Guest N.AL.hunter Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 Let's see who IDs these correctly. Only hint is that it is from Alabama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkfoam Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 Foraminifera. Probably Lepidocyclina. JKFoam The Eocene is my favorite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave pom Allen Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 (edited) . Edited November 22, 2009 by Dave pom Allen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest N.AL.hunter Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 Foraminifera. Probably Lepidocyclina. JKFoam And I thought it would be a hard one to get. Congratulations. Yes these are actually single-celled forams. They are approximately 1 inch in diameter. I posted them so that members can see something unusual. Way to go jkfoam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 I never would have guessed?! Ive seen quite a few forams way back when I first started hunting for fossils and even had a book on forams, but most were smaller then a grain of sand. Those are absolutely HUGE!!! Thanks for showing them. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkfoam Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 N.Al.Hunter, I think I may have had an unfair advantage over most. I had collected those forams in South Alabama some years ago. Shown below are some I collected in an Oligocene, Marianna Limestone exposure along Alabama Hiway 15 a few miles south of Jackson, Alabama. Some of those forams get larger than a 50 cent piece. These forams are identified as Lepidocyclina mantelli. Incidently, another large foram I have is Discocyclina sp. The specimen I have I traded for but it came from Egypt and is supposedly common in the limestone blocks used to construct the pyramids. JKFoam The Eocene is my favorite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundancer73 Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 Nice I.D. N.Al! ~Mike All your fossils are belong to us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 Is it too late to be the first one who knows absolutely nothing about forams to make a winning entry? Really interesting specimens, both of you; thanks! "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...
MikeD Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 Wow, those are the biggest I have seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest N.AL.hunter Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 JKFoam, How did you prep yours? Simple brush and water? Thanks for you posting. I found mine very, very close to where you found yours. Hunt safe, Del Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkfoam Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Del, I preped mine simply using a pocket knife and a trimed 3/4 inch paint brush. The matrix where I collected my material was a pretty soft sandstone. More sand than binder! You could pretty well rub the matrix away just using your finger. Other parts of the exposure had a much tougher matrix. JKFoam The Eocene is my favorite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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