Finally A Trip Report

[JimB88]

Its been a while but I was finally able to get out and hunt on Thur. My new job is third shift and doesn't leave me with much energy. I was able to muster up enough on Thur to hit the Pennington Formation and the Raccoon Mt. formation - both are road cuts in an adjacent county. The Pennington is Upper Mississippian and the Raccoon is Lowermost Pennsylvanian.

I found a few things that I thought were neat in the Raccoon Mt. This occurs in a small portion of a cut that extends from the bottom of the plateau to the top.

here's the formation..there's a lot of paper shale here...

The part I look at is the grey wake or dirty sandstone which contains these neat little as-of-yet-unidentified goniatites.

here's a typical sized one...

I found two complete ones this size; but Ive always suspected they got bigger.

Then I spotted this one sticking out of the rock...unfortunately it wasn't complete

I includes a close up of the suture in case anyone can id the type..they all have the same pattern as far as I can tell.

while going through the bottom of a small boulder (where I was finding the goni's- in a part that grades into shale, I found this impression...

I think its lepidodendron..its very hard to photograph so one can see it...

my batteries have run out so Ill pick up after I get some.

[glacialerratic]

Nice to hear from you, Jim!

Glad you got out. It's not been the most productive year for me either...

Tim

[Missourian]

I think its lepidodendron..its very hard to photograph so one can see it...

I too see Lepidodendron.