Photo Gallery
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- C. megalodon from the Pliocene of South Carolina.
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- Holocystites cystoid specimen
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- Holocystites with parasitic borings
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- Complete theca (3.5 inches) of Triamara.
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- Cincinnaticrinus sp.
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- Specimen #1, side
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- Specimen #2, bottom
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- Specimen #8, bottom
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- Specimen #8, top
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- Specimen #11, bottom
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- Specimen #11, top
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- Ordovician trilobites from the St. Petersburg area of Russia.
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- Amethyst and citrine cathedrals from Brazil.
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- Holocystites theca from Silurian Massie Shale of Southeast Indiana.
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- Pelecypod Internal Mold
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- Cyclonema
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- Gastropod Internal Mold
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- Hebertella
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- Hebertella “Geode”
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- Rhynchotrema dentatum
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- Cephalopod Internal Mold
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- Caritodens
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- Rhynchotrema dentatum
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- Rafinesquina
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- Vinlandostrophia latilirata
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- Hebertella
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- A mass burial layer of clam shrimp, tiny crustaceans with a protective shell. Each dimple represents an individual.
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- A mass burial layer of “clam shrimp.” Each dimple represents an individual.
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- This slab, perhaps once an ancient muddy shoreline, preserves around a dozen dinosaur footprints walking in different directions.
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- A hot, humid day at the Solite.
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- Looking down the rock that has already been excavated toward the insect and fish beds still being worked.
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- Stinkin’ lava…Stone Mountain, NC, a Devonian granite monadnock.
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- Hunting for Pliocene fossils in a cypress grove along the James River.
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- Cystoid holdfast after being chiseled from the ground.
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- Cystoid holdfast after making cuts around it with rock saw.
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- Cystoid holdfast on hard ground.
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- Stem with many parasitic bore holes.
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- New ChB Squalodontoid molar
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- New ChB Squalodontoid molar
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- ChB Squalodontoid incisor
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- ChB Squalodontoid pre-molar
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- New ChB Squalodontoid jaw fragment
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- ChB Squalodontoid teeth
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- ChB Squalodontoid whale fossils
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- ChB Squalodontoid whale lumbar vertebrae
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- ChB Squalodontoid whale cervical vertebra
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- ChB Squalodontoid whale lumbar vertebra
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- A variety of the usual Liberty/Lower Whitewater fossils.
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- An Ordovician waterfall
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- Cystoid holdfast from hard ground of Massie Shale formation.
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- A 2-inch Holocystites scutallatus specimen in matrix.
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- IUPUC class examining Silurian Laural Limestone exposure.
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- A popular stop in the quarry is a series of Ordovician sea stacks (the gray and purple rock) in the golden Silurian Brassfield Limestone; the sea stacks are now gone having been blasted away as mining continues.
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- IUPUC class examining Silurian Brassfield Limestone (“golden” Brassfield).
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- View of Ordovician (dark shale) in drainage ditch at bottom, with spoil pile of Silurian Massie Shale above.
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- View of all 6 formations in the quarry from the brachiopod-rich Ordovician at the bottom to the Laural Limestone at the top.
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- Exposure of Brassfield Limestone at New Point Stone Company, Ripley County, Indiana. (Height of exposure is approximately 3 meters.)
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- Picture of conodonts (each specimen is about 1 mm in length)
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- Picture of conodonts (each specimen is about 1 mm in length)
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- Foulonia trilobite (Ordovician; 3.5 inches long) from Morocco.
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- Enrolled Phacops (Devonian) from Morocco.
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- Holocystites found during most recent trip to Massie Shale.
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- Caryocrinites found on most recent trip to the Massie Shale.
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- Cylindrical Holocystites species with many parasitic borings.
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- Echinoderm stems with parasitic borings.
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- Bottom view of Paulicystis showing the large circular attachment base.
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- Side view of Paulicystis showing the squat mushroom-like shaped theca.
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- Top view of Paulicystis showing the rectangular oral area.
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- Enrolled Phacops (approximately the diameter of a quarter) from the Penn Dixie site.
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- Prone Phacops (specimen is 2 inches in length) from the Penn Dixie site.
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- Two and 1/4-inch Phacops collected during the 2017 Dig with the Experts.
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- Holocystites specimen as found on the shale spoil piles.
