blastoid

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)

stem parts
crinoid and blastoid
crinoid, blastoid

Part of a crinoid head, a couple of blastoids, and some crinoid stems.

chipping out a shark tooth

James Lamb spent close to two hours carefully chipping out a Petalodus shark tooth found by Becky.

coral
bryozoan fan

Beautiful bryozoan fan

Jessica and her crinoid
crinoid

Jessica with her slab containing a large crinoid.

blastoid
Whole crinoid embedded in limestone rock.
crinoid

Whole crinoid embedded in limestone rock.

shark tooth

Close up of an unusual shark tooth.

shark tooth, Petalodus
Slab with crinoid, bryozoan, blastoid, archimedes
crinoid, bryozoan, blastoid, archimedes

Excellent specimen showing a very long crinoid stem, numerous tiny pieces of crinoid stem, a blastoid, bryozoan, and archimedes stem.

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.

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