Dry Dredgers Field Trip
Oct 27, 2007
A Scenic Ohio Byway

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Crinoids

Not many crinoid parts were found, perhaps because people were picking up exclusively large objects. We did have one nice find in this category. It was a single plate from the calyx (cup) of Glyptocrinus fornschelli

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Pelecypods

Lots and lots of internal molds and partial casts were found. Here are pictures of some of them. 

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External molds of clams were also found.
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This next specimen might be a clam. It's probably a cobble, though. You can see bryozoan encrusting this stone on the left side. This indicates that it had this shape in Ordovician times. Ordovician cobble stones rolled around on the ocean floor providing a temporary substrate for all kinds of attaching animals.
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Next Page: Cephalopods Found at the First Site


T A B L E     O F     C O N T E N T S

Page 1: First Site Collecting and Best Find of the Year
Page 2: Fossils Found at First Site: Corals

Page 3: Fossils Found at First Site: Crinoids and Clams

Page 4: Fossils Found at First Site: Cephalopods, Trace Fossils and Bryozoans

Page 5: Fossils Found at First Site: Brachiopods

Page 6: Fossils Found at First Site: Snails

Page 7: The Second Site and Fossils Found There

See also Greg Courtney's video of the trip on YouTube.com


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