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- Caryocrinites after soaking in RockQuat.
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- Ventrally exposed Spathacalymene nasuta. Note the red arrows: left one points to the snout and cheeks, right one points to a few exposed pleural tips.
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- Large prepared Spathacalymene nasuta collected several years ago.
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- Picture of some microscopic conodont tooth-like structures.
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- Top-down view of Holocystites showing the pentagonal oral area (on right) and roundish anal opening (on left).
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- Top-down view of Holocystites theca with oral cover plates in place (center of specimen); anal opening is on lower edge of specimen.
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- Top-down view of Holocystites theca with anal pyramid in place (lower edge of specimen); oral opening is to the top.
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- Large (3.5 inch) complete theca of Triamara.
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- Figure 7. Partial Triamara theca with attached brachiole (see red arrows).
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- Figure 7. Fragment of a cystoid (Triamara?) with attached brachiole.
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- Two nearly complete 3-inch theca of an undescribed cystoid species. Oral area (mostly missing in both specimens) is to the left, the attachment base to the right.
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- Figure 2. Top-down view of Holocystites showing the pentagonal oral area (on right) and roundish anal opening (on left). Note the small but very well preserved disk-like pore opening between the oral and anal areas — this is believed to have been involved in fluid flow into and out of the cystoid.
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- Figure 3. Top-down view of 1-inch tall Holocystites theca with oral cover plates in place (center of specimen); anal opening is on lower edge of specimen.
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- Figure 4. Top-down view of 1.5-inch tall Holocystites theca with anal pyramid in place (upper edge of specimen); pentagonal oral opening is to the bottom.
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- Figure 7. Fragment of a cystoid (Triamara?) with attached 1-inch brachiole.
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- Figure 1. Holocystites theca (2 inches tall) from Silurian Massie Shale of Southeast Indiana. Oral area is on top, attachment stalk is on the bottom.
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- Figure 3. Top-down view of 1-inch tall Holocystites theca with oral cover plates in place (red arrow); the roundish anal opening is on the lower edge of the specimen.
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- Figure 4. Top-down view of 1.5-inch tall Holocystites theca with anal pyramid in place (red arrow); the pentagonal oral opening is to the top of the specimen.
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- Figure 7. Fragment of a cystoid (Triamara?) with attached 1-inch brachiole.
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- Figure 1. Unidentified cystoid from the Silurian Massie Shale of SE Indiana. Note the rows of elongated hexagonal plates. Specimen is 1.5 inches tall.
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- Figure 2. Top view of unidentified cystoid. The red arrows indicate the 5 brachiole attachment sites.
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- Figure 3. Side view of Trematocystis theca. Note the relatively large hexagonal plates. Specimen is 1.25 inches tall.
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- Figure 4. Top view of Trematocystis. The red arrows indicate the 4 brachiole attachment sites.
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- Figure 5. Side view of cylindrical Holocystites. Note the relatively large hexagonal plates. Specimen is 2.5 inches long.
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- Figure 1. Top view of unprepared Spathacalymene nasuta as found in the Silurian Massie Shale. Specimen is 2 inches long.
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- Figure 2. Ventral view of trilobite in Figure 1, revealing the cheeks.
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- Figure 3. Spathacalymene nasuta from the Silurian Massie Shale. Specimen is 2.25 inches long. Prepared by Ben Cooper.
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- Figure 4. Calymene from Silurian Massie Shale. Specimen is 2 inches long. Prepared by Ben Cooper.
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- Figure 5. Bumastus from Silurian Massie Shale. Specimen is 3.5 inches long. Prepared by Ben Cooper.
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- Figure 6. Staurocephalus from Silurian Massie Shale. Specimen is 0.5 inch across. Found by Stan Hyne. Prepared by Scott Vergiels.
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- Cups of Lyriocrinus melissa, Silurian, Waldron Shale, St. Paul, IN. The specimens are approximately 1.5 and 1 inch across. Note that the larger one has a short segment of stem still attached.
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- Cups of Eucalyptocrinites crassus, Silurian, Waldron Shale, St. Paul, IN. The specimens are approximately 1.5 and 1 inch tall.
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- Eucalyptocrinites crassus (Silurian, Waldron Shale, St. Paul, IN) with an intact “inner support cage.” Specimen is 2.75 inches tall.
