Garage Sale for Fossils

[Nimravis]

34 minutes ago, ynot said:

Congratulations on the cool acquisitions Ralph.

Thanks Tony, I will try to post more tonight.

[Northern Sharks]

I've never heard of any Ordovician Tentaculites ever being found in Ontario. We have Devonian examples. but they don't get anywhere near the size of the specimen shown. We do have similar looking Cornulites in the Ord, but again, nothing in that size range. My bet is still Murrayoceras but I'll keep an open mind.

[Nimravis]

Here are some of the other fossils that I picked up at the Garage Sale. This first lot contained 99% Trilo-bits, almost exclusively pygidiums and a couple genal spines. These pieces were inside a cigar box wrapped with tissue paper, the was not ID of any kind on these and I am hoping someone can give me a location and name. As with some from yesterday, I am wondering if these came from New York.

 

 

 

The next group was in a beer flat and the only location information on the box was the cross roads if Indiana 37 and Indiana 64. I did a Goggle check and it is near Eckerty, Indiana, I noticed that about 1 mile North of this location there appears to be some type of quarry. A check on the app Mancos shows that area to be Mississippian, which is exactly what these fossils appear to be, at least the hash plates. 

 

 

Here is a larger hash plates and some zoomed in pics.

 

 

Here are some other pieces that were in the flat.

 

 

Here are little pieces that included Archimedes screw, crinoid pieces and small blastoids. 

 

 

 

This next flat contained Ordovician fossils that were collected I think in 1991, the box had 4 1/2 miles North of I-74 on Rt. 1- this is the location of the St. Leon road cut. Below are a couple of the fossils that were in the flat. I bought this one for the cool crinoid stem, I have never found one this long.

 

 

More to Follow-

[Nimravis]

This next flat contained Ordovician fossils from Ontario, Canada. I see some fossils in these pieces, but I think they were collected to later split them to see if they contain fossils.

 

 

 

This next flat contained fossils identified as coming from St. Paul, Indiana (Silurian / Waldron Shale).

 

 

More to come-

 

 

[Nimravis]

This next flat had Sylvania, Ohio written on it, so I am guessing it might be correct, here are some of the fossils. And before you ask, that is only the internal mold of the trilobite.

 

 

 

This next lot was in a medium size box with no identifier on it. It contains larger pieces of black shale, again I think these need to be split. Many of these pieces had trilobite pygidium's on them, similar to the smaller pieces that I posted earlier, though they seem to be a different color. If you have any idea on these pieces please let me know. Below are a couple pictures of these pieces.

 

 

[Nimravis]

One last item I bought was this bag of brachiopods from Pine, Arizona. Thanks to John @DPS Ammonite for confirming the ID.

 

[stats]

Here are a few of my purchases.  I bought a flat of Mazon Creek fossils that included wood, a few worms, a nice scallop, ferns, and of course a few jellies.

There are a few other small boxes to go through.  One from the James Dick Quarry up in Ontario and a box of brachiopods from the Silica Shale in Ohio.

 

Cheers,

Rich

 

[stats]

I also purchased 3 nicer Mazon Creek fossils.   A Neuropteris, most likely Neuropteris ovata or Neuropteris macrophylla.

 

A Cyclopteris

 

And, a Lepidostrobus cone.

 

They will be offering more Mazon Creek fossils, minerals, and other fossils in the fall.  Look for announcements... I'll post something here when I find out.

 

Cheers,

Rich

 

[Northern Sharks]

The latest batch of pics from Ontario are certainly Gull River formation pieces and the flat gastropods on them are Liospira vitruvia. Your black shale pieces also look like typical pieces from the Collingwood member of the Lindsay formation aka. the Whitby formation also in Ontario. If so, the pygidia are from Pseudogygites latimarginatus and there is also a cephalon from Triarthrus eatoni, another common element of the fauna. This formation is exposed at several spots, but most commonly at Craigleith, Bowmanville and along the shoreline of lake Ontario around Whitby.

[caldigger]

@stats not sure if it's on my end, but none of your pictures came through on your post.  Ralph's showed up fine.

