hrguy54 Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 Nice ones, hrguy, especially that last one. The coloring is beautiful! Thanks. It showed that color in the quarry...caught my eye immediately. Was lucky to find all the pieces, just had to put it back together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roz Posted July 14, 2013 Author Share Posted July 14, 2013 That's a nice one, Bev.. Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bev Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Thanks Roz! The more I learn, I realize the less I know. BluffCountryFossils.NET Fossil Adventure Blog Go to my Gallery for images of Fossil Jewelry, Sculpture & Crafts Pinned Posts: Beginner's Guide to Fossil Hunting * Geologic Formation Maps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crinoid1 Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Beautiful specimen, Bev! I like crinoids...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bev Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 I just found this picture. This is the nicest cephalopod I have every found. And like "Waldo" (The enrolled trilobite I found earlier this month almost pre-prepped!) this ceph was just sitting there as is! I think if you look closely, this picture also shows the siphuncle of another ceph. The Cephalopod Gods smiled on me that day! Ordovician, Galena Formation. SE MN. Bev The more I learn, I realize the less I know. BluffCountryFossils.NET Fossil Adventure Blog Go to my Gallery for images of Fossil Jewelry, Sculpture & Crafts Pinned Posts: Beginner's Guide to Fossil Hunting * Geologic Formation Maps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roz Posted July 16, 2013 Author Share Posted July 16, 2013 That's a nice one and in very good shape, Bev! Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bev Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 Here's a Dumb Bev... :-D I walked by these this morning (Brought them home sometime this spring because they sparkled.) and suddenly realized they were cephalopods! Uff dah... Because Caleb had posted his! The more I learn, I realize the less I know. BluffCountryFossils.NET Fossil Adventure Blog Go to my Gallery for images of Fossil Jewelry, Sculpture & Crafts Pinned Posts: Beginner's Guide to Fossil Hunting * Geologic Formation Maps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dromiopsis Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 Hello! Here a huge piece of an Endoceras, middle Ordovician of Öland, Sweden with his non centered siphuncle, Sweden plus an another Endoceras, found in a higher level, mixed with Anthoceras vaginatum(last picture) D Gallery pictures http://www.flickr.com/photos/supergrevling/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roz Posted July 17, 2013 Author Share Posted July 17, 2013 I love that third specimen! It's nice that part of it shows the internal view.. Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrguy54 Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 Bev and Dromiopsis....excellent pieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrguy54 Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 (edited) A few more I pulled out of the collection drawer: This came from the same quarry as the "orange" one from my earlier post This one has a different look, and a nice crystallized end Edited July 17, 2013 by hrguy54 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roz Posted July 17, 2013 Author Share Posted July 17, 2013 Wow, your first one looks unique. It almost looks like it stopped growing, then started again.. I know horn coral have growth evidence. I have never seen one shaped like your first one! Usually they seem so uniform.. Very cool! Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roz Posted July 17, 2013 Author Share Posted July 17, 2013 A few more I pulled out of the collection drawer: This came from the same quarry as the "orange" one from my earlier post IMG_0770 (792x1280).jpg This one has a different look, and a nice crystallized end IMG_0768 (960x1280).jpg IMG_0769 (960x1280).jpg I was so curious on that first one that I have looking at a lot of images online and still haven't found one that looks like that Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 Herb - what did you use to cut it? It was cut with a thin diamond saw and polished with auto polishing compound on a flat surface. "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 Another Ordovician cross section from Waynesville, OH. "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarleysGh0st Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 I found this specimen at Portland Point (Middle Devonian, Moscow formation), yesterday. As is typical for the specimens I've found there, this one was crushed, lengthwise. Apparently, when this happened, one small piece in the middle got pushed out, sideways. One side of the matrix came out intact: The other side of the matrix broke into several pieces, along with some loose bits of the shell. For contrast with something smaller, I also found this specimen, yesterday: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roz Posted July 23, 2013 Author Share Posted July 23, 2013 That first one is especially cool showing part of it's life. Amazing what some creatures could go through and still live.. I don't think I have seen one do that before. Glad you posted that! Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarleysGh0st Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 Thanks, but I'm pretty sure it must have been dead by the time its shell was crushed under the sediment, Roz! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeySRT8 Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 Here's a few I found in Yorkville IL. Pic1 a nice cross section Pic 2 and 3, I told was an Orthocone but I'm not sure. Joey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roz Posted July 26, 2013 Author Share Posted July 26, 2013 Are those tentacles in the last pic? Could you get a closeup of that area? Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeySRT8 Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Are those tentacles in the last pic? Could you get a closeup of that area?It does look like it, I will take a close up when I get home later. That ladt pic was the negitive from the 2nd pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Are those tentacles in the last pic? Could you get a closeup of that area? It does look like it, I will take a close up when I get home later. That ladt pic was the negitive from the 2nd pic. I am not so sure that this is a cephalopod, and I am pretty sure that those aren't tentacles. What, I wonder, is the black material? "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roz Posted July 26, 2013 Author Share Posted July 26, 2013 Oh Joey, when you take closeup pics please include the size of the fossil? Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lissa318 Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 I am not so sure that this is a cephalopod, and I am pretty sure that those aren't tentacles. What, I wonder, is the black material? ~~~.JPG It does look like it, I will take a close up when I get home later. That ladt pic was the negitive from the 2nd pic.Could it be a fossilized root of some sort??? Just a suggestion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caleb Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 It does look like it, I will take a close up when I get home later. That ladt pic was the negitive from the 2nd pic. I think it may be a type of worm. They are sometimes found in the Maquoketa and Galena Formations here in Southeast Minnesota, but well preserved ones where you can see the segments are rare. I look around and see if I can find the paper that references them, I can't even remember what they are called. I remember the original post regarding this specimen, but I couldn't seem to find it when I realized what it could be. Caleb Midwestpaleo.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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