Meganeura Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 1 minute ago, Nimravis said: Wow that's a gorgeous fern! Fossils? I dig it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 12, 2022 Author Share Posted June 12, 2022 (edited) Flora continued- I found a very preserved Cyclus americanus. I also opened a number of Myalinella meeki. This crack is always a tell tale sign that a Myalinella is inside. And this shape- I found these three pieces of coprolite all in a row. Here is one more large coprolite. I don’t know what this piece is, probably some type of flora. Edited June 13, 2022 by Nimravis 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 12, 2022 Author Share Posted June 12, 2022 8 minutes ago, Meganeura said: Wow that's a gorgeous fern! Thanks Daniel, some come out really nice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 I like the Myalinella, a couple of the bark pieces are very nice, but my favourite today is the big spiky plant thing. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 12, 2022 Author Share Posted June 12, 2022 22 hours ago, Nimravis said: Mazonova helmichnus eggs. Here are better pics of this piece from yesterday, I really think I am correct on this ID., at least I hope. Lol 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stats Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 Just now, Nimravis said: Here are better pics of this piece from yesterday, I really think I am correct on this ID., at least I hope. Lol Interesting! Has Rob Coleman commented? Cheers, Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meganeura Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 1 minute ago, Nimravis said: Here are better pics of this piece from yesterday, I really think I am correct on this ID., at least I hope. Lol Yeah these are so cool to see. It's unfortunate that we'll never know what the eggs are from though. Fossils? I dig it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stats Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 Maybe fertile structures? Cheers, Rich 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stats Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 Awesome posts, Ralph! How many buckets do you have left? Maybe, you can work on mine next! Cheers, Rich 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 12, 2022 Author Share Posted June 12, 2022 1 hour ago, stats said: Awesome posts, Ralph! How many buckets do you have left? Maybe, you can work on mine next! Cheers, Rich I know it is under 20, maybe 12? I will keep a couple, ones that have great shapes and I will continue to freeze / thaw them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 12, 2022 Author Share Posted June 12, 2022 1 hour ago, stats said: Interesting! Has Rob Coleman commented? Cheers, Rich Not yet, but I am really leaning towards eggs, there are two strands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 10 minutes ago, Nimravis said: Not yet, but I am really leaning towards eggs, there are two strands. Do you have Jack's book? It's almost an exact duplicate of one of the illustrated specimens. Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 12, 2022 Author Share Posted June 12, 2022 5 minutes ago, Mark Kmiecik said: Do you have Jack's book? It's almost an exact duplicate of one of the illustrated specimens. Yes and I have a couple in my collection and they are all similar, I know these are rarely found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 13, 2022 Author Share Posted June 13, 2022 1 hour ago, stats said: Awesome posts, Ralph! How many buckets do you have left? Maybe, you can work on mine next! Cheers, Rich I just checked, I still have 16 buckets, that is still a ton of concretions to go through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stats Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 3 hours ago, Nimravis said: I just checked, I still have 16 buckets, that is still a ton of concretions to go through. Could easily be a ton. Buckets of concretions are heavy! Cheers, Rich 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdp Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 On 6/12/2022 at 6:27 PM, Nimravis said: Here are better pics of this piece from yesterday, I really think I am correct on this ID., at least I hope. Lol I think Mazonova is correct. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdp Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 21 hours ago, Meganeura said: Yeah these are so cool to see. It's unfortunate that we'll never know what the eggs are from though. They're almost certainly temnospondyl. Which temnospondyl, not clear, but I wouldn't be surprised if they belong to Amphibamus or one of the other two unnamed amphibamids from the formation. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meganeura Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 1 minute ago, jdp said: They're almost certainly temnospondyl. Which temnospondyl, not clear, but I wouldn't be surprised if they belong to Amphibamus or one of the other two unnamed amphibamids from the formation. Huh, my reading said they were "unknown", so it's awesome that they've been narrowed down so much! Fossils? I dig it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 13, 2022 Author Share Posted June 13, 2022 2 hours ago, jdp said: I think Mazonova is correct. Thanks, that is what I thought when it opened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCFossils Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 On 6/12/2022 at 6:27 PM, Nimravis said: Here are better pics of this piece from yesterday, I really think I am correct on this ID., at least I hope. Lol I agree, This is a nice example of Mazonova. These are quite rare and this is a better then average example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 14, 2022 Author Share Posted June 14, 2022 1 hour ago, RCFossils said: I agree, This is a nice example of Mazonova. These are quite rare and this is a better then average example. Thanks Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdp Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 15 hours ago, Meganeura said: Huh, my reading said they were "unknown", so it's awesome that they've been narrowed down so much! I'm just working it out on the back of an envelope, essentially. There's some unpublished stuff coming down the pipeline from myself and others that will have some bearing on this but there is still a lot of work to be done. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meganeura Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 15 minutes ago, jdp said: I'm just working it out on the back of an envelope, essentially. There's some unpublished stuff coming down the pipeline from myself and others that will have some bearing on this but there is still a lot of work to be done. I genuinely forget that lots of people on here are actual paleontologists/scientists who have made and still make contributions to things. Makes everything infinitely cooler to me. 2 2 Fossils? I dig it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.cheese Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 1 hour ago, Meganeura said: I genuinely forget that lots of people on here are actual paleontologists/scientists who have made and still make contributions to things. Makes everything infinitely cooler to me. That is what I love about this place too, you never know if the person are asking advice from named the piece in the first place! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 19, 2022 Author Share Posted June 19, 2022 Today I stopped by an auction that had some fossils, (i.e. mammoth tooth, mastodon tooth, Oreodont jaw, horse cannon bones, Moroccan shark teeth, ammonites, etc.). None of the pieces were very good and it seemed that there were reserves on them, that were higher that I feel any of the pieces were worth. So after watching for a little while, I decided to drive the 40 miles back home to whack open some concretions. I decided to open some smaller concretions, rather than larger ones. As usual, I found various flora pieces, such as Annularia and Neuropteris. Plus other misc flora- Here are a few fauna pieces- Essexella asherae Myalinella meeki This piece looks Shrimpy- I first thought that piece was a millipede, but after a little cleaning up, it looks like a possible worm, maybe. This piece looks like it may be a Sea Cucumber- This opened really weird, and I think it might also be a Sea Cucumber, but not sure. Here is a partial Mazonomya mazonensis. I had a lot of nice concretions that split perfectly, but nothing was inside, such is the life of a Mazon Creek Collector. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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