thair Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 Went out this weekend to a spot I have been wanting to check out. Got permission and headed out with my son to see if there was anything there. At first it looked like a bust with nothing showing up but then further up the wash we found a narrow layer that had soom. Pictured below is a sample of what we found. My son found some associated crinoid plate that fit back together to make up two partial cups. One of these is new to my collection so that is always fun to expand your number of specimens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thair Posted September 16, 2013 Author Share Posted September 16, 2013 Went out this weekend to a spot I have been wanting to check out. Got permission and headed out with my son to see if there was anything there. At first it looked like a bust with nothing showing up but then further up the wash we found a narrow layer that had soom. Pictured below is a sample of what we found. My son found some associated crinoid plate that fit back together to make up two partial cups. One of these is new to my collection so that is always fun to expand your number of specimens. Sorry did not include ID, middle two "Parulocrinus pustulosus" which was the new one for me, the one on right, last pic "Ethelocrinus magister" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 Seems like most times I open your topics, my eyes get big and round! I enjoy your finds, and the care with which you prepare them is a big reason why. "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...
crinoid1 Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 Awesome crinoids! I always enjoy adding new stuff to the collection, especially if they are specimens as good as those! I like crinoids...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foshunter Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 (edited) I don't know very much about this time period, have to admit that they are well preserved and most definitly have that WOW FACTOR!!!!-----Tom Edited September 16, 2013 by Foshunter Grow Old Kicking And Screaming !!"Don't Tread On Me" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 Nice finds.. I like the spinyness of some of the things from that period, the lower crinoid and those brachs... I wonder what was predating them so much that they had to evolve that kind of protection... (likewise the Devonian trilos of Morocco) Nothing quite that spiny in my younger (Cret.) rocks here, other than the occasional urchin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 Very nice. Ethelocrinus magister is my favorite crinoid. Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Fossil Hound Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 thair, The crinoids are very impressive! You did a great job reassembling. jon "Silence is Golden, but duct tape is Silver." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgehiker Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Good stuff. I like brachs. However, impressed by the crinoid calyx. Quite a skill. I've seen individual crinoid plates before in many formations but never loose like that in proximity to each other to be reassembled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobWill Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Awesome preservation, and preparation. Are these Pennsylvanian? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thair Posted September 17, 2013 Author Share Posted September 17, 2013 Awesome preservation, and preparation. Are these Pennsylvanian? Sorry did not put the age. Yes Pennsylvanian. Actually this site is in the city limits of Brownwood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erose Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Cool beans. Love the bumpy cups. I've got a serious jones for the Paleozoic and you ain't helping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roz Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Some very nice finds, Tully! I am glad you were able to explore a new site too! Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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