Terry Dactyll Posted June 11, 2010 Share Posted June 11, 2010 Jim..... Congratulations on finding and opening the nodule......I whack em with a hammer, maybe I dont have your patience, but the freeze thaw seems to work for you guys..... The shell preservation looks very good.....I wonder what diversity of species you will obtain from within those...please keep us posted..... Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimB88 Posted June 11, 2010 Author Share Posted June 11, 2010 Jim..... Congratulations on finding and opening the nodule......I whack em with a hammer, maybe I dont have your patience, but the freeze thaw seems to work for you guys..... The shell preservation looks very good.....I wonder what diversity of species you will obtain from within those...please keep us posted..... Will do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimB88 Posted June 17, 2010 Author Share Posted June 17, 2010 (edited) More from a spontaneous trip (after working third shift) to the Raccoon Mountain Formation. Also more find from prepping the large amount of Pennington Formation material. This first I had to put in the fossil id section- I havent a clue as to what it is (Im thinking plant of some kind.) more unidentifiable plant fragments some Pennington stuff brachs (anthracospirifer, eumetria) an interesting rugose, you cant tell from the photo but it has a sharp bend nearer to the tip (shaped like a cornacopia..) Edited June 17, 2010 by JimB88 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 Keep it coming Jim! Great finds! That one From the Racoon Mtn. Fm looks pretty interesting. I think you may be leaning in the right direction on that one! Thanks for showing us! Best regards, Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimB88 Posted June 18, 2010 Author Share Posted June 18, 2010 Ive come to realize that to find the plants in the Raccoon Mountain Formation I shouldnt be looking in the papershale, I should be checking the sandstone that directly overlies the coal seam. The first two are one side that I believe has an lipodendron impression...Ive posted better pics of it in the fossil id section... This is the other side of it..all the black bits a carbonized remain/ bits of coal... this one has some larger carbonized pieces, but again, I havnt spotted anything recognizable... found this on the top portion of a layer of ironstone. I believe its a tiny nautiloid... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roz Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 That's a very nice nautiloid... I am always so happy to find one here. Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 ...found this on the top portion of a layer of ironstone. I believe its a tiny nautiloid... Could it be spirorbis? "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimB88 Posted June 19, 2010 Author Share Posted June 19, 2010 Could it be spirorbis? Wow! I think your right! Ive never even heard of those before. I may be able to provide more examples as I discovered two more in the sample I brought home! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bootsie Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Nice finds Jim- Your work area looks like mine, out in the garage. I picked up one of those magnifying florescent lights and mounted that on the wall over my table. It works great for prepping and examining my finds. Keep those finds coming- I love the Archimedes, and those Blastoids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimB88 Posted June 23, 2010 Author Share Posted June 23, 2010 After much help from the awesome folk here on the Forum, I feel confident calling this Artisia. This marks the first recognizable plant from Tennessee! its a cast of the inner pith cavity of a cordaites tree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 Jim......Well done with the recognisable plant thing..... I agree with the ID..... Theres one I've posted previously somewhere with the same texture..... Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimB88 Posted June 24, 2010 Author Share Posted June 24, 2010 (edited) more finds... Starting with a partially opened concretion from the Raccoon Mountain Formation (Lower Pennsylvanian). I believe its a Lindstomella, you can see the lip of it and there is shell there as well, the other half has not opened yet (it broke through it instead of along it for some reason.) Now some stuff found while prepping other fossils from the Pennington Formation (Upper Mississippian.) First is a curious brachiopod... Heres a little one that Ive been finding a lot of while prepping... I think this is an inarticulate... A neat looking anthracospirifer... Im still looking to id the most of the previous brachs. Edited June 24, 2010 by JimB88 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimB88 Posted July 2, 2010 Author Share Posted July 2, 2010 (edited) Where as most of my finds on Wed I cant id here are some I can.. another lindstromella (or crop circle if you prefer)I found around four of these total. another arisia but not as well preserved, the lines are barely visible. It has the same squashed hexagonal shape as the other one I found so Im pretty confident with the id...I also found many impressions of stems and I believe some fossilized wood (not sure yet) I believe these are impressions from a lepidodendron that didn't capture much detail but the 'scale' pattern can be seen..they dont photograph well. the sad thing was I found an example of