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I was finally able to get out again this weekend to fossil hunt! I found 3 complete trilobites including a lage flexicalymene that was prone. 2 of the trilobites came from Maysville, Kentucky, and the other came from Ceasar's Creek on the way back. I'm not sure what is on the plate I have never seen something like it before. Any information would be appreciated.
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As I have learned more about fossil collecting I have been limited to surface collecting. But I have wanted to learn how to split shale and what to look for when searching for various cross sections of trilobites, crinoids, etc... in my area. Are there any books or articles I should look through and read, about shale splitting for the Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky area.
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Howdy all, Found some plant fossils inside some coal plates eroding out if a creek in Edmonson County. This one is pretty clearly a stigmaria and I've labeled it as Lepidodendrales indet. This next one I'm pretty sure is a wood fragment from a cordaites, though, I could be wrong. To my knowledge, cordaites is the only woody plant in the area. I compared the grain to that of some cordaites petrified wood and it looks pretty similar. this next one is on the same plate as the previous one. I'm not entirely sure what it is but it looks similar to the grain of palm or bamboo wood. I want to say this is pith from a Calamites but I'm unsure. . This appears to be a leaf impression, I'm guessing a species of calamites, though possibly some sort of pteridosperm. I also found some large calamites stems in the same site in a coal plate but I was unable to take them with me, as they were very brittle and falling apart. I unfortunately do not have any pictures, but they did have visible nodes.
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I am fortunate enough to have such a huge amount of Middle Devonian Givetian material that I thought it best to put the older Middle Devonian stage, the Eifelian, in its own thread. There are some spectacular fossils here as well though! I thought a good place to start would be in the Formosa Reef, which I believe is quite early Eifelian. This tabulate coral and stromatoporoid reef continues similar complexes found from the Middle Silurian, see my: https://www.thefossilforum.com/topic/84678-adams-silurian/page/3/ thread from page three onwards for details. All these Formosa Reef specimens come from a delightful gift from my good friend @Monica who is a tad busy with life at the moment but is fine and still thinking of the forum. This outcrop can be found on Route 12 near Formosa/Amherstburg, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada. This beautiful-looking specimen came to me with only a third of it revealed but I managed to get it this far after nine days of painful pin prepping. Monica found another one and posted it for ID here: https://www.thefossilforum.com/topic/105528-weird-circular-imprints-formosa-reef-lower-devonian/#comment-1172285 The specimen was identified by another Canny Canadian @Kane to be the little stromatoporoid sponge Syringostroma cylindricum. Hardly a reef-builder, but gorgeous nonetheless. It does have a little thickness to it, but not much. Beautiful! Pretty thin, actually. I love this Monica, thank you!
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Howdy all, I've got quite a few fossils I found in McNeely Lake Park and I'm curious if the age is correct and if any of these could be given an ID.
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Howdy all, Does anyone know the names of any formations in Edmonson? I recently found fossils from two in the same area, being Nolin Lake. One was Pennsylvanian, and one was Mississippian.
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A nice Dictyonema flabelliforme dendroid graptolite from Oslo Fields in Norway. It's Tremadoc, Lower Ordovician in age and is thus maybe around 480 mya. Another angle :
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I found these about 35 years ago when i was kid in a cave near frenchburg kentucky, one kinda looks like a acorn the other im not sure, its smooth on one side and bumpy on inside, it has a thin dark layer and a thicker light brown layer, its slighty curved and it has weight to it and it solid
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I have some fossil grass-like leaves from a specimen that was associated with other Pennsylvanian fossils collected from near Middlesboro, Kentucky. The specimen is somewhat problematic for display purposes because it has a very nice mesocalamite fossil on the opposite side. The 1st and 2nd images are of the leaflike fossils with a closeup. The white spots are apparently where reactive iron sulfides have been exposed to atmospheric humidity and were oxidized to some type of iron sulfate. The grasslike leaves do not appear to have a strong central vein which might suggest that these are cordaites leaves. The 3rd image is of the very nice mesocalamite fossil on the opposite side. Suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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Hi all! At last Friday’s Dry Dredgers meeting, I handed over the two Ordovician fossils below to Dr. Carl Brett for the Cincinnati Museum Center! Standard business card for scale. This coral, which I have wrongly been identifying as Favosites sp., is from the campus of Hanover College in Indiana, in their Dr. Daryl Karns trail system. This was donated with permission from the Hanover College Geology Faculty. This Treptoceras sp. comes from the US-68 road cut in Maysville, KY, Kope Formation.- 3 replies
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I bought a number of invertebrate fossils from a Kentucky agate collector. These came without identification or info on specific site where found. I'm not familiar with Kentucky fossils but I believe this is a sponge (Porifera). Any confirming or alternative identification is appreciated. First and last photos are side views, second and third are top and bottom.
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Howdy all, Found this Vinlandostrophia last year near the end of the warm season and decided to make it into a necklace without first identifying the exact species. I'm guessing it's a rarer flavor as this is one of two angel-winged vinlandostrophias I've found in my four years of hunting the Drakes Formation and out of the hundreds of vinlandostrophias I've found.
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Howdy all, Was taking a walk around EP. Tom Sawyer here in Louisville, and I found this little fossilized gastropod in a creek bed. I had originally thought that it was of the Silurian, but then I found some coal right next to it, which makes me think this may be Carboniferous. A species ID would also be helpful.
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I found my first trilobite. It appears to be ventral and it is concave.. The roadcut is in Northern Kentucky and labeled Kope on Ky geologic map. I would like to prep it, but don't want to ruin it. Any advice is appreciated.
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Hello all! I was scrolling through my home state’s fossil page when I came across this post from someone claiming they had a “special spot“ in western Kentucky where they found all of these fossils. Someone in the comments inquired about the ID, and he told them they are fossilized jellyfish. Obviously, these are not fossilized jellyfish. My first thought was geodized crinoid calyces, but then I looked closer and counted the plates- six rather than five, which is not what I’m used to for a typical calyx. Any thoughts?
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Hi everyone, I found this here in Scottsville ky, and I need help because I see two fish in this rock. Am I wrong?
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I was fortunate enough to be invited to a Christmas party hosted by Dan Cooper today. I arrived not knowing what to expect as I had never met him, let alone his friends and family. It didn't take long to figure out that I was with amazing people. Everyone there was so laid back and had a passion for fossils and fossil collecting. Dan is by far one of the most laid back and nicest people that I have met. He took the time to take me around his facility and show me fossils that were being prepped and parts of his collection, as well as introducing me to his friends and family. I can't say enough about this guy and the people that were there! Anyhow, a few photos from the visit.
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Good evening folks, I have two interesting pieces I’m asking help identifying. The first piece is from an unknown location. It weighs 8.7 ounces and measures approximately 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 1 3/4” +/-. This looks like a bone of some type to me, it has some agatized features, it kind of looks like pink stick/needle agate in the translucent section. It is porous , however, not light for its size. That’s all the information I have regarding that piece. The second piece is from Estill County, Kentucky. One a recent rockhound trip we discovered it off middlefork in a stream. The piece weighs 3.8 ounces and measures approximately 2 3/4 x 1 3/4 x 1 1/8” +/-. It too has some translucent qualities, I would say it’s partially agatized as well. The piece is gray/black in color and looks almost as if that translucent areas are scales, I may be off on that. That’s all the information on that piece. I appreciate your time in advance and I look forward to any information provided, Mike
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Found in ky where coal has been mined Help Identifying this rock I have several like it with the 2 colors , wondering if anyone knows what it is and can tell me what the shiny diamond looking part could be or can any fossils
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