Dry Dredgers Field Trip
April 23, 2005
Maysville, KY
Page 2: Fossils Found: Brachiopods and Bivalves
Collecting was a bit muddy and water collected on eye glasses
(and camera lens), but specimens sat on top of the mud, freshly exposed and easy
to extract.
Color was also in our favor. There were some HUGE spreads of
the small brachiopod, Zygospira, covering large areas, just
waiting to be picked up.
Higher up on the hill, it was less muddy, as it transitioned
into the rubbly Bellevue Formation. The larger brachiopod, Vinlandostrophia
becomes abundant (One found that day is shown below).
There is also a layer in the Fairview Formation loaded with Strophomena
brachiopods. Except for this layer, the Strophomena normally don't
appear until much higher up in the Cincinnatian strata.
Pelecypods were also abundant. Here's an external mold of a
clam that is an unusual red color, screaming to be found.