cruzania in the thin shale but the peice was shattered when I accidentally dropped it. Edited July 2, 2010 by JimB88 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 Hey Jim, enjoy seeing the variety of material you are finding, especially the plant material. Keep digging as you never know what's next! Those concretions seem very promising! Regards, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted July 5, 2010 Share Posted July 5, 2010 Hey Jim- That Archimedes with the lacey bits still attached is way cool. As for the little six-sided piece of crinoid... could it be from a sea urchin? I have seen jurassic urchin pieces like that, where the nippley thing in the middle would have held a spine during life. And what is the wee thing in the same photo between it and the penny? Is that a puny little ammonoid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimB88 Posted July 5, 2010 Author Share Posted July 5, 2010 Hey Jim- That Archimedes with the lacey bits still attached is way cool. As for the little six-sided piece of crinoid... could it be from a sea urchin? I have seen jurassic urchin pieces like that, where the nippley thing in the middle would have held a spine during life. And what is the wee thing in the same photo between it and the penny? Is that a puny little ammonoid? I believe its a crinoid or blastoid stem section..these rocks are full of them! Ill have to check on the urchin - not sure if they were around during the upper Mississippian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimB88 Posted August 23, 2010 Author Share Posted August 23, 2010 Been awhile since I updated this... Went on a trip through Bledsoe county looking for the "red beds," didn't find them but did come across a small road cut in front of a church that had shale and sandstone. found nothing in the shale but the sandstone had a lot of plant material...especially Artisia.. a nice big piece..cordaites must have been common in this area... this is also Artisia it has the shape of the cavity preserved (second pic) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 Jim, Great finds! The plant material finally "materialized" for you! Nice to see your persistance paying off for you! Congratulations! Regards, Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimB88 Posted August 24, 2010 Author Share Posted August 24, 2010 actually, come to think of it -the lines in Artisia don't run vertically do they. Hmmm, not sure what they would be then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandomas Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 Some more.... the first is a platyceras (ornathachia) snail..they are commonly associated with crinoids (as the book put it "they would wait by the anus for a meal"...mmmm....mmmmmm.... :stuff: ) Ive prepped it this far but Im nervous about going farther for fear of breaking it. A couple of deformed diaphragmus (there must have been a reef of these guys as they overlay each other. All of the above is from the Pennington Formation (Upper Mississippian.) Those fossils are way cool. Congrats Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xenacanthus Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 great fossils like allthe crinoids Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimB88 Posted October 12, 2010 Author Share Posted October 12, 2010 been awhile since Ive added anything to this some more Mississippian stuff from the Bangor Limestone and the Pennington Formation.. start with my ever growing collection of trilo-butts someday I hope to find a whole one or a cephalon (Im not sure why only the tail sheilds are preserved :unsure: The largest brach Ive found down here in Tennessee... I've yet to id it or these next two one of which is a neat red color.. I may post the brachs on the fossil ID forum, but then again considering I got no response from my last inquiry I may not (not too many brach specialists around here I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimB88 Posted October 12, 2010 Author Share Posted October 12, 2010 couldn't get this to photograph well, its an Archimedes with the lacy bit still attached to the whorls (I photographed it upside down as the lacy bits were not showing up well in the lighting I was using..the lacy parts are attached to the two whorls on the bottom of the pic.) if I can get a better pic I'll post it (Ive tried many different angle and lights-even outside in sunlight!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 (edited) Hey Jim, Cool Trilo pygidiums! Apparently you've found an area where the pygidum molts settled. Sonetimes you'll find an area that is just all cephalons, or just all pygidiums, (or more infrequently, both of the same size). That Archimedes is cool too! As far as the Brachs are concerned, you could try to PM Shamalama. He's a great resource for the Brach ID's. Thanks for sharing! Regards, Edited October 13, 2010 by Fossildude19 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimB88 Posted November 7, 2010 Author Share Posted November 7, 2010 Well, an expert in the UK got back to me aaaaaaannnndddd... Im officially in the vertebrate club :D :D The material I found is definitely Deltodus these are from the front mouth plate. he thinks this one is either a juvenile or from the back of the mouth (I didnt think it was a tooth at all) Ill take more pics after I clean them up a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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