Pennsylvanian Fossils In Kansas

KevenMunro, 2 months ago

That’s quite the Prairie Seafood Platter

Carla Jandelle... in reply to KevenMunro’s comment, 2 months ago

haha…oooh man..now i gotta go eat me some clam/tortolini/cheese….....hmmmm

LavenderMoon, 2 months ago

VERY COOL!!!!!!

Lenny La Rue, IPA, 2 months ago

Prairie clams?? There goes lunch… :-D

An interesting collection and one you must have spent quite a while researching for names and dates!

Carla Jandelle... in reply to Lenny La Rue, IPA’s comment, 2 months ago

the dates were the easy part as most of kansas fossils are part of the ‘pennsylvanian era’ of fossil life…....but the names definately have been getting me. the pharkedontus? i finally found in a french book! some of the ‘clam’ sorts are still stumping me as are the ‘gastropods’.......so many varieties and i’m driving every geology professor in Kansas nuts…lol

Carla Jandelle... in reply to LavenderMoon’s comment, 2 months ago

heck ya…and this photo was taken at the end of summer? so the collection of neatness has gotten better since…lol

Dave Sandersfeld, 2 months ago

Incredible as usual. I will be gone till july. moving to John Day Fossil Beds Nat’l Monument in Eastern Oregon to work as Interpretive park ranger. All fossilt miocene. I stillwon’t be able to keep up with you! I know one spot with pennsylvania fossils; but these are best! Good bye for a while

Carla Jandelle... in reply to Dave Sandersfeld’s comment, 2 months ago

oh dang….and here i was just getting used to u…lol sounds though that u’r going to have an awesome job! take care and be well!!!

George Lenz, 2 months ago

nice scene ....and presentation

GeoGecko, 2 months ago

Genus and species names are beastly hard to work out from books. I suggest you stick to more general terms such as brachiopod, crinoid, etc which you can easily work out and know will be correct. Once you get into the more detailed taxonomic naming it is very complicated, has probably changed heaps since the books were published and the only people who could really help are those currently publishing in journals on those groups of fossils. Most university geology lecturers are not and those that are are getting fewer and fewer. You might have more luck with curators of fossils in the major museums if you want correct and detailed identifications.

Carla Jandelle... in reply to GeoGecko’s comment, 2 months ago

can defiately understand what u’r saying. so many books i have are outdated…and most were written only in the 80’s and 90’s! i’ve seen so many of the brachiopods and such that i THOUGHT i had the right category? who were then moved to others…..frustrating to say the least. at a point there…i’d sent images of some of my finds around the country to college and university professors and often i’d get a different answear for each peice! again? frustrating.

Steve Woodman, 2 months ago

What a great find! Clearly shot. Excellent.

Carla Jandelle... in reply to Steve Woodman’s comment, 2 months ago

thanx steve…for the visit as well as the favoring…..i’m running out of room in my itty bitty house for all my finds…lol

Steve Woodman, 2 months ago

I’m the same, rocks everywhere!

Carla Jandelle... in reply to Steve Woodman’s comment, 2 months ago

lol…saammme here! and i just found this most amazing piece of petrified wood? it LOOKS like just a chunk of old brown crumbling stuff? but is hard as rock…weighs like a rock…and actually has pieces that are glossy and has mica crystals in it! a wonderful find to add to my 5000000000 other ones! :o)

Steve Woodman, 2 months ago

lolololol … upload a pic asap! lol … I have hundreds of tiny carbonised reed stems from the cliffs around Newcastle, fossilised in cross section they look like little stars … my next project will be taking a pic of them!

Carla Jandelle... in reply to Steve Woodman’s comment, 2 months ago

when i have a camera again it’s on the top of my list beside 1.take pics of millions of fungi about to appear…and 2.take pics of EVERYTHING ELSE
how big are the stems? i’ve a very cool find of fossilized bark? took forever to get an ID on it!

Steve Woodman, 2 months ago

fungi are cool. the stems are only a couple of millimeters across, I found them in the scree at the base of a cliff, the cliff has bands of coal seams running across it with grey shale in between, so these things are a few hundred millions of years old, i love ‘em lol …

Carla Jandelle... in reply to Steve Woodman’s comment, 2 months ago

VERY nice! i find bits and pieces of coral here? and sometimes some very nice pieces of sponge…..we’ve some coal but not much..LOTS of the shale…....nothing in that though.

Steve Woodman, 2 months ago

I haven’t found any sponges yet, they sound great

Carla Jandelle... in reply to Steve Woodman’s comment, 2 months ago

they’re not always easily identified to be sure!