Submitted on 2015-11-10 by Joseph Koniecki

Location (approximate): Sylvania, Lucas, OH

Strat unit: Silica formation

Submitter notes: This specimen is only 1.5 cm.

Photo title: Crinoid

Taxa present: Eutaxocrinus wideneri

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Submitted on 2015-11-14 by Joseph Koniecki

Location (approximate): Paulding, Paulding, OH

Strat unit: Silica formation

Submitter notes: This calyx measure at 1.6 cm including the small portion of arms present. This is a very rare crinoid from the Silica Formation and even more so because it is from the Paulding locality.

Photo title: Crinoid calyx with a bit of arms

Taxa present: Melocrinites sp.

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Submitted on 2015-11-14 by Joseph Koniecki

Location (approximate): Rockport, Alpena, MI

Strat unit: Bell formation

Submitter notes: This crinoids comes in at the very tiny number of 1 cm which includes the stem.

Photo title: Crinoid crown with stem

Taxa present: Charientocrinus bellitubatus

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Submitted on 2015-11-14 by Joseph Koniecki

Location (approximate): Carleton, Monroe, MI

Strat unit: Detroit River formation

Submitter notes: This specimen is 2.7 cm. It came from an old collection. The collectors found it at the Thompson-McCully quarry. Obviously, once upon a time it was possible to collect there. The name is as given by the collector. I would not know the difference between any of the genera.

Photo title: Rostroconch

Taxa present: Hippocardia cunea

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Submitted on 2016-02-08 by Joseph Koniecki

Location (approximate): Alpena, Alpena, MI

Strat unit: Thunder Bay formation

Submitter notes: These corals are not attached at the bottom. It appears that they may have grown up along side of each other and been buried together. The corals are about 10-12 cm in height.

Photo title: Group of Corals

Taxa present: Aulacophyllum hemicrassatum

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Submitted on 2018-03-06 by Joseph Koniecki

Location (approximate): Paulding, Paulding, OH

Strat unit: Silica formation

Submitter notes: This specimen is 5.7 cm across.

Photo title: Pelecypod

Taxa present: Mytilarca cordata

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Submitted on 2018-03-13 by Joseph Koniecki

Location (approximate): Alpena, Alpena, MI

Strat unit: Norway Point formation

Submitter notes: The brachiopod is 2.7 cm across.

Photo title: Brachiopod

Taxa present: Spinocyrtia clintoni

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Submitted on 2018-03-13 by Joseph Koniecki

Location (approximate): Arkona, Lambton, ON

Strat unit: Arkona formation

Submitter notes: This crinoid is 1.1 cm tall.

Photo title: Crinoid calyx

Taxa present: Atractocrinus concinnus

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Submitted on 2018-06-09 by Joseph Koniecki

Location (approximate): Paulding, Paulding, OH

Strat unit: Silica formation

Submitter notes: A very rare crinoid. The calyx is 1 cm across.

Photo title: Crinoid

Taxa present: Deltacrinus sp.

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Submitted on 2018-06-09 by Joseph Koniecki

Location (approximate): Paulding, Paulding, OH

Strat unit: Silica formation

Submitter notes: A plate with four crinoid clayxes. It is 16 cm across the slab.

Photo title: Crinoids

Taxa present: Gilbertsocrinus ohioensis

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Submitted on 2018-06-09 by Joseph Koniecki

Location (approximate): Paulding, Paulding, OH

Strat unit: Silica formation

Submitter notes: The crinoid is 2.5 cm tall. Another very rare crinoid.

Photo title: Crinoid

Taxa present: Melocrinus

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Submitted on 2018-06-09 by Joseph Koniecki

Location (approximate): Paulding, Paulding, OH

Strat unit: Silica formation

Submitter notes: It is 24 cm across the slab.

Photo title: Corals

Taxa present: Heterophrentis simplex

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Submitted on 2018-06-09 by Joseph Koniecki

Location (approximate): Paulding, Paulding, OH

Strat unit: Silica formation

Submitter notes: The slab is 30 cm across.

Photo title: Corals, bryzoans, and brachs, OH My

Taxa present: Heterophrentis simplex, Sulcoretepora sp., Strophodonta sp., Aulopora microbuccinata

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Submitted on 2018-07-06 by Joseph Koniecki

Location (approximate): Sylvania, Lucas, OH

Strat unit: Dundee formation

Submitter notes: 4 cm across the matrix.

Photo title: Rostroconch

Taxa present: Hippocardia sp.

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Submitted on 2018-12-13 by Joseph Koniecki

Location (approximate): Alpena, Alpena, MI

Strat unit: Four Mile Dam formation

Submitter notes: Identification of this specimen is based on a 1876 publication by Rominger. The coral is 10.5 cm tall.

Photo title: Coral

Taxa present: Striatopora rugosa

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Submitted on 2018-12-15 by Joseph Koniecki

Location (approximate): Milan, Washtenaw, MI

Strat unit: Silica formation

Submitter notes: Specimen is about 3 cm across. It is rare to find these inflated.

Photo title: Pelecypod

Taxa present: Mytilarca cordata

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Submitted on 2018-12-15 by Joseph Koniecki

Location (approximate): Arkona, Lambton, ON

Strat unit: Arkona formation

Submitter notes: The specimen is 1.5 cm across.

Photo title: Pelecypod

Taxa present: Paracyclas lirata

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Submitted on 2018-12-25 by Joseph Koniecki

Location (approximate): Paulding, Paulding, OH

Strat unit: Silica formation

Submitter notes: The top crinoid is about 3 cm tall. Crinoids are very rare at the Paulding site compared to the Sylvania site. Very few complete crowns have been found.

Photo title: Crinoid

Taxa present: Proctothylacocrinus sp.

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Submitted on 2019-09-25 by Joseph Koniecki

Location (approximate): Alpena, Alpena, MI

Strat unit: Thunder Bay formation

Submitter notes: None

Photo title: Crinoid crown with stem

Taxa present: Gennaeocrinus romingeri

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Submitted on 2021-06-24 by Joseph Koniecki

Location (approximate): Alpena, Alpena, MI

Strat unit: Alpena formation

Submitter notes: Crinoid calyx with crinoid holdfast attached to tegmen.

Photo title: Crinoid calyx

Taxa present: Dolatocrinus asterias

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