Dry Dredgers Field Trip
September 23, 2006
Southeast Indiana

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Brachiopods Found That Day

The most common brachiopod found was Lepidocyclus.
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Occasionally, you find a Brachiopod with a hole in it. Some of these holes may actually be borings from Platycerid gastropods. In the case below, however, it is probably just a hole from weathering.
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Here's a fine example of Vinlandostrophia acutilirata.
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Another abundant Brachiopod found was Strophomena.
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These Strophomena were found in large quantities in slabs. The one below appears to document a storm event.
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A good number of the Brachiopod Hebertella were also found (next two photos).
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It's easy to identify Hebertella by looking at their hinge. It has a distinct triangular pedicle opening.
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Next Page: Inarticulate Brachiopods Found


T A B L E    O F    C O N T E N T S

Page 1: The Site and Collecting Photos
Page 2: Fossils Found: Cephalopods

Page 3: Fossils Found: Trilobite Flexicalymene

Page 4: Fossils Found: Trilobite Isotelus

Page 5: Fossils Found: Articulate Brachiopods

Page 6: Fossils Found: Inarticulate Brachiopods and Corals

Page 7:  Pelecypods and Gastropods

Page 8: Fossils Found: Crinoids and Ichnofossils

Previous Trips to this Site

March 2006
March 2004

October 2003

April 2002


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