Mazon Creek Fauna

[Nimravis]

A few items from my collection.

Extra large Essexella asherae

Multiple Essexella asherae

Essexella asherae and worm

[Nimravis]

A few Tully Monsters (Tullimonstrum gregarium)

Appears to be a young one.

Larger examples

[Nimravis]

Eurypterid (Adelophthalmus mazonensis)- found this fossil is a "sandy type" concretion at Pit 4 (Shadow Lakes), normally do not pick up this type and it was the first time that I ever found something included.

A beautiful Kottixerxes gloriosus.

Hydroid (Drevotella proteana)

Egg Cases (Mazonova helmichnus)

[Nimravis]

Here are some fish:

Gilpichthys greenei

Acanthodes

Gilpichthys greenei

Lamprey (Mayomzon pieckoensis)

[doushantuo]

Errr,there are a couple of scientists who might like to see these.

Fossil cyclostomes are rare,rare,rare

Be careful with these

[Nimravis]

Esconichthys apopyris - these fossils are still known by collectors as "Blades" or "Ghosts". I have always known these as being larval lungfish, but I think that is up for debate.

Multiple Esconichthys apopyris

[Nimravis]

Barnacles (Illilepas damrowi)

Wye (Escumasia roryi)

Palaeoxyris

Coprinoscolex ellogimus with gut pellets

[Nimravis]

Unknown Spider

Monuran (Dasyleptus)

Unknown Fish- head

Cryptocaris hootchi

[S233]

Nice finds, it may be easier to post the other pictures as another post rather than as a separate topic by clicking the "more reply options" and loading more pictures into there.

Edited July 31, 2016 by Trevor

[doushantuo]

first one certainly has a trigonotarbid vibe about it

[Nimravis]

Kellibrooksia macrogaster

Fish Scale

Cyclus americanus

Horseshoe Crab (Paleolimulus

[Nimravis]

Trevor- my first posts, I wish I would have seen your comment. Thanks

[Wrangellian]

Great collection. (This to your whole series of posts. Maybe the mods can merge them all into one?)

How long have you been collecting Mazon?

[JohnJ]

Trevor- my first posts, I wish I would have seen your comment. Thanks

Your topics have been merged into one collection.

[Sylvestersen]

Great Collection -very nice indeed 😊

[Ash]

Love it! Mazon Creek fauna has always interested me.

[CBOB]

Really nice finds! And really good preservation with those!

[Fossildude19]

Incredible collection!

I have actually never seen a few of these.

Thanks for posting them here.

Regards,

[Nimravis]

Errr,there are a couple of scientists who might like to see these.

Fossil cyclostomes are rare,rare,rare

Be careful with these

You are correct about that, the Lamprey is the only one that I have and luckily Mazon Creek fossils have 2 halves.

[Nimravis]

Your topics have been merged into one collection.

John J- Thanks so much for taking care of that for me- I'm new to TFF and still learning, hopefully I will post other pics properly.

[Nimravis]

Great collection. (This to your whole series of posts. Maybe the mods can merge them all into one?)

How long have you been collecting Mazon?

Thanks for the comment and I am glad that the posts were merged. I have been collecting Mazon Creek fossils for over 25 years.

[Nimravis]

A few more Fauna to add to the list:

Jellyfish- (Anthracomedusa turnbulli)

Insect Nymph- (Mischoptera douglassi)

Coelacanth Fish- (Rhabdoderma exiguum)

Flea Shrimp- I believe is Convexicaris mazonensis

Polychaete Worm- (Esconites zelus)

Chiton- (Glaphurochiton concinnus)

Cockroach

Shrimp- (Kallidecthes richardsoni)

Millipede- (Euphoberia)

Winged Insect- (Eucaenus ovalis)

[fossilized6s]

Beautiful pieces, sir. Thanks for sharing these.

[Nimravis]

Beautiful pieces, sir. Thanks for sharing these.

Glad you enjoyed them- it's just some of the Fauna that I have.

[deutscheben]

What a wonderful collection! You have some quite remarkable finds. Thank you for posting them- It gives me something to aspire to in my Mazon hunts.