Beautiful bryozoan fan
shark tooth
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)
crinoid
Jessica with her slab containing a large crinoid.
coral
crinoid
Whole crinoid embedded in limestone rock.
shark tooth
Close up of an unusual shark tooth.
blastoid
crinoid, bryozoan, blastoid, archimedes
Excellent specimen showing a very long crinoid stem, numerous tiny pieces of crinoid stem, a blastoid, bryozoan, and archimedes stem.
shark tooth, Petalodus
coral
Large "rock" that is completely coral.
Horn coral
tooth
Appears to be a tooth embedded in the matrix.
Horn coral
bryozoan
horned coral
Large horned coral
Horn coral
trilobite
Relatively large portion of a trilobite pygidium (rear end), an unusual find at this site.
crinoid, blastoid
Slab containing several blastoids and crinoid stems.
trilobite
Leisa
Bob searching for the elusive whole crinoid.
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09-05-nkl-0042
Leisa has found a nice shark tooth and sawfish tooth.
09-05-vl-4784
Couple of badly worn shark teeth, fish tooth (enchodus?), echinoid spine and small part of crab leg.
