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Last sunday was my first time hunting this year I went hunting in a place which contains old coast defences. The rocks are Tournaisian in age, probably from the area Tournais, or maybe the area of Soignies. The fossils are Tournaisian aged. I mostly found corals; Caninia sp., Michelina favosa etc. and brachiopods; Spirifer, Aletyphorus, Productus, Leptaenea, Rhipidomella etc. I also found trilobite pygidia from Plitonia kuehnei. When i came home and started unpacking everything i found out i was blessed. I had found a very rare Cochliodus contortus tooth without knowing it. some of my finds : 1: Caninia sp. 2: Piltonia kuehnei 3: Michelina favosa 4: unidentified 5: Cochliodus contortus 6: unprepped, probably Leptaenea analoga 7: Aletyphorus tornaciensis
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Crows Feet? I’ve seen these in limestones but not in dolostones. Plenty of bits and pieces. I think Favosites and molds of crinoid columinals. More crinoid molds and both brachiopod molds and bits and pieces. Very very crystalized. But fun challenge.
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Hello y’all! Since my last brach prep thread, I have actually prepped another brachiopod that I intended to make this thread about, but it turns out that it had been crushed prior to fossilization. I decided that it wasn’t worth writing home for, so I present to you: Project Sticky! Here it is before any prep: Now, the name is self explanatory: the matrix is so sticky, it’s pulling off a layer of shell with every rock flake!!! You can see an area where it pulled off much more than everywhere else: I decided that while this one will be a rough brach, I might as well finish it. I’m still trying to learn, so really this is partially a practice prep. Anyways, here it is after a total of 40 min prepping: Still far from done. Aaand, when I went to hammer some of the excess matrix, this got exposed: Looks like this rock will have a double brach prep. Should make it look more eye-appealing when done. Anyways, I did all this yesterday, and it took about 1 1/2 hours. Didn’t take any pics, but I did paraloid the exposed parts of the main shell. Next update may come tonight, or tomorrow morning. Hope y’all enjoyed this, have a great day!
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Well, I’m stumped. Can’t find anything like it in my references. Was found in KC area, likely Pennsylvanian. Thank you so much in advance everyone!
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I found some fossils in limestone, there are two Brachiopods close together. There is also a crinoid stem. On the left, there is a weird bean shaped inclusion, is this another fossil? If so, what is it? The first picture is of the whole piece, second and third pictures are of the weird bean.
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Yesterday it was a nice winter day here in Brown County TX, 30 degree in the morning up to 70 by early afternoon. Took the kids out for a while to a friends ranch for a little fossil and artifact hunting and some rock throwing. Found a few interesting pieces and a couple artifacts. One decent point and a "hoe" digging tool (probably) based on the usage chips on the wide edge. Also my son found a neat bryozoan ball and a brachiopod that has lolophores preserved and showing. Crinoid calix. Red stone is Fuslinids and worm tubes. And I keep a couple of horn corals that had defined growth rings just because the looked neat.
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I went out to a site near Lake Brownwood here in Cen Texas Penn last spring. To my disappointment the land owner had decided to cover the exposure with dirt so he could grow grass?! I have hunted this spot in the past and it yields very well preserved fossils but he had not quit cover a small wash so I was able to find some he had not buried. The next time I try this spot there will probably only be grass. "Bulldozer giveth and bulldozer takes away" as someone said one time.
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I found this nice brachiopod/bivalve shell fossil during my trip this year to Okinawa. I believe it is cenozoic in age. I would like to identify the species. I successfully chipped it out of the rock- no, more like it popped out itself- and here's the photo.