov 2020 23:08:10 +0000

Middle Silurian crinoid Eucalyptocrinites crassus from the Waldron Shale. Collected and prepared by Ken Karns. Specimen measures approx. 12" on a matrix slab measuring 14" x 6.5".

Selections from the Ken Karns collection

Sat, 19 Jan 2019 21:40:55 +0000

Eucalyptocrinites elrodi

Middle Silurian, Waldron Shale Formation, Shelby County, Indiana.

Slab measures 10" x 7", specimen with stem and holdfast measures 6" and single crown 2.75"

Collected and prepared by Ken Karns