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Middle to Late Cambrian Fossils in Alabama
Saturday, January 14, 2017
Icy conditions forced this trip to be deferred one week, and wow, what a difference a week can make! Participants were treated to a beautiful day as well as beautiful fossils! We started by searching shale and concretions for trilobites. Bill Montante found a brooksella in the parking lot! Then Juergen did, and I did, and I think a couple of other people did too!
There were some perfect trilobites in the shale and some spectacular trilobites in the concretions. Aaron and Jason Leatherwood each found found an enrolled trilobite in a concretion! Henry Frantz found many sponges too.
While some people continued collecting at the first site, Charles led a group to a second site to collect limestone with weird markings. We are not sure what made the marks, but they sure are fascinating.
After a quick lunch, we went to the third location. We started a little slowly, but then the brooksellas started coming out to play. No cool trilobites this time, but there is always next time. There were several juniors collecting, some for the first time, and the youngest pair were having so much fun they did not want to go home. I think the adults had fun too and we are all looking forward to futures trips to the lake!
Lori Carter
On behalf of Charles Carter, GMS Field Trip Chair
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Site 1
Photo by Lori Carter
Bill Montante found this brooksella in the parking lot!
Photo by Lori Carter
More parking lot finds!
Photo by Lori Carter
A complete trilobite from the shale
Photo by Lori Carter
Martha Brown found this rare brachiopod
Photo by Lori Carter
Beautiful trilobite plus some bits and pieces
Photo by Lori Carter
Al Klatt found this excellent specimen
Photo by Lori Carter
Bill Montante is going to study this odd fossil that appears to be an echinoid
Photo by Lori Carter
Algal fronds
Photo by Lori Carter
A delightful cluster of trilobites
Photo by Lori Carter
Another gorgeous trilobite from the shale
Photo by Lori Carter
Burrows or some other trace fossil
Photo by Lori Carter
Not sure what this is but it looks like it could be a trilobite from the bottom
Photo by Lori Carter
A modern fish jaw with a growth (small bump) from disease or injury
Photo by Lori Carter
Jody and Joe Enders with a superb trilobite
Photo by Lori Carter
Aaron Leatherwood found an enrolled trilobite!
Photo by Lori Carter
Jason Leatherwood found an enrolled trilobite too!
Photo by Lori Carter
Nedra Bonavita found this trilobite fragment with a weird blob on one end and tiny bumps around it
Photo by Lori Carter
Jodi found this gigantic trilobite!
Photo by Lori Carter
Nathan Bonavita found this rock with a cool pattern. It's not a conglomerate, so how does a pattern like that happen?
Photo by Lori Carter
Diana Poppelreuter found this last minute, perfectly posed specimens
Site 2
Photo by Cristina Clines
Perfect day to collect by the lake
Photos by Cristina Clines
Limestone with unidentified "divot" markings
Site 3
Photo by Lori Carter
You have to look hard, but there is a brooksella here
Photo by Lori Carter
Al Klatt found one of the strangest unidentified specimens
Photo by Lori Carter
Rock with curious patterns
Photo by Lori Carter
Nice little brooksella on a concretion
Photo by Lori Carter
Brooksella that is smooth and not as "puffy" as others
Photo by Lori Carter
Algae(?) and a couple of brooksellas
Photo by Lori Carter
Classic brooksella
Photo by Lori Carter
Cute little brooksellas
Photo by Lori Carter
Another smooth brooksella
Photo by Lori Carter
Some nice pieces to ponder
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