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)
Petalodus shark tooth
Petalodus from the Permian
Lea has brought a cake for the whole group, and dinosaur eggs in honor of Easter, which is the next day.
Some fossils are very hard to spot. There is a blastoid lying in this gravel wash.
Petalodus shark tooth
Slab of limestone totally filled with crinoid stems.
Everyone enjoying the cake brought by Lea.
Large horned coral on a huge boulder.
Part of a crinoid head, a couple of blastoids, and some crinoid stems.
James Lamb spent close to two hours carefully chipping out a Petalodus shark tooth found by Becky.
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