rauhaus Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 Hey guys! I found this pretty awesome (in my opinion) Archimedes in some oolitic limestone in Hopkinsville, KY several years ago. I didn't pick it away, it was already broken the way it is, but I still think it is pretty amazing the way you can see the fans still attached to the stalk and the perfect spacing between. All I have ever seen in the past are the little "corkscrews" and pieces of the "lace" dispursed in-matrix, so I was pretty excited to find this. Recently, I started wondering if anyone else has found anything similar because it seems so unlikely for one to be preserved intact like this. I would love to hear your feedback! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 That's a good one. I have two from Alabama that have the fans intact, but neither is cleaved exactly thru the center screw like yours. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockaholic Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 Really cool preservation!Welcome to the Forum. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 It must have lived in very gentle waters, and been buried quickly in silt, to be preserved so intact. 1 "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...
ZiggieCie Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 Beautiful. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 Excellent find! Thanks for showing us. Regards, 2 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 IPFOTM -- MAY - 2024 _________________________________________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 Very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Pocock Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 Welcome to the forum from the UK , excellent fossil I have some of the screws but nothing as complete as yours. Thanks for sharing Regards Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 Welcome. Beautiful example! It's a special piece. 1 ~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...
Ridgehiker Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 (edited) Thanks for sharing. Quite the specimen! No, never found one remotely that large in our Carboniferous . Just 3 cm or so max specimens. Bryozoa are curious beasties. It's interesting how they preserve differently in various formations. Some hash plates will be full of the lacy parts of Bryozoa...others more the structure. Edited October 27, 2015 by Ridgehiker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rauhaus Posted October 29, 2015 Author Share Posted October 29, 2015 Thank you everyone!!! I am so excited to have found this group and to share it with you all. I love everyone's fossil photos in here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 Very nice find! I'm glad to see! Comparable to this is the Manhattan one: http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/53563-mystery-fossil-you-folksll-get-this-one-fast/?hl=archimedes#entry573968 1 " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rauhaus Posted October 29, 2015 Author Share Posted October 29, 2015 Wow, Abyssunder! That one is very similar to mine! Thank you so much for the link! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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