Guest solius symbiosus Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 I spent a few hours this morning at the outcrop(late Mid Ord./early Late Ord.) that has been producing the Iocrinus/Retreocrinus. The purpose was to complete a strat column that I had started back in the summer, but it had been months since I hit the site, so I decided to look around. I ended up finding 3 more partials, and one stone with 2 nearly complete pieces. The place is littered with brachs. And bryozoans Star pattern of the index fossil Constellaria sp. Partial Retreocrinus sp. There are two on this one. The obvious one, and one, somewhat, hidden in the shadow. It looks like the one in the shadow has about 3 or 4 inches of the stem with it. Should prep out nice. There is even a small stream immediately adjacent to the outcrop for washing the mud off your finds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommabetts Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Nice finds, good pics, thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nicholas Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Great spot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crinus Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Nice. I will assume you mean Reteocrinus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 ^^Yeah, I should probably fix that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 I spent a little time prepping the one with two calyx. scale is approximate. A nice little pyritized micro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 nice crinoids. creepy avatar. does he dance like that all night while we're sleeping? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 nice crinoids. creepy avatar. does he dance like that all night while we're sleeping? "Snoopy in Disguise (w/o Glasses)"! <Apologies to John Fred and his Playboys> <Further apologies to all the members who now have the song stuck in their frontal cortex> "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...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 I pulled a few more crinoids yesterday. 3 nearly complete, and 4 partials. One of the partials is clearly a different genera that what I have been pulling(disparids). I'm thinking that the odd balls(I've pulled 2 thus far) are camerates??? Anyway, I didn't photograph the odd balls. If I find better examples, I will include them then. This one will be tough to prep. width of pic about 8 cm These two were found side by side, so I assume that they are the same critter. This is pretty much how I found them. It should be all there. A partial. A big ol' hypostome from an Isotelus gigas trilobite. BTW, all of the crinoids are about 2 or 3 inches in length. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamalama Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Okay, your making me jealous now! Must be nice having a treasure trove right out your back door. Great looking 'noids. -Dave __________________________________________________ Geologists on the whole are inconsistent drivers. When a roadcut presents itself, they tend to lurch and weave. To them, the roadcut is a portal, a fragment of a regional story, a proscenium arch that leads their imaginations into the earth and through the surrounding terrain. - John McPheeIf I'm going to drive safely, I can't do geology. - John McPheeCheck out my Blog for more fossils I've found: http://viewsofthemahantango.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2ynpigo Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Nice pieces. I've seen zillions of crinoids (stems) at zillions of outcrops and never once have I found a complete or remotely complete crinoid. It must be nice! The small creek for washing off your finds -- bit cold??? Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuscarora-th Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 holy freakin' brachiopod grave yard Batman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 ^^Yeah, I have lost count how many I have pulled from that "garden", but it is somewhere around 50-60 in the last year. I also found a Pychnocrinus "garden" last year that has produced about 35 pieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossil_femme Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 ^^Yeah, I have lost count how many I have pulled from that "garden", but it is somewhere around 50-60 in the last year. I also found a Pychnocrinus "garden" last year that has produced about 35 pieces. Wow! i'm turning green! was thinking about posting pics of some primibrachial plates & tegmen spines that i've been finding at my current favorite location, but now i think i'd feel silly... "don’t you lock up something that you wanted to see fly..." chris cornell / soundgarden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommabetts Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 Great noids, nice finds!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 Nice detail, Tim. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 I was in Frankfort yesterday, so I dropped by the outcrop. I found 8 more partials crinoids; one or two might be whole. I also found my first odontopleurid trilobite in 25 years(I think???). I have found several pygidiums and cephalons through the years, but nothing approaching a whole one. I lucked upon this one. I saw a "stem" from a crinoid disappearing into the rock, so I used my hammer as a chisel(mistake) to try and knock some of the over burden away and see if the whole thing was there. When I did, I freed the trilobite, but I broke the pygidum off, and couldn't find it. I you look, you can see spines off the left side. That is why I think I think it is an odontopeurid. Probably Primaspis. length about 1cm This makes about 70 crinoids that I have pulled from a very small outcrop. All have been found in the talus, but I have located the bed from which they come. Recently, I found a small slab with 5 complete ones, so soon, I am going to take a big hammer with me and try to retrieve some nice slabs. The crinoids are about 3-6cm in length. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommabetts Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Those are nice!!! You done good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Very cool. All those years I was looking, the trilobites and crinoids were only a mile away. One of these days..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobC Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Those are awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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