Rexofspades Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 So I took my folks out to West VA to see the Lost river site, had a splendid time of it just picking through the shale, but I found some absolutely mysterious specimens that I could use some help in identifying. This one I had thought was a colonial organism, but it doesnt match the bryzoan or corals ive seen in the area This one I believe is a brachiopod of some sort, any idea the Genus? I picked up this rock and noticed that there was a glabella furrow of a trilobite species in it. I dont know what species it is, all I know is that its Not an Eldredgeops. lastly a gentleman said that this looked like a sand dollar, however I am not certain its not just a formation. oh and theres this thing, I think its the tippy tip of a cephalopod. but a crinoid stem is just as likely. let me know if theres anything to look out for. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 Hello, I believe your first item is an imprint of the pleural rib of the trilobite Dipleura dekayi. The brachiopod looks like possibly Pholidostrophia nacrea? The cranidium/glabella looks like a calymenid. Second to last one looks to me like a mineral stain, possibly left over from a brachiopod shell. (Hard to tell from the pictures.) Will probably need better pictures of the last item. 1 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 IPFOTM -- MAY - 2024 _________________________________________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rexofspades Posted April 19, 2022 Author Share Posted April 19, 2022 1 hour ago, Fossildude19 said: Hello, I believe your first item is an imprint of the pleural rib of the trilobite Dipleura dekayi. The brachiopod looks like possibly Pholidostrophia nacrea? The cranidium/glabella looks like a calymenid. Second to last one looks to me like a mineral stain, possibly left over from a brachiopod shell. (Hard to tell from the pictures.) Will probably need better pictures of the last item. Thank You! now that i see it its likely a Dipleura impression. as for the Calemenid, can i feasibly narrow it down further? perhaps is it a Odontocephalus? a book i have shows that being found in the Lost river site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 Not sure. @piranha Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 IPFOTM -- MAY - 2024 _________________________________________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 3 hours ago, Rexofspades said: I picked up this rock and noticed that there was a glabella furrow of a trilobite species in it. I dont know what species it is, all I know is that its Not an Eldredgeops. This one is a dalmanitid. Odontocephalus aegeria and an undescribed "Dalmanites" sp. are the possible dalmanitids from Lost River. Burns, J. 1991. Fossil Collecting in the Mid-Atlantic States with Localities, Collecting Tips, and Illustrations of more than 450 Fossil Specimens. The Johns Hopkins University Press, 200 pp. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rexofspades Posted April 19, 2022 Author Share Posted April 19, 2022 1 minute ago, piranha said: This one is a dalmanitid. Odontocephalus aegeria and an undescribed "Dalmanites" sp. are the possible dalmanitids from Lost River. Burns, J. 1991. Fossil Collecting in the Mid-Atlantic States with Localities, Collecting Tips, and Illustrations of more than 450 Fossil Specimens. The Johns Hopkins University Press, 200 pp. ah perfect, Calymene seemed to be a little earlier than what you should find for here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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