KimTexan Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 On 8/15/2018 at 7:16 PM, Nimravis said: That is a pretty and nice one. I like the little arch or curve. Quote Pecopteris Ferns- That is a cool one. I like how the one part popped out and how there is another layer under it. This is how some of the concretions are from the Carboniferous site in Oklahoma which I went to in April looked. It was a pretty remote site on a steep hill and they were weathering out of a kind of bluff/escarpment and lying on the hill. Except I didn’t realize they had fossils in them till my time there was almost over. If I go again I’ll be collecting more of them. Most of the stuff I collected was from the layers of shale in the escarpment. I’m curious, was the missing part on the right something that didn’t fossilize or did it break or fall out when cracked open? Or maybe it’s that those pinnules were somehow pushed down and fossilized in the layer below? Curious. Quote Oh I like this one. I like the colors, but I also like the small one overlaying the big one. Quote That’s not a bad one. I was trying to figure it out, but then I realized one half is inverted. Quote That is a nice piece of calamities bark. It even has the node or whatever you call it. Has a nice shade of brown to it too. Thanks for sharing these with us Ralph. I still have another to comment on, but I need to get some prep work done outside before dark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted August 23, 2018 Author Share Posted August 23, 2018 1 hour ago, KimTexan said: I’m curious, was the missing part on the right something that didn’t fossilize or did it break or fall out when cracked open? Or maybe it’s that those pinnules were somehow pushed down and fossilized in the layer below? Curious. That portion broke off. I can usually find that piece and if I do, I superglue it back onto the concretion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted August 23, 2018 Author Share Posted August 23, 2018 Today I was able to go through a whole bucket of concretions from Pit 4 that contained some larger concretions. When collecting these, you always hope to find some large ferns, but that was not the case today- all of the large ones were void of fossils. Here is my favorite find of the day, a nice 3D Alethopteris. Here are some of my other finds- Pecopteris- Annularia- Sphenophyllum- I rarely find examples of these. A partial Lepidostrobophyllum majus I believe that this is a Lepidostrobophyllum triangulare Neuropteris Pieces of Lycopod leaves- Pieces of Bark- 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimTexan Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 15 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said: Nice to see some more of these. It's only been a few days but i've missed this thread. I’m still posts behind looking at all of them and commenting, Maybe I can catch up tomorrow, but in my spare time I have been trying to process some NSR conglomerate concretions. They are very tough to process and try to retain the nacre. I’m not that graceful at it so as to make it over all aesthetically pleasing, but I’ll try to make it look pretty. I need a lot more practice. Sad that I’m practicing on some pretty cool stuff. I think they could make good museum pieces if done well. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 7 hours ago, KimTexan said: I’m still posts behind looking at all of them and commenting, Maybe I can catch up tomorrow, but in my spare time I have been trying to process some NSR conglomerate concretions. They are very tough to process and try to retain the nacre. I’m not that graceful at it so as to make it over all aesthetically pleasing, but I’ll try to make it look pretty. I need a lot more practice. Sad that I’m practicing on some pretty cool stuff. I think they could make good museum pieces if done well. I'm sure you'll make a good job of them. It's certainly worth the time, when you have it, to check out this whole thread. Lots and lots of beautiful pieces and some quite extraordinary ones as well as a good guide to the whole process of collecting and opening Mazon Creek stuff and what's likely to be in the nodules from different locations. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted August 25, 2018 Author Share Posted August 25, 2018 Since I was babysitting and one had a short time to open about 30 concretions from Pit 4. Here are my favorite finds, I only found 3 other misc. poorly preserved pieces of flora. Pecopteris Annularia Lepidodendron leaf scars- a small piece, but I always love these pieces. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 Was the baby in question not disturbed by all the hammering and smashing sounds? Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted August 26, 2018 Author Share Posted August 26, 2018 1 hour ago, Tidgy's Dad said: Was the bay in question not disturbed by all the hammering and smashing sounds? I do it outside and he is 4 years old, so he was asking how long it was until we were going to the mall to play video games. Lol- priorities. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 Continued great finds! Regards, Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted August 27, 2018 Author Share Posted August 27, 2018 Today I decided to count ever concretion that I opened and separated my finds. As I probably stated in previous posts, there are usually a lot of dud concretions that are void of any type of fossil remains. First I will post a number of nice looking concretions that opened perfectly, but contained nothing. It does get disappointing sometimes: Next I will show everything that I found inside the first 100 concretions that I opened- Not much. This first piece appears to contain what I believe is a seed, but I have never seen anything like it before. I will post this in the ID section. A nice double Myalinella meeki bivalve. Other Myalinella meeki Bivalves. A portion of a piece of coprolite. A couple pieces of bark and a small piece of Calamites with an internode. Here are all of my finds from the next 100 concretions- and yes, below is all that I found in this group. A bivalve, believe Mazonomya. Every once in a while, you find a concretion that has a bivalve which appears to be trying to escape. A piece of bark. An Essexella asherae Jellyfish. And lastly, here is what I found in the last 75 concretions that I opened today. A nice piece of coprolite. Annularia- Lycopod Leaf- Macroneuropteris- Bark- 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 The “seed” looks like an extraterrestrial of some sort to me Nice Mazon goodies! “...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...
