From A Creek North Of Cincinnati

[hrguy54]

I don't usually pick up Bryozoan plates, they're very common and typically all look the same (generalization). But last weekend I was out at a creek north of Cincinnati with the Dry Dredger group when I came across this guy. I'd never seen the color before and the bryozoans had such great detail and "dimensionality"...they weren't "in" the rock they were "on" the rock. Try as I could I was unable to get a picture that really showed this. Both pics are the same plate

I was told by one of the club experts in attendance that these type of bryozoans typically means there's trilobites around. In fact several folks found some decent Flexis. (I found a small one and somehow lost it). There are trilo "parts" in the plate.

[RickNC]

Very nice! Really like that.

[Missourian]

That is definitely a 'top drawer' plate.

[JimB88]

Very nice! Is that Hallopora or Parvohallopora?

[hrguy54]

Very nice! Is that Hallopora or Parvohallopora?

Yeah....what he said. I couldn't even begin to name all the kinds of bryz we have around her. Anybody? Anybody?

[JimB88]

Its Parvohallopora if its from Cinncinatti. I just looked it up (Hallopora was middle Ord.)

Im referring to the ones with the sharp looking bumps

Edited April 6, 2013 by JimB88

[JimB88]

if you havnt already visit here...http://strata.uga.edu/cincy/fauna/fauna.html