Auspex Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 And you picked a great way to join the club! Deltodus is cool! "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...
Terry Dactyll Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 JimB88.... Congratulations.... Nice find... I'm glad you got your ID confirmed Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanK Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 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) Nice finds Jim, congrats. Roman http://s1143.photobu.../donbassfossil/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimB88 Posted November 24, 2010 Author Share Posted November 24, 2010 (edited) Ive been slowly prepping this with a dental pick. Its two Reticularina in life position on the sea floor (notice the encrusting bryozoan all around it!) Im not going to do much more to it as its a neat piece as it is. Edited November 24, 2010 by JimB88 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimB88 Posted November 24, 2010 Author Share Posted November 24, 2010 another view Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobWill Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 try this link for pyrite preservation http://www.sheppeyfossils.com/pages/pdf/the trouble with pyrite2.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimB88 Posted December 18, 2010 Author Share Posted December 18, 2010 I've been finding a ton of small but complete brachs my last few times out. Including many productids, which must have formed reefs as there is a horizon of strata filled with well preserved specimens. I shall post some of my recent finds from my last couple hunts. start with a large Inflatia found in a gray limestone layer along with many Diaphragmus productids... I believe this to be a large Diaphragmus... front and side view. more Diaphragmus... cont... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docdutronc Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 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..) Hi JimB88 The first is an Artisia transversalis,inner mold of Cordaites tree best regards Bruno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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