Petrified Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 I kept passing an area in town here that I always wanted to check out. It was a large shale bed wall on outskirts of town. Well me and a buddy of mine went there this morning and checked it out and Im glad we did. This is the only one I kept but couldnt believe all the Crinoids we came across in less than a half hr looking. This is the only full one we found. 1 Definition of a fossil= Love at first site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petrified Posted July 13, 2013 Author Share Posted July 13, 2013 Forgot picture oops. Definition of a fossil= Love at first site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonsfly Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Lady luck , very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bev Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 BEAUTIFUL! Congratulations! 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...
Malcolmt Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 I'd be happy with that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petrified Posted July 14, 2013 Author Share Posted July 14, 2013 To be honest I didnt know Crinoids were in my area here. What period are these crinoids from and what else could pop up at this location? When we looked it was all worm trace fossils and crinoids. Definition of a fossil= Love at first site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossiladdict Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 That is a pretty one. Congrats. Fossils are simply one of the coolest things on earth--discovering them is just marvelous! Makes you all giddy inside! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 WOW! "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...
crinus Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 Do you have the other half of the rock. The calyx is in the other half. crinus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zachj Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 wow! one day i will find a tooth over 3 inches in good conditon haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakoMeCrazy Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 What a nice find! Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgcox Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 Very Nice!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 This is near Ridgeway? It is somewhere in the Devonian-Mississippian-Pennsylvanian span. My experience there is that the rocks are very stingy with their crinoids; you have found a great site! "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...
xonenine Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 congratulations, an exciting new site to explore "Your serpent of Egypt is bred now of your mud by the operation of your sun; so is your crocodile." Lepidus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petrified Posted July 14, 2013 Author Share Posted July 14, 2013 This is near Ridgeway? It is somewhere in the Devonian-Mississippian-Pennsylvanian span. My experience there is that the rocks are very stingy with their crinoids; you have found a great site! This is right in town of Ridgeway. This really threw me off when the crinoids popped up. The only stuff I found in town before was Carboniferous time frame. If anybody wants to come to this site with me they are more than welcomed. Definition of a fossil= Love at first site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crinoid1 Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 Beautiful crinoid! I wish I could be of more help in IDing it, but I am very shaky on Pennsylvanian (age) crinoids. I believe the entire Ridgeway area is Pennsylvanian. You have a very rare find, even rarer if it is, in fact, Pennsylvanian. The stem looks pentagonal and very cirriferous. That is a good place to start with the identification. Congrats on such a nice find! Gabe I like crinoids...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 ...I believe the entire Ridgeway area is Pennsylvanian... The majority of the exposed bedrock there is Pennsylvanian, but along the Clarion's channel quite a bit of Mississippian rock can be found, and a bit of Devonian, too. Maybe some index fossils can be found in association to be sure of the age of this outcrop. "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...
Lloyd Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 That's a sweet find. Congratulations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petrified Posted July 15, 2013 Author Share Posted July 15, 2013 (edited) I am going back to the area on Tuesday to dig for 3 hrs. I will grab some extra samples to send to someone on this forum who could identify time frame for me. Let me know who to send it to. And thanks for all the Congrats it definitely made my day and wanted to find one. Edited July 15, 2013 by Petrified Definition of a fossil= Love at first site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trilobiteruss Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 very cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crinoid1 Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 The majority of the exposed bedrock there is Pennsylvanian, but along the Clarion's channel quite a bit of Mississippian rock can be found, and a bit of Devonian, too. Maybe some index fossils can be found in association to be sure of the age of this outcrop. I did not know that! Hopefully the other fauna from the roadcut can give an indication of age. I am quite interested in what this crinoid is, and I'm looking forward to an answer. Thanks for the correction, Auspex! Gabe I like crinoids...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petrified Posted July 15, 2013 Author Share Posted July 15, 2013 I believe that this Crinois is called Arthroacantha carpenteri. Definition of a fossil= Love at first site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 I believe that this Crinois is called Arthroacantha carpenteri. If so, then the site is Devonian. "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...
Petrified Posted July 15, 2013 Author Share Posted July 15, 2013 Its the only Crinoid I saw that had branches off of it as it goes to the top. Is there any from other time periods that have that. Definition of a fossil= Love at first site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petrified Posted July 15, 2013 Author Share Posted July 15, 2013 Do you have the other half of the rock. The calyx is in the other half. crinus The Calyx is still in this rock. The Crinoid goes into the rock where the calyx is and see some of it visible. I need to get this prepped. Definition of a fossil= Love at first site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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