Labor Day Weekend Trip to Kentucky and Indiana For A Little Ordovician Hunting

[Nimravis]

20 minutes ago, Darktooth said:

Holy Moly! Tons of great finds! Way to go Ralph!

Glad you liked it, I was happy to get some Trilobites out of St. Leon.

[deutscheben]

What a nice big slice through the Ordovician!  The tiny trilobites and (relatively) big cephalopods are great, but those trace fossils were really eye-opening, I had never even heard of a number of them. Thank you for sharing.

[Nimravis]

4 minutes ago, deutscheben said:

What a nice big slice through the Ordovician!  The tiny trilobites and (relatively) big cephalopods are great, but those trace fossils were really eye-opening, I had never even heard of a number of them. Thank you for sharing.

Glad you enjoyed the post.

[Monica]

Great job with your tile saw - those will look nice whenever you decide to display them 

 

And congrats on your first compete Isotelus - it's such a cute little roller!

 

My favourite from your St. Leon trip is the Phragmolites dyeri - its ornamentation is beautiful! 

[Nimravis]

3 hours ago, Monica said:

Great job with your tile saw - those will look nice whenever you decide to display them 

 

And congrats on your first compete Isotelus - it's such a cute little roller!

 

My favourite from your St. Leon trip is the Phragmolites dyeri - its ornamentation is beautiful! 

Thanks Monica, it blended in with the ground and if I was not on my hands and knees looking I would have missed all of those pieces. Thanks to @Peat Burns Tony who supplied the id on that piece, I pm’d him right when I found it and he got right back with the info.

[RCFossils]

10 hours ago, Nimravis said:

Here are some pieces that I used my cheap $35.00 tile saw to trim up t make them more appealing and easier to store.

 

 

And here are all of the complete trilobites that I found on Sunday.

 

 

Hope everyone liked this post, it was fun collecting the stuff.

 

Great report as always Ralph!

i am looking forward to collecting some of these sites later this year.

Please take a few pictures of the trilobite that is just below the Isotelus in your picture.

It is a rarer type but need a few better pictures to identify.

[Nimravis]

26 minutes ago, RCFossils said:

Great report as always Ralph!

i am looking forward to collecting some of these sites later this year.

Please take a few pictures of the trilobite that is just below the Isotelus in your picture.

It is a rarer type but need a few better pictures to identify.

Thanks for the info on that, I will do it and post it later, and yes, you should get down there sometime, it is a lot of fun.

[Nimravis]

@RCFossils I was able to find it before I walked out of the house, are these better? If not, later I will use a stereoscope to take pics. Thanks again.

 

[RCFossils]

On 9/4/2019 at 9:23 AM, Nimravis said:

@RCFossils I was able to find it before I walked out of the house, are these better? If not, later I will use a stereoscope to take pics. Thanks again.

 

Congratulations!

you have a nice example of Tricopelta breviceps.

They are uncommon at the Saint Leon cut.

[Nimravis]

6 minutes ago, RCFossils said:

Congratulations!

you have a nice example of Tricopelta breviceps.

They are uncommon at the Saint Leon cut.

Wow- thanks for the help and quick response. I also wish I was better with the brachiopods, so many of them look alike to me.

[RCFossils]

31 minutes ago, Nimravis said:

Wow- thanks for the help and quick response. I also wish I was better with the brachiopods, so many of them look alike to me.

Happy to help.

You had a great day at Saint Leon. 

You managed to find relatively complete examples of three different species of trilobites. That is not an easy thing to do anywhere in the Cincinnatian.

[erose]

10 hours ago, RCFossils said:

Congratulations!

you have a nice example of Tricopelta breviceps.

They are uncommon at the Saint Leon cut.

Way to go. They are uncommon just about anywhere! THAT is the best thing you found hands down.  Be ever so careful cleaning it up. 

[Nimravis]

51 minutes ago, erose said:

Way to go. They are uncommon just about anywhere! THAT is the best thing you found hands down.  Be ever so careful cleaning it up. 

Thanks and I won’t clean it up, I put them into a little case.

[Al Tahan]

Awesome report and amazing trilobites ....you did very well  

[Nimravis]

8 hours ago, Al Tahan said:

Awesome report and amazing trilobites ....you did very well  

Thanks Al

[GreatWhiteMac]

Excellent post!!!!  With all the pictures and details almost felt like I was there  

[Coco]

Hi,

 

Nice pics of trilobits in situ ! 

 

Coco

[Nimravis]

On 9/6/2019 at 12:57 PM, GreatWhiteMac said:

Excellent post!!!!  With all the pictures and details almost felt like I was there  

That’s the whole point to my posts- lol.

[Nimravis]

On 9/6/2019 at 2:17 PM, Coco said:

Hi,

 

Nice pics of trilobits in situ ! 

 

Coco

Thanks Coco

[Jackson g]

Great report and greater finds! I love the little enrolled Isotelus.

[ynot]

This sounds like an epic trip with many great finds.

[Nimravis]

18 hours ago, ynot said:

This sounds like an epic trip with many great finds.

It was a nice little Trip.

[smt126]

I always love your posts Ralph. The pictures give me a great idea of what is at the site and gives me an idea of it is family friendly. At the end of this trip i bet the back of your vehicle was sagging a little lol.

[Nimravis]

16 hours ago, smt126 said:

I always love your posts Ralph. The pictures give me a great idea of what is at the site and gives me an idea of it is family friendly. At the end of this trip i bet the back of your vehicle was sagging a little lol.

Thanks and to be honest with you, I had a lot of empty containers left, I really did not bring much home this trip. 

[Adam86cucv]

Ralph congratulations the great trip and awesome finds.  Thanks for spending the time to make the thorough trip report and photos.