[Nimravis]

38 minutes ago, Northern Sharks said:

The latest batch of pics from Ontario are certainly Gull River formation pieces and the flat gastropods on them are Liospira vitruvia. Your black shale pieces also look like typical pieces from the Collingwood member of the Lindsay formation aka. the Whitby formation also in Ontario. If so, the pygidia are from Pseudogygites latimarginatus and there is also a cephalon from Triarthrus eatoni, another common element of the fauna. This formation is exposed at several spots, but most commonly at Craigleith, Bowmanville and along the shoreline of lake Ontario around Whitby.

Thank you for that information.

[stats]

33 minutes ago, caldigger said:

@stats not sure if it's on my end, but none of your pictures came through on your post.  Ralph's showed up fine.

Strange...  I see them on multiple devices.  I'll try re-adding them.

 

Cheers,

Rich

 

[Nimravis]

6 minutes ago, stats said:

Strange...  I see them on multiple devices.  I'll try re-adding them.

 

Cheers,

Rich

 

No pictures 

[Kane]

14 minutes ago, stats said:

Strange...  I see them on multiple devices.  I'll try re-adding them.

 

Cheers,

Rich

 

I've checked on two devices and also can confirm your pictures did not make it through. Are you uploading directly from your device? I know we have issues if members upload via Google Drive / Google Photos as the forum software is not compatible with that service. 

[BLT]

2 minutes ago, Kane said:

I've checked on two devices and also can confirm your pictures did not make it through. 

I was able to view his photos earlier, but they are no longer showing up for me. 

[FossilDAWG]

Not for me either.

 

Don

[Fossildude19]

@stats

The issue is definitely linked to Google.   

 

 

Photos should be posted directly on the Forum.  

[Auspex]

11 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said:

Photos should be posted directly on the Forum.

Posting images directly to the Forum is the only way that we can archive them. Offsite links or intermediate hosts are too often ephemeral.

[stats]

I'll repost the pictures tonight.   I'll need to resize them.  Sorry!

 

Cheers,

Rich

 

[stats]

Have a look again.  I think I fixed the pictures.  I uploaded them instead of cut and paste.   Sorry guys!  You know, first time using a computer, and all that... ;>

 

Cheers,

Rich

 

[Nimravis]

4 minutes ago, stats said:

Have a look again.  I think I fixed the pictures.  I uploaded them instead of cut and paste.   Sorry guys!  You know, first time using a computer, and all that... ;>

 

Cheers,

Rich

 

They are above now Rich.

[Mark Kmiecik]

Pictures are here. Nice finds! 50 cents each? The Neuropteris  is sweet! I've never seen "shearing" like that in the upper part. Weird. Something appears to have cut through the concretion prior to its consolidation. The "cut" bisects the specimen as well as the concretion. I believe you have purchased a "significant" find. Is there any evidence of it on the outer surface of the concretion?

[stats]

4 minutes ago, Nimravis said:

They are above now Rich.

Thanks!  I really like the stuff you picked up.  The plates and Waldron are especially nice!  You must have been busy before I got there.   What else did I miss?

 

Cheers,

Rich

 

[Mark Kmiecik]

2 minutes ago, stats said:

Thanks!  I really like the stuff you picked up.  The plates and Waldron are especially nice!  You must have been busy before I got there.   What else did I miss?

 

Cheers,

Rich

 

I think you got the better part of the deal.

[stats]

Just now, Mark Kmiecik said:

Pictures are here. Nice finds! 50 cents each? The Neuropteris  is sweet! I've never seen "shearing" like that in the upper part. Weird. Something appears to have cut through the concretion prior to its consolidation. The cut bisects the specimen as well as the concretion. I believe you have purchased a "significant" find.

Ha, I wish!  I spent a little over $100 on everything.  Not too bad, I don't usually buy much, but couldn't pass up some nice ones.  There will be more material in the Fall.  I'll post something when I know.

 

The Neuropteris is nice.  That line is strange.  From the look of it, I think it's from Pit 1.  Not sure about the Cyclopteris, but the cone is definitely from Morris.

 

Cheers,

Rich