Nimravis Posted August 27, 2018 Author Share Posted August 27, 2018 1 hour ago, WhodamanHD said: The “seed” looks like an extraterrestrial of some sort to me Nice Mazon goodies! I am not sleeping next to it in case it is an alien pod from Mars. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 That is a nice seed pod. Is it still attached to plant material? Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted August 27, 2018 Author Share Posted August 27, 2018 3 hours ago, ynot said: That is a nice seed pod. Is it still attached to plant material? That is what it appears to me. Just odd looking for MC and I have never found or seen something like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 8 hours ago, Nimravis said: I am not sleeping next to it in case it is an alien pod from Mars. Wise man. “...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...
GeschWhat Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 The seed is beautiful! The only thing that could make that better is if it was in a coprolite. 2 Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Love the alien seed pod! And i like those Macroneuropteris, too! Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innocentx Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Wow, the seed! It's probably nice to find something different. "Journey through a universe ablaze with changes" Phil Ochs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted August 28, 2018 Author Share Posted August 28, 2018 3 hours ago, Innocentx said: Wow, the seed! It's probably nice to find something different. Yes it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted August 28, 2018 Author Share Posted August 28, 2018 Here are my finds from today, I opened about 65 concretions, all of which had a great shape. I was disappointed that I did not find more fossils since they were of a great shape. Here are some examples of the shapes- this is what you hope for when finding Mazon Creek concretions. Sometimes you find concretions that have an outer covering around them and when cracked off, you may discover a tell tale line indicating where you should tap it. In this case, a Myalinella meeki emerged. Here are some other Myalinella meeki that I found today, along with some other finds. Lycopod leaf- Bark (?) Pecopteris Fern- Lepidodendron Leaf Scars- (Poorly preserved) I believe that this is a "Plain Worm" - AStreptoscolex anasillosus 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Interesting info on the nodules again. I like the "plain worm". 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted August 29, 2018 Author Share Posted August 29, 2018 3 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said: Interesting info on the nodules again. I like the "plain worm". Adam, I just did a count of my remaining buckets, and after all of this cracking of concretions I still have 75 buckets to go through- Hopefully some other nice things are lurking inside. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Bound to be one or two crackers yet to come! Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted August 30, 2018 Author Share Posted August 30, 2018 Today was a pretty good day for opening concretions, I had two favorite fossil finds today from a bucket of concretions that I collected in May of 1998 from the area that I designated as "Across From Pit 4, hopefully tomorrow that bucket will yield more goodies. Here is my first favorite- IA 4 cm long Ctenodus cristatus (Lungfish) Scale. Looking at the sizes of complete fish that are found in the Mazon Creek biota, it is always exciting to find a single scale that is as big as most fish. The concretion that contained this scale split perfectly with a couple light taps. Here is my second favorite from the day- I always love pieces with Lepiododendron leaf cushions. Here are a couple other finds- Annularia- Calamites Bark- Myalinella Bivalves- 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Nice scale! The rewards of a persistent fisherman “...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...
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