Brachiopod Spines
2020-03-28
More to come. The focus here is the two spines off to each side on this specimen. I’m lucky to get one intact, but in this case I was able to have two preserved.Read More →
Fossil Brachiopods
2019-12-12
A collection of brachiopods that I recently chiseled out of limestone. I haven’t spent time identifying these yet.Read More →
Linoproductus perhaps
2019-07-30
Linoproductus was first described by Chao in 1927. It went extinct during the Permian / Triassic Extinction event 252 million years ago. More Reading About Linoproductus Online Taxon Page – FossilworksRead More →
Brachiopod Spine
2019-06-27
Spines in Brachiopods rarely survive in the local rocks. While I believe I have found a few already separated, I rarely see one actually embedded on the shell. I found the 1mm long spine on this Brachiopod specimen I brought back this evening after freeing it from float limestone withinRead More →
Unidentified Brachiopod III
2019-05-01
Catalog Number: CG-0008 Update: This has been identified as Eomarginifera longispinus. This specimen came out with more detail than I’ve ever seen in a Brachiopod locally. I was knocking off eroded edges from a large piece of limestone when this showed up. Surprisingly, I was able to wiggle the specimenRead More →
Euphemites, Maybe
2019-04-29
Update: This may be Euphemites. Examples from the Pennsylvanian Atlas of Life. Euphemites is a genus of the Bellerophontidae family. It is firmly within the Mollusca phylum, but exact taxonomy is not universally agreed upon. I will likely have a lot of unidentified pieces. This includes many brachiopods, as theyRead More →
Punctospirifer
2019-04-23
Punctospirifer was first described by North in 1920. In existed from 376 until 252.3 million years ago. It went extinct during the Permian Extinction. I believe my identification of this species is likely correct, but I’m not good with this type of Brachiopod. Upon seeing the large double grove andRead More →
Juresania or Neospirifer
2019-04-16
Odd to find three dimensional Brachiopods in mudstone or shale, but this one showed up while splitting rocks. I’m not sure which one it is.Read More →
Orthotetes
2019-04-11
This brachiopod is beautifully centered in what is likely a concretion circle. The specimen was found in the high-hill shale. This layer contains a shale that I call mud stone. It comes out in larger pieces than thinner shale. The rock still splits rather easily, and it contains many concretions.Read More →