Weekend fossil hunting

[Denis Arcand]

I visited my favorite place, a river beach, where I walk every weekend looking for fossils. This weekend, the unusually low water level revealed areas that are usually inaccessible. I discovered several blocks composed almost entirely of crinoid segments. Given their friable matrix, they appear to have been in the river for some time.

 

Today, I started extracting the segments and have already collected about a hundred of them by removing only a few millimeters of the matrix surface. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 24, 2024 by Denis Arcand

[minnbuckeye]

Nice collection. I wish my local Ordovician had crinoids close to what you find. 

[Balance]

So tiny! I can’t imagine how many id lose to the dark places under things where screws and washers go to disappear 

 

What are the tiny “coil pots” called ?

 

Jp

[Bullsnake]

On 11/24/2024 at 9:30 PM, Balance said:

So tiny! I can’t imagine how many id lose to the dark places under things where screws and washers go to disappear 

 

What are the tiny “coil pots” called ?

 

Jp

If you're referring  to what I think you are, those are pieces of crinoid columns(stems), comprised of those discs (columnals) stacked together.

[Balance]

@Bullsnake thank you! I see it now! 
 

Jp