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)
Appears to be a tooth embedded in the matrix.
Large horned coral
Relatively large portion of a trilobite pygidium (rear end), an unusual find at this site.
Slab containing several blastoids and crinoid stems.
Leisa
Bob searching for the elusive whole crinoid.
Petalodus from the Permian
Petalodus shark tooth
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
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