Northern Sharks Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 No hunting this weekend, so I figured I'd post a few of the pieces I've found on my last couple of trips. The first 2 are a couple of small crinoids (Isotomocrinus) and the third is a real rarity, at least from this quarry. It doesn't look like much, but it is a very nice Cyclocystoid. There are at least 3 on this plate, with 2 in the picture. Thankfully this slab was at the top of a steep pile, or it wouldn't have been easily obtainable. Amazing what gravity, a rope and a sheer face will allow you to move. There's no limit to what you can accomplish when you're supposed to be doing something else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roz Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 Plates of fossils are pretty dang cool. On Plate 2, looks like the entire crinoid is there? Beautiful. On that last plate, is the round fossil what you are pointing out? Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Sharks Posted September 14, 2008 Author Share Posted September 14, 2008 Yes, the small "firepit" looking fossil is the Cyclocystoid. The second one is just above it, but on a slightly different angle and mising a couple of segments. There's no limit to what you can accomplish when you're supposed to be doing something else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 I just did a quick Google for Cyclocystoid; very cool and very rare! Congrats! "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...
crinus Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 I just did a quick Google for Cyclocystoid; very cool and very rare! Congrats! I don't think that Northern Shark has any idea as to HOW rare. I have been going to this quarry for almost 20 years and only have 2. He has 2+ in just a few months. Talk about beginners luck. crinus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ordovician Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Beautiful fossils! I like second picture but the first picture long stem is rare! Mostly I found is piece up to about one inch long crinoid's stem! Can't wait go out for fossil hunting soon! Chicago, northeast Illinois and northwest Indiana have very bad weather! Almost 11 inch of rain and flooded everywhere and in my basement! Good thing that rain stop for now! Houston area is bad, too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kauffy Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 WOW that quarry just keeps producing! thanks for sharing them Del, they really have some drool factor! "Turn the fear of the unknown into the excitment of possibility!"We dont stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Sharks Posted September 16, 2008 Author Share Posted September 16, 2008 It really is a fantastic site, but I'm not Del (he's Obsessed1 if I'm not mistaken) I'm Kevin There's no limit to what you can accomplish when you're supposed to be doing something else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kauffy Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 oh my! im going insain, sorry! i saw N.... in your name and i thought N.AL.Hunter! who is Delos..... Sorry! anyway it is an awesome site! great fossils "Turn the fear of the unknown into the excitment of possibility!"We dont stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archimedes Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 very nice NS especially the Cyclocystoids Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Yep, the Cyclos are very nice; the rarest of rare. I saw a plate in a Paleo lab last week(among a lot of other nice stuff) that had 8 on one slab, and 6 on another. I'll try and get a pic the next time that I'm there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crinoid1 Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 could anyone tell me if its possible to find one from the mississippian period I like crinoids...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Sharks Posted October 1, 2008 Author Share Posted October 1, 2008 Yes. Here's a link to an article that says they can be found from the early Ordovician to the early Carboniferous (Mississippian). The 3rd paragraph down gives an introduction to these rarities http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3790/is_/ai_n9295266 There's no limit to what you can accomplish when you're supposed to be doing something else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crinoid1 Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 Yes. Here's a link to an article that says they can be found from the early Ordovician to the early Carboniferous (Mississippian). The 3rd paragraph down gives an introduction to these raritieshttp://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3790/is_/ai_n9295266 Thank you very much! Im not sure, but the picture I put on, i think, Is a cyclocystoid - it was found in huntsville AL I like crinoids...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crinus Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 I am pretty sure that you have a cyclocystoid. I sharper picture would help, but I think you have a VERY rare beauty. crinus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 I like the way "ordovician" sounds - too bad there's none of that around me anywhere. stuff tends to look kind of Gothic. Must be fairly old... Guess I'm going to have to look up "cyclocystoid" too. That and have that fingerprint on the funny money run through a bunch of databases to see if it's really Kevin, not Del... Just kidding. I want to find something really rare. You know what's really frustrating? When you find something, and then ask somebody who "knows fossils" what it is, and that person gets excited and tells you it's something really cool, and you then go home and research it and find out the person didn't know what they were talking about and it's not the really cool thing - it's something common and boring. Did that ever happen to you? It happened to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 ...You know what's really frustrating? When you find something, and then ask somebody who "knows fossils" what it is, and that person gets excited and tells you it's something really cool, and you then go home and research it and find out the person didn't know what they were talking about and it's not the really cool thing - it's something common and boring. Did that ever happen to you? It happened to me. Better that finding out after you chucked a boring looking lump that it was the best fossil you ever held in your hands! "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...
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