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From the album: Rose Hill Formation
Liocalymene clintoni, Perry County, Pennsylvania- 3 comments
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I'm currently working on a simulation of extinct biomes, i'm slowly learning how to make everything as realistic as possible for realtime 3d simulation. I would like to start with plants recreated from some Silurian, lower devonian and upper devonian, and slowly working to recreating the biomes in the areas where they lived and later i'l like to add animals aswell. All my research is made with google i'm not a professional in archeology or 3d art, some of the models are very simple and unpolished for now and will be updated. The project is in the early stages for now but it runs very well on most pc's Here are ome of the plants that lived in the late devonian Tetraxylopteris and leaf detail Archeopteris and branch detail Calamophyton Protolepidodendropsis Uang (China) Weylandia rhenana Aneurophyton Wattieza Leclercqia
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From the album: Rose Hill Formation
Osctracods, Perry County, Pennsylvania-
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From the album: Kaliningrad Oblast
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From the album: Kaliningrad Oblast
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Hello All Fossil Finders! New here and excited to share my finds and learn along the way. I have searched everywhere on information on these structure like rocks and the only similar info I can find is either they are flow rocks or stalagmites. I find these everywhere on my property in the ground and some in a creek bed. Live in Oldham County KY near the Ohio river, which it looks also falls in some fault planes. Any info would be much appreciated!
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Taxonomy from Fossilid.info. This species was originally described by Barrande under the name Graptolithus turriculatus. References: Barrande, J. (1850). Graptolites de Bohême. Extrait du Systême Silurien de la Bohême. 74 pp. Published by the author, Prague. Loydell, D.K., Štorch, P. and Melchin, M.J. (1993). Taxonomy, evolution and biostratigraphic importance of the Llandovery graptolite Spirograptus. Palaeontology 36, 909-926. Persson, Ch. (1999). Silurian graptolites from Bohemia, Czech Republic. Examensarbete i geologi vid Lunds Universitet. 20 poäng. Nr. 107, pp. 1-23.
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Trying in vain to identify some of the unusual erratic fossils that have washed onto the Delmarva Peninsula from probably hundreds of miles away. Some are oddly common but I can't find them in the NJ, NY or PA literature I have. Anyone recognize this circular life form? It's only a few mm across. Took the picture with a microscope camera. Looks like coral, but I can't find it in the books. This is one of a couple I found, both elliptical and dimpled.
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I'm making a vain attempt at identifying some of the tumbled fossil cobbles that have travelled probably hundreds of miles to the Delaware shore. Does anyone recognize this life form? It's maybe all of a cm long. Photo taken with a digital microscope.
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Trying in vain to identify some of the unusual erratic fossils that have washed onto the Delmarva Peninsula from probably hundreds of miles away. Some are oddly common but I can't find them in the NJ, NY or PA literature I have. Anyone recognize this life form? Scale is in cm.
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Trying in vain to identify some of the unusual erratic fossils that have washed onto the Delmarva Peninsula from probably hundreds of miles away. Some are oddly common but I can't find them in the NJ, NY or PA literature I have. Anyone recognize this life form? Scale is in cm.
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I visited the Baoding Natural History Museum today. It’s advertised as the largest Natural History museum in Asia. They’ve got a nice dinosaur collection, but I visited and focused on the great exhibit on the early fishes of Yunnan. I apologise for the fuzzy photos as the nice ones took up too much. But first, some other nice things they had on display. A Pulalius from Washington, lovely leg tips but not comparable to the ones prepped and shown on here. Lovely Edicarian stuff. Moroccan material, some lovely spiny things. Chengjiang Biota. And others. This Ordos basin material is pretty cool. Group. Next post-
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Some sort of trace fossil? Mortimer Forest, Shropshire UK (Silurian)
EntomoloJosh posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hello, Had this one for a while now but never figured out what it was? I collected this a while ago on my first fossil hunting trip, in Mortimer Forest, UK. Not sure at all what it is, not even sure it is a fossil? There's no other unusual markings on the rock as far as I can tell. Thank you!
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Is this half a gastropod shell? Wenlock Edge, UK (Silurian)
EntomoloJosh posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hello, I collected this a while back from Wenlock Edge in Shrosphire, and I've now extracted it from the rock it was in. Judging from the two 'holes' at either end, I think it might be a gastropod? I've included a (very crude) drawing to show what I mean. Thank you!
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Is this the (crushed) cup of a crinoid? Wenlock Edge, UK (Wenlock, Silurain)
EntomoloJosh posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hello, I collected this fossil from Wenlock Edge (Shropshire, UK) earlier this year, and only now have I gotten around to sorting my finds from them. Anyway, is what I have circled in red the crushed cup of a crinoid? If so, is it possible to get further than "crinoid"?, and also is it possible to ID crinoids based off stem cross sections (as seen just above the red circle? Thank you!
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Fossil Identification Request (Might not even be a fossil, I can't find much on it.)
Freelanceangler06 posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hello All, This is my first post on Fossil Forum and I have a question on the find during my second ever fossil hunt. The location is a quarry in Northeastern Wisconsin, on the western edge of the Niagara Escarpment I believe. I'm not sure, but I think these are fossils? I had to do a double take when I first saw it, as I though they could be from drilling into the quarry wall or something, but I found 4 or 5 of various sizes with the biggest one that was exposed to the face of the quarry being about 2 inches in diameter. I also was wondering if 2 of the photos (6 and 7) were a stromatolite? I found all these in about 3 hours, along with a big coral. So I will be going back this weekend
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From the album: Fossil Collection: DC Area and Beyond
Astraeospongia sp. Decatur County, TN Beech River Formation Silurian -
Howdy all, Found this in a silurian deposit here in Louisville, KY. Not too sure if this is a brachiopod or maybe a trilobite. Been wondering for years. I have the negative as well if needed.
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I visited Milwaukee County, Wisconsin again last week to search for fossils on the beaches. It was mostly the usual: corals, brachiopods, and crinoids. A poster was kind enough to send me a field guide for the area, but I found a few oddballs. For context, the beaches I visited are known hotspots for Silurian reef fossils according to the Milwaukee Museum’s website. The first two I found on Grant Park Beach, South Milwaukee. Number 1 might be a crinoid stem, though it looks much more detailed than the stems I normally come across with the holes and all. It is a little over a centimeter in diameter. The second is about two centimeters wide and I have no clue. These beaches are not really known for arthropod fossils. The last leaf-looking thing I found on Doctor’s Park Beach at Fox Point. Again, these area is supposed to contain only marine fossils, so it shouldn’t be a plant it is about 3 centimeters at its longest point and maybe 2/3s a centimeter wide with nothing notable at other angles. Thank you.
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One of my favourite brachiopod groups are the Pentamerida, and I thought I might share a few specimens for those of you interested in such things. They are all of Silurian age and are from three different countries. The first is Pentameroides septentrionalis - a large example from Akimiski Island in Hudson Bay. It is from the Lower Silurian Attawapiskat Formation. The second image is of two Gypidula sp. from the Middle Silurian Wenlock Limestone of the English Midlands. The final specimen is of Kirkidium laqueatum from the Upper Silurian of Indiana, USA. I obtained these species by exchanging with other brachiopod collectors. Hope you like them.
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Today has not been kind to me. Originally, I was off work today, and had planned to leave early this morning to check out some potential trilobite ridden rock around St. Louis. This didn't happen, as I was awoken early to learn and find my car had been the victim of a hit and run. I will not be able to collect for some time now, which is very saddening. This was my first brand new car purchase, and I had planned to drive that car until the wheels literally fell off. That is no longer an option, so I was faced with cleaning what i could out, and saving some mementos I had forgotten about. Fortunately, I was able to salvage a case of fossils, though some still took some damage. So I will share these today instead. Some of these fossils may have been shared before, so I apologize for repeats. These were all I could salvage from 3 cases I left in my trunk. Here is a mix of Pennsylvanian Deer Creek Formation fossils, a few Mississippian Burlington Formation fossils, a Silurian double ventral Calymenid slab, and a few fossils from Texas as well. The crinoid and trilobite I believe were collected at Mineral Wells, while I believe the other 4 were collect along the NSR. Deer Creek Formation fossils- Both straight shelled cephalopods were broken. The root to the tooth also split away, and couldn't be located. Burlington Formation crinoids and coral Ozan Formation? Fossils Mineral Wells? Crinoid and trilobite Bainbridge Formation Calymene plate I'm glad I doubled checked under my driver's side seat. I had forgot about this slab I started to trim that had 2 ventral Calymene. They aren't the best, but worth saving. It was nice to see some fossils I haven't put eyes on in some time now, and also recover a few I forgot about. I hope your day goes better than mine has!
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Hi all. I found these today at the Wren's Nest in Dudley England. I understand that fossils found here are Silurian. I know this may be difficult to do but I was wondering if anyone could offer me any possible species names or other information on these? Anything is greatly appreciated 👍
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Hello all. Today's find. So far there is only this photograph of the new find; sorry for the photo quality. I'll be able to take better photos a little later. The size of the fossil is 10 mm. Upper Silurian, Epoch of Ludlow, Gortian Stage, Ustovska World (427.4 million years). Place of discovery - Khmelnitsky region, Ukraine. Please help me determine this. Thank you. Have a good day
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From the album: Fossils found at the baltic sea of Denmark and Germany
Microsphaeridiorhynchus nucula brachiopod, from the pebble beach on Fehmarn, Germany. The individual specimen are around 1 cm long, date back to the silurian around 420 million years ago, and have their origin located at the swedish isle of Gotland, and the surrounding seafloor.© Brevicollis
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I was at Doctor’s Park beach in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin today. It is a known Silurian reef outcrop and I found much of the usual plus this weird piece of coral. I have never seen coral like this at this beach and I’ve been going here periodically for months. I attached a side, top, and bottom photo. I wanted to wait until I finished my trip to show my entire haul, but I am really curious about this thing. I almost mistook it for a nut that fell into the lake, but it’s definitely rock.
