mikecable Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 (edited) I apologize in advance for the pics. They will be OK but not great. But I'm proud of my results collecting. Probably commonplace for many of you, but a nice re-introduction to fossil collecting for me. Edited December 4, 2011 by mikecable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikecable Posted December 3, 2011 Author Share Posted December 3, 2011 This is from the Mineral Wells Fossil Park. These brachiopods were my most common find on this trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 Very nice little fossils. Are they Pennsylvanian? Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roz Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 I love the fossils that come from those sites especially MW's just because I find more there.. You found some very good specimens.. Have you hunted Waco? Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 NIce finds! Thanks for sharing them with us! 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...
mikecable Posted December 3, 2011 Author Share Posted December 3, 2011 Some small corals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikecable Posted December 3, 2011 Author Share Posted December 3, 2011 Echionode plates? The best of a few I found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikecable Posted December 3, 2011 Author Share Posted December 3, 2011 Coral or crinoid stem. Seems a little to irregular to be crinoid. I know I have to improve my pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vordigern Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 nice finds!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikecable Posted December 4, 2011 Author Share Posted December 4, 2011 What is this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikecable Posted December 4, 2011 Author Share Posted December 4, 2011 (edited) Very nice little fossils. Are they Pennsylvanian? Yes. Mineral Wells formation--the rest is debatable. Here's the debate www.thefossilforum.com/index.php/topic/19109-geology-at-mineral-wells/page__hl__%2Bmineral+%2Bwells+%2Bfossil+%2Bpark__fromsearch__1 Edited December 4, 2011 by mikecable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikecable Posted December 4, 2011 Author Share Posted December 4, 2011 I love the fossils that come from those sites especially MW's just because I find more there.. You found some very good specimens.. Have you hunted Waco? Been to the Mammoth site. Haven't hunted. Would love to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikecable Posted December 4, 2011 Author Share Posted December 4, 2011 Nice micromounts. Your fossils fit nicely. Looks like jeweler's cases work good for that size fossils. Is there any truth to the rumor that the Brownwood spillway is closed to collecting Archaeocidaris? I don't know about the rumors. I do know that about the time I started asking about collecting on the spillway a very prominent Brownwood law enforcement officer died tragically at a Texas Rangers game. I backed off my request quickly. We are still small town down here. I'm not sure that's a bad thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Hi, Echionode plates? The best of a few I found. Yes, "regular" echinoid plates. 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...
Roz Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Been to the Mammoth site. Haven't hunted. Would love to. (Waco) You just have to contact the corp of engineers office as they need the date you will be there and your license plate number.. They then give you the combination to the lock on the gate.. It's a huge area and loaded with fossils.. Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roz Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Descretion is the better part of valor. Yeah, I'd wait for a better time too. We are small town in my rural home in WNY too. It is my understanding that the overhang was undercut in the "prime Urchin Shale" so bad as to fall on someone. Everyone needs to sign a disclaimer. They might have figured it is a suicide misson to dig further; why tempt fate and let diggers take their chances. It looks bad when someone dies on your property. I was looking forward to someday visiting and hunt a nice Archaeocidaris plate. It wouldn't be the first time I was a day late and a dollar short. Hope it's not another case of Oh, Well! I haven't been there for well over a year but it is my understanding that hunters have always signed those forms. I know the overhang looks dangerous. I have only been there a few times but I don't hunt under the worst part of it.. Hopefully someone on here knows the current status.. Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikecable Posted December 4, 2011 Author Share Posted December 4, 2011 Top and bottom view--is this part of a trilobite? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikecable Posted December 4, 2011 Author Share Posted December 4, 2011 Trilobite? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikecable Posted December 4, 2011 Author Share Posted December 4, 2011 Numerous crinoid stems and segments rounded out my finds at Mineral Wells. These were everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikecable Posted December 4, 2011 Author Share Posted December 4, 2011 Thanks, fossilcrazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenocidaris Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Echionode plates? The best of a few I found. Yes, they're Archaeocidaris plates, see http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/echinoid-directory/taxa/taxon.jsp?id=54 Sincerely, Bram Fossils: a way of life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Top and bottom view--is this part of a trilobite? That is a crinoid plate that sits atop the calyx, and where the arms start. Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikecable Posted December 4, 2011 Author Share Posted December 4, 2011 Brownwood fossils. I don't know exactly what formation I was in. The geologic atlas is a hash, and I'm not sure exactly where I was--I followed a caravan of teachers in. Somewhere about 75 yards up a slope on the north shore of Lake Brownwood. This trip re-sparked my interest in fossil collecting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikecable Posted December 4, 2011 Author Share Posted December 4, 2011 More from Lake Brownwood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Trilobite? That is a bellerophontid gastropod. Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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