Jazfossilator Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Find a lot of this mostly unidentifiable stuff at the beaches of Lake Champlain in Vermont, I know that Ordovician material is found here. I’m curious about the small circular fossils, they appear on many of the rocks around the beach, any ideas? They are tiny, about 2 or 3mm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Possibly crinoid stems/ossicles. 4 ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Or horn coral cross sections. 3 "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...
Kane Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 3 minutes ago, Auspex said: Or horn coral cross sections. Or both! I think I see examples of each in some of these pictures. 2 ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Could be a mix of the two, though I see primarily crinoid bits. Edit: Beat me to it! 1 “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazfossilator Posted May 3, 2018 Author Share Posted May 3, 2018 Thanks guys! I’ve wondered about these little things for so long. There are thousands of them scattered across some of the bigger rocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 10 minutes ago, Jazfossilator said: Thanks guys! I’ve wondered about these little things for so long. There are thousands of them scattered across some of the bigger rocks. Must’ve been a beautiful sight, huge reefs of crinoids covering the Paleozoic ocean floor. Isle la motte is famous for its outcrop of the Chazy Reef. Your probably working with a later Ordovician formation, Geologic map says iberville formation. 3 “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 A few of the classic Vermont paleo publications: Raymond, P.E. 1910 Trilobites of the Chazy Formation in Vermont. In: Perkins, G.H. (ed) Report of the State Geologist on the mineral industries and geology of certain areas of Vermont, 7:213-248 LINK Erwin, R.B. 1957 The Geology of the Limestone of Isle La Motte and South Hero Island, Vermont. Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin, 9:1-94 LINK Welby, C.W. 1962 Paleontology of the Champlain Basin in Vermont. Vermont Geologic Survey, Special Publication, 1:1-87 LINK 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 looks like crinoid and tips of horn corals to me "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...
Jazfossilator Posted May 3, 2018 Author Share Posted May 3, 2018 8 minutes ago, WhodamanHD said: Must’ve been a beautiful sight, huge reefs of crinoids covering the Paleozoic ocean floor. Isle la motte is famous for its outcrop of the Chazy Reef. Your probably working with a later Ordovician formation, Geologic map says iberville formation. Must have been Truly beautiful! I’ve been to Isle La Motte many times it’s still a nice spot. I was looking for this info earlier, thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazfossilator Posted May 3, 2018 Author Share Posted May 3, 2018 10 minutes ago, piranha said: A few of the classic Vermont paleo publications: Raymond, P.E. 1910 Trilobites of the Chazy Formation in Vermont. In: Perkins, G.H. (ed) Report of the State Geologist on the mineral industries and geology of certain areas of Vermont, 7:213-248 LINK Erwin, R.B. 1957 The Geology of the Limestone of Isle La Motte and South Hero Island, Vermont. Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin, 9:1-94 LINK Welby, C.W. 1962 Paleontology of the Champlain Basin in Vermont. Vermont Geologic Survey, Special Publication, 1:1-87 LINK Thank you very much, these will come in handy to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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