2009-04-11

April 11, 2009 - Mississippian Fossils, Morgan Co, AL, Part 2

Part 1 - Trip Report
Part 2 - Trip Photos (this page)

This Mississippian limestone quarry yielded a variety of fossils, including crinoids, blastoids, a very ancient shark tooth by the name Petalodus, archimedes, bryozoans, brachiopods, Rugosa and other corals, and even part of a trilobite.

(Photos courtesy Ron Beerman, Becky Guthrie, and Vicki Lais)

Horn coral
coral head
coral

Large "rock" that is completely coral.

Horn coral
Appears to be a tooth embedded in the matrix.
tooth

Appears to be a tooth embedded in the matrix.

bryozoan
horn coral
horned coral

Large horned coral

Horn coral
trilobite pygidium
trilobite

Relatively large portion of a trilobite pygidium (rear end), an unusual find at this site.

Slab containing several blastoids and crinoid stems.
crinoid, blastoid

Slab containing several blastoids and crinoid stems.

Leisa holding fossil
trilobite

Leisa

Bob searching for the elusive whole crinoid.

Bob searching for the elusive whole crinoid.

Petalodus

Petalodus from the Permian

Petalodus shark tooth
shark tooth, Petalodus

Petalodus shark tooth

shark tooth, Petalodus
Lea with cake for everyone

Lea has brought a cake for the whole group, and dinosaur eggs in honor of Easter, which is the next day.

quarry
blastoid hidden in gravel
blastoid

Some fossils are very hard to spot. There is a blastoid lying in this gravel wash.

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