mikeymig Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 I sometimes come across other cool fossils like this weird Bryozoan colony (8”x 4”x 4.5”) when I’m collecting trilobites. I had the pieces in a bag from a recent dig about a week ago but never thought much about it until it rained for three days. It took me a few hours and I still have a few more pieces left over but most of its here. The specimen stands on its own and the "exhaust pipe” looks like some alien arm like in War of the Worlds. Well, it does to me. Middle Devonian NY. Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. led zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Mike, You find a nice variety of things in your slice of heaven! This is cool! Thanks for posting it! I like to see the interesting, non-standard fossils, as well as the old favorites! 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...
erose Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Check this out: http://www.drydredgers.org/ronsbryos1.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymig Posted October 26, 2011 Author Share Posted October 26, 2011 Close up of the alien probe. Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. led zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymig Posted October 26, 2011 Author Share Posted October 26, 2011 Check this out: http://www.drydredgers.org/ronsbryos1.htm Pretty cool link thanks. This is my 5th and smallest colony yet. I like putting them together because you never know what they are going to look like until ur done. Besides, this is where trilobites would hang out and I find them in and around these colonies when collecting. Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. led zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamalama Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Nicely done Mikey. It's not too often you even find enough pieces of a Bryozoan colony to piece it back together. I often try to find as many pieces as I can from a colony just to try and puzzle it out like you did yours. -Dave __________________________________________________ Geologists on the whole are inconsistent drivers. When a roadcut presents itself, they tend to lurch and weave. To them, the roadcut is a portal, a fragment of a regional story, a proscenium arch that leads their imaginations into the earth and through the surrounding terrain. - John McPheeIf I'm going to drive safely, I can't do geology. - John McPheeCheck out my Blog for more fossils I've found: http://viewsofthemahantango.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erose Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Nicely done Mikey. It's not too often you even find enough pieces of a Bryozoan colony to piece it back together. I often try to find as many pieces as I can from a colony just to try and puzzle it out like you did yours. Unless you find them all laid out on a bedding plain it is almost impossible to find the matching pieces. Ron (from the Dry Dredgers link) found his specimens in the softer clay stones of the Cincinnatian pretty much sitting right where they were buried. He digs them out, rinses of all the mud and then starts the puzzle. He gave me a bag of stuff years ago that he said could all be assembled. One day... FYI, One of his assembled pieces was the subject of a paper. It may be the largest re-assembled bryozoan colony known: http://dnr.state.oh.us/Portals/10/pdf/newsletter/2005No.1.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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