glitterpuppies Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Hey y'all! I made my very first trek to the Mazon Creek area last Friday. I didn't find very much due to the ground being quite frozen, but I did find a few concretions. I have been freeze/thawing the majority of them over the past couple of days. Here are the ones that have opened up. I could really use some help with these due to the fact that I am a total novice when it comes to Mazon Creek goodies! 1. 2. 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glitterpuppies Posted March 24, 2014 Author Share Posted March 24, 2014 Here are another two: 4. 5. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 I would look in RCFossils' gallery for an ID. He has hunted Mazon for decades. A fellow member and i are planning to go on the 13th. Hopefully after that i can help you ID yours. I never have been, so i don't really know what to ID. ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glitterpuppies Posted March 24, 2014 Author Share Posted March 24, 2014 Thanks! Will do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCFossils Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 The first specimen is quite interesting. It might be a fish! I might be able to make out more detail with additional pictures. I do not see much with your other concretions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 I saw the resemblance to fish in that first one too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glitterpuppies Posted March 25, 2014 Author Share Posted March 25, 2014 The first specimen is quite interesting. It might be a fish! I might be able to make out more detail with additional pictures. I do not see much with your other concretions. After looking at your galleries I thought it could be a worm or a fish. Is it normal for only part of something to be left in the concretion? Thanks for looking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCFossils Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Here is a picture of an Acanthodian that fellow forum member Oilshale has in his album Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 ... Is it normal for only part of something to be left in the concretion? From what I have seen, I would say yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Fairchild Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Hi Glitter #1 is possibly fish (Esconichthys) or worm (Mazoglossus or Paucijaculum). All are almost always preserved as just a color pattern, except the eyes of the fish when present. #5 is a jelly fish Essexella. The rest are too weathered and mineralized. I found an acanthodian fish in my buckets yesterday. Our book "The Mazon Creek Fossil Fauna" is on amazon or available through ESCONI.org. Jim Fairchild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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