Archimedes Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 (edited) Collecting the Silurian is always exciting, the chance to find some nice fossils is good. We first went to some spots way off the road, quite a long hike, a 40 min walk, the trail was over grown in some spots, ah the weather was great for fossilin. We spent 4 hours at the first spot, I started to find some nice Troostocrinus and by the time we left I had found 7 specimens, a nice growth series. Although you can find Troostocrinus in these Silurian outcrops they are rare, I had an exceptional day, I had not found any Troostocrinus at this spot for years. We also found some sponges, brachiopods and corals at the same spot. Some of the Sponges are spectacular from this area. The next spot was a 20 min walk, I found a Lamtocrinus, sponge, brachiopods and corals. The last spot was a road cut with lots of foot prints all over, I did manage to find the trilobite pieces, brachiopods, gadstropds, and a piece of a nautiloid there, I am happy they left me a few fossils to find. Troostocrinus, Pisocrinus, Lampterocrinus Dalmanites, Phacops??, Merista, Atrypa, Dalejina Astraeospongia meniscus, Varieties of Astylospongia Favosites obpyriformis, Favosites beechensis, Anisophyllum agassizi Platyostoma Platyceras (Platyostoma) cornutum. Nautiloid Edited October 17, 2012 by Archimedes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Hi Archimedes, The first two trilobites are dalmanitids. The third trilobite is a proetid; Proetus or similar. What formation are you collecting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squalicorax Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Super nice finds arc. Those sponges are divine. And not to mention the trilobite. My Flickr Page of My Collection: http://www.flickr.com/photos/79424101@N00/sets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 very nice silurian suite...i dont often get to hunt the silurian so thanks for the eye candy Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archimedes Posted October 18, 2012 Author Share Posted October 18, 2012 (edited) Hi Archimedes, The first two trilobites are dalmanitids. The third trilobite is a proetid; Proetus or similar. What formation are you collecting? M. Siurian, Brownsport Group, Beechriver Fm., Astraeospongia meniscus Zone of w tenn, this area has been collected for over 175 years now, the hills eroded when they stripped the trees off the area to make charcoal for the iron indusrty before and during the civil war, this area is still known as the "coalings" Edited October 18, 2012 by Archimedes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archimedes Posted October 18, 2012 Author Share Posted October 18, 2012 Super nice finds arc. Those sponges are divine. And not to mention the trilobite. Thanks squalicorax, some of the best paleozoic sponges i have ever seen come from this area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archimedes Posted October 18, 2012 Author Share Posted October 18, 2012 very nice silurian suite...i dont often get to hunt the silurian so thanks for the eye candy Thanks Dan, Its nice when you find some nice stuff, at times in this area you do not find much and at times you get lucky, its very irregular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandomas Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Very nice fossils, I especially like all the crinus stuff Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erose Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Really nice specimens. As Dan mentioned not much collectible Silurian here in Texas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimB88 Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Good stuff! Love the blastoids! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archimedes Posted October 21, 2012 Author Share Posted October 21, 2012 Thanks JimB88 and Nandomas for your comments, Troostocrinus are one of my favorite fossils to find in the Silurian of this area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Russell Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Those sponges are fantastic! It's taken me 25+ years to find 6 or 7 complete examples in the Silurian dolomite here in NE Illinois. Thanks for sharing! Finding my way through life; one fossil at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archimedes Posted October 24, 2012 Author Share Posted October 24, 2012 (edited) Those sponges are fantastic! It's taken me 25+ years to find 6 or 7 complete examples in the Silurian dolomite here in NE Illinois. Thanks for sharing! hi Rob Thanks for your comments on the sponges, we find several nice sponges when we collect the area, there are alot of small round sponges though, what type of Silurian sponges have you found? Edited October 24, 2012 by Archimedes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMNH Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Awsome finds, especially those trilos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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