Dry Dredgers Field Trip
April 28, 2007
Middletown, Ohio

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Site 2
Inarticulate Brachiopods

The inarticulate brachiopods found at site 2 included the not-so-common Schizocrania filosa.
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...as well as the inarticulate brachiopod Trematis millepunctata.
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Gastropods

There were a large assortment of snails at the second site too. 
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There was at least one Cyrtolites found. This is a Monoplacophoran.(below)
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Since this site exposed the Arnheim Formation, there were layers with millions of tiny snails called Cyclora, preserved in a yellow-brown phosphate. These layers are loaded with other microfossils, including Cyclocystoid plates.
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Next Page: More Fossils Found at the Second Site


T A B L E     O F     C O N T E N T S 

Page 1: Site 1 Introduction
Page 2: Site 1 Collecting Pics

Page 3: Site 1 Fossils Found: Trilobites and Brachiopods

Page 4: Site 1 Fossils Found: Cephalopods, Bivