Thursday 1 November 2012

Mulbring Quarry Fossils 2012

Here are the fossils which I collected from Mulbring Quarry in 2012 and my attempt to identify the species contained in the specimens.

Specimen 1: Freshly exposed side. Mulbring Quarry. Contains Bryozoans species Fenestella and Polypora, Brachiopods species Martinopsis, Trigonotreta and others, Bivalves.
  
Specimen 1: Weathered side. Mulbring Quarry. Contains Brachiopod  species Trigonotreta and Bivalve species Chaenomya. Also preserves Bryozoans, Crinoid stems and Bivalves not distinguishable in this photo.
 

Specimen 2: Side 1. Mulbring Quarry. Contains Crinoid stems, Bryozoan species Fenestella and Polypora, Brachipod Martinopsis and possibly another (unknown species), bivalve species unkown, and a possible Lepidodendron fragment.  


Specimen 2: Side 2. Mulbring Quarry. Contains Crinoid stems, Bryozoans species Fenestella and Polypara and a possible Trilobite.  


Specimen 3: Mulbring Quarry. Contains Bryozoans Fenestella and Polypora, Crinoid stems, Brachiopods species unknown and Bivalves speciies unknown.  


Specimen 4: Mulbring Quarry. Contains an abundance of Bryozoan Fenestella and Polypora.



1 comment:

  1. Interesting specimens! I have also been to this quarry a number of times and it is great! Though I have yet to find a trilobite.

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