EMP Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 I recently came across a new locality that exposes a calcareous section of the Red Mountain Formation. After braving poison oak, wasp attacks, swarms of gnats, and spiders, I've come out with some spectacularly preserved brachiopods, especially for this formation. I believe Dolerorthis sp.? Resserella sp. Not quite sure, looks like some kind of orthid. Leptaena sp. Another unknown orthid. A really well preserved Lingula sp. Slabs like this are fairly common, but the rock is so fragile it's difficult to get any back in one piece. The one piece in the bottom right caught my eye since it looks superficially like a Bumastus sp. fragment. Could be a brachiopod, though exposures I've found in similar rocks (also in the Red Mountain Formation) have turned up abundant trilobite remains, including Bumastus sp. Besides brachiopods, I've found a few other things. An interesting bryozoan? I'm not the best with colonial animals like this. A plate with several Hormotoma subulata(?) Hope you all enjoyed the photos! Please let me know if you think you have any IDs, I'm not too confident on some of these. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 Nice finds and the pictures are great. When I am in Georgia, I will sometimes collect at the exposure on Dug Gap Battle Road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMP Posted August 31, 2022 Author Share Posted August 31, 2022 On 8/26/2022 at 11:58 PM, Nimravis said: Nice finds and the pictures are great. When I am in Georgia, I will sometimes collect at the exposure on Dug Gap Battle Road. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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