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Tagged With: Maclurites

A Fossiliferous Labor Day 2015 Hunt!

The journey and many pictures here: http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/57520-a-fossiliferous-labor-day-hunt/ The Finds: Quarry Sand Pile Drusy Quartz & Worn Geode Beach Bryozoan Road

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Easter Fossil Hunt 2015

Easter was a lovely day with temps in the high 50s and blue skies. We decided on an Easter supper and put the ham in the oven. Bob went motorcycle riding on his Harley and I went fossil hunting. After a long winter of freeze/thaw there should be a few new fossils just fresh out … Continue reading »

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Maclurites as Suspension Feeders! PDF

http://www.bluffcountryfossils.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Maclurites-as-Suspension-Feeders.pdf Maclurites crassus Only about 1 in 50 Maclurites found in southeast Minnesota will be of the open whorl pattern of the Maclurites crassus. There is a FASCINATING discussion going on about the living components of the Maclurites on thefossilforum.com here: http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/52556-maclurites-living-component/

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What’s This?! Gastropods

Most pictures will enlarge with a tap. Example of a biological classification for a Maclurites crassus Domain: Eukaryota  – Whittaker & Margulis,1978 – eukaryotes Kingdom: Animalia – C. Linnaeus, 1758 – animals Subkingdom: Bilateria  – (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 Branch: Protostomia  -Grobben, 1908 Superphylum: Eutrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca  – (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795 – Molluscs Class: … Continue reading »

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2013 Personal Favorites

My absolute favorite find of this year, I even named him “Waldo”. Collected on July 4th…   On June 3rd, at the same place, I collect these:       I found this new to me creature:       And a new to me gastropod:   AND the largest Maclurites I have collected so … Continue reading »

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