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jvpartin

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Thanks beforehand.

 

My young granddaughters (8 and 5 yo) have went fossil hunting in their backyard around Lake Cumberland in Kentucky and as I am not experienced in identification and cleaning techniques  I appreciate all help given to identify several examples of what we collected.

 

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Thanks for the reply because the picture is showing up for me.  I would not have known it wasn't visible otherwise.

 

BTW I only have one up atm

 

Lets try this one

 

 

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Hi, so, if i understand well, the fossils of the Lake Cumberland are Mississipian. I guess those ones are brachiopods.

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Thanks for the reply I haven't cleaned it at all as I'm practicing on lesser specimens. 

 

Here is a slab approximately the size of my hand covered with shells and tube structures that penetrate the three inch depth.  Note all of the fossils specimens I post here where collected in a 20 foot area in my daughters back yard. 

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That appears to be what collectors call a "hash plate", a mishmash of shell debris and imprints. I think I'm seeing crinoid bits, perhaps nautiloids and other unidentifiable shell pieces on it.

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I also think there are crinoid bits and cephalopods.

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"On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)

"We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes."

 

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