Submitted on 2011-01-26 by ummp invertebrate paleontology

Location (approximate): , Livingston, MI

Strat unit: Traverse formation

Submitter notes: This specimen was found in glacial drift. It is 2.5 cm across.

Photo title: Brachiopod

Taxa present: Pholidostrophia sp.

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Submitted on 2011-01-23 by Mike Palescuk

Location (approximate): Sylvania, Lucas, OH

Strat unit: Silica formation

Submitter notes: Close up view of the freeloaders. Sometimes the juveniles just never seem to want to move out.

Photo title: Brachiopod with children

Taxa present: Mediospirifer audaculus

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Submitted on 2011-01-23 by Mike Palescuk

Location (approximate): Sylvania, Lucas, OH

Strat unit: Silica formation

Submitter notes: Large specimen measuring 2.5 inches tip to tip with a 1/2 inch and a 3/8 inch epifaunal attachment of the same genus.

Photo title: Brachiopods

Taxa present: Mediospirifer audaculus

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Submitted on 2011-01-23 by Mike Palescuk

Location (approximate): Sylvania, Lucas, OH

Strat unit: Silica formation

Submitter notes: Measures 2cm tall x 1.9cm wide.

Photo title: Crinoid Crown

Taxa present: Euryocrinus laddii

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Submitted on 2011-01-22 by Joseph Koniecki

Location (approximate): Arkona, Lambton, ON

Strat unit: Arkona formation

Submitter notes: This starfish is 5.2 cm across.

Photo title: Starfish

Taxa present: Devonaster triradiatus

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Submitted on 2011-01-22 by Joseph Koniecki

Location (approximate): Arkona, Lambton, ON

Strat unit: Hungry Hollow formation

Submitter notes: This specimen is 1 cm tall.

Photo title: Blastoid

Taxa present: Hyperoblastus filosa

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Submitted on 2011-01-22 by Joseph Koniecki

Location (approximate): Arkona, Lambton, ON

Strat unit: Hungry Hollow formation

Submitter notes: This specimen is 4.5 cm across. A rather larger specimen for this species.

Photo title: Brachiopod

Taxa present: Rhipidomella penelope

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Submitted on 2011-01-22 by Joseph Koniecki

Location (approximate): Arkona, Lambton, ON

Strat unit: Arkona formation

Submitter notes: The longest specimen is 2 cm across.

Photo title: Tentaculids

Taxa present: Tentaculites sp.

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Submitted on 2011-01-22 by Joseph Koniecki

Location (approximate): Arkona, Lambton, ON

Strat unit: Arkona formation

Submitter notes: The average size of the brachiopods is 1 cm across.

Photo title: Brachiopods

Taxa present: Devonochonetes sp.

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Submitted on 2011-01-22 by Joseph Koniecki

Location (approximate): Arkona, Lambton, ON

Strat unit: Hungry Hollow formation

Submitter notes: The colony sit on the coral Heliophyllum. Each of the individuals are about 3 mm across.

Photo title: Bryozoan Colony

Taxa present: Botryllopora socialis, Heliophyllum halli

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Submitted on 2011-01-22 by Joseph Koniecki

Location (approximate): Arkona, Lambton, ON

Strat unit: Arkona formation

Submitter notes: This specimen is 2.5 cm tall.

Photo title: Pelecypod

Taxa present: Leiopteria ausablensis

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Submitted on 2011-01-21 by Joseph Koniecki

Location (approximate): Paulding, Paulding, OH

Strat unit: Silica formation

Submitter notes: Plate with two specimens. The brachiopods are encrusted with the coral Aulopora. The top specimen is 5.5 cm across.

Photo title: Brachiopods with coral

Taxa present: Aulopora microbuccinata, Megastrophia concava

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Submitted on 2011-01-21 by Joseph Koniecki

Location (approximate): Paulding, Paulding, OH

Strat unit: Silica formation

Submitter notes: A bryozoan colony that stretches 6 inches across.

Photo title: Bryozoan

Taxa present: Fistulipora vesiculata

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Submitted on 2011-01-21 by Joseph Koniecki

Location (approximate): Paulding, Paulding, OH

Strat unit: Silica formation

Submitter notes: A colony encrusting a brachiopod. The brachiopod is Megastrophia. The bryozoan colony is 4.5 cm across.

Photo title: Bryozoan

Taxa present: Fistulipora vesiculata

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Submitted on 2011-01-21 by Joseph Koniecki

Location (approximate): Arkona, Lambton, ON

Strat unit: Hungry Hollow formation

Submitter notes: The larger blastoid is 1.7 cm tall.

Photo title: Blastoids

Taxa present: Eleutherocrinus cassedayi

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Submitted on 2011-01-21 by Joseph Koniecki

Location (approximate): Arkona, Lambton, ON

Strat unit: Hungry Hollow formation

Submitter notes: The larger blastoid is 1.5 cm tall.

Photo title: Blastoids

Taxa present: Nucleocrinus meloniformis

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Submitted on 2011-01-21 by Joseph Koniecki

Location (approximate): Arkona, Lambton, ON

Strat unit: Hungry Hollow formation

Submitter notes: This specimen is 8 cm across.

Photo title: Coral

Taxa present: Alveolites goldfussi

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Submitted on 2011-01-21 by Joseph Koniecki

Location (approximate): Paulding, Paulding, OH

Strat unit: Silica formation

Submitter notes: Complete rugose coral from the Silica shale. The coral is 8 cm tall.

Photo title: Coral

Taxa present: Heliophyllum halli

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Submitted on 2011-01-15 by Mike Palescuk

Location (approximate): Arkona, Lambton, ON

Strat unit: Arkona formation

Submitter notes: Eugasterella thorni, a pyritized brittlestar confirmed ID by Dr. Hotchkiss. About the size of a penny.

Photo title: BRITTLESTAR

Taxa present: Eugasterella thorni

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Submitted on 2011-01-15 by Mike Palescuk

Location (approximate): Arkona, Lambton, ON

Strat unit: Arkona formation

Submitter notes: Crinoid crown from the banks of the AuSable River. Measures over 1-1/2 inches wide.

Photo title: CRINOID CROWN

Taxa present: Gennaeocrinus mourantae

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