JimB88 Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Had a blast this past Mon when Tom and his brother Jim came up from Georgia for a hunt in the Bangor of Tennessee! I took them to my usual haunt - an abandoned limestone quarry near my house. They found some awesome Upper Mississippian inverts and a couple sharks teeth! But I'll let them show what they got when they're ready to. I brought home some of the crinoidal matrix to go through in my spare time (i.e. at work ) I haven't gone through it all yet but Ive found some cool stuff. Mostly its brachs, but theres a first for me too.. A calcite replaced spirifer! This is the first spirifer Ive found with both valves articulated at this site! For some reason its usually just one valve. This one is kinda small and not in perfect shape but Im happy. Its completely crystal! Anthracospirifrer increbescens A nice example of the large flat brach. They tend to be found pressed in such a way as to conform with the irregularities in the matrix. Its rare to find a perfect flat one. Orthotedes sp. a complete example of this little brach Camarophoria sp. Found some of these not perfect, but intact Eumetria vera and a nice little girty too Girtyella sp. more to come..stay tuned! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Hi Jim, those brachs are real nice. I dont know that I ever ran across any of the Spirifers in the field but that one is real nice. The Orthotedes sp brings back a fond memory of collecting those in Kentucky--just decided to jump down one of those country road 75' embankments to investigate and lets just say it was one of those fearless maneuvers that in hindsight wasnt a very smart move on my part and I never would consider again, but I found fossils! Thanks really! I had forgotten that good time! I wish I still had a few to of those to share or at least some photos of that excursion... Nice haul! Continued success out there! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameenah Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Nice Explore -> Dream -> Discover ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Nice brachs Jim! Glad you had fun - it's always better when you can meet up with some forum members! Thanks for the report and pics. 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...
mommabetts Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Very nice finds, it is always nice when you can share your trip with your friends, it makes the hunting go by very fast, glad ya'll did so well. Thanks for sharing with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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