Collector9658 Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 I decided to travel to and visit my twin brother this past weekend. Sometimes, he's on-call for his job on the weekend and he happened to get a call for a job that would take 2 or 3 hours to finish. I didn't feel like sitting around a nursing home for some hours, so I decided to take the chance and visit a crinoid locality close by while I waited for him to get free. The area got a lot of hard rain and some severe weather during the weekend as well. With that in mind, I was hopeful some easy pickings would be washed out or weathered out from my last visit. A couple hours spent scouring the weathered hillside resulted in some okay finds. The first rock I flipped over had a nice Azygocrinus calyx on it exposed. Azygocrinus was the first crinoid I ever found while young, and that was what sparked my interest in crinoids. I set it aside with my keep pile, and kept on flipping bigger rocks over. I ended up finding another calyx exposed on a bigger block of limestone within a few minutes. It is only missing a few calyx plates, and looks like it will prep out nicely. I haven't counted plates or bothered trying to ID this yet. Another nice calyx was spotted exposed atop a nice washed out pile. I believe it is an Uperocrinus calyx. An easy clean up there. Another recently washed out calyx was readily exposed. I believe it is a Macrocrinus. A couple of other partial calyx bits were littered about. I left them in place. A partial Agaricocrinus. I believe this is a partial Physetocrinus. The last rather interesting find is what I think is an Evactinopora bryozoan. I posted it in the fossil ID section, but last I checked there was no consensus yet. I don't think it is crinoidal, but who knows. It looks like it has the classic 4 rays like Evactinopora grandis has. My brother finished up and gave me a phone call after 2 hours or so. After picking up my keep pile, I left back for town to smash him in some Super Smash Bros. That's all for now, thanks for reading. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 I don’t know if it’s a bug, but your subject is displayed three times ! Coco 1 ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collector9658 Posted April 29 Author Share Posted April 29 2 minutes ago, Coco said: I don’t know if it’s a bug, but your subject is displayed three times ! Coco Thanks for the alert. When I tried to upload the post, it rerouted me to a temporary server problem page. Could a mod delete the others? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trilobites_are_awesome Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 @Fossildude19 1 Cheers! James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 Nice finds, thanks for sharing. It probably is Evactinopora grandis. Ahem. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 Great finds and report. What extra posts? 1 1 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...
Coco Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 Hi, This subject existed three times, maybe someone came before you Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 9 minutes ago, Coco said: Hi, This subject existed three times, maybe someone came before you Coco I think that Tim is pulling our legs, but maybe the joke got lost in the translation for you. 2 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 Oh I think you’re right, Roger, I didn’t pay attention to the emoticon ! Coco 1 ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collector9658 Posted April 30 Author Share Posted April 30 12 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said: Nice finds, thanks for sharing. It probably is Evactinopora grandis. Ahem. Thank you. I do appreciate your input on the ID. Right or wrong, regardless it helps narrow down options which i appreciate. I didn't upload the greatest quality photos either. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collector9658 Posted May 2 Author Share Posted May 2 Here is another Macrocrinus I had found that day, and cleaned up yesterday evening. I hope to get time to clean the Uperocrinus and an Actinocrinus by the weekend's end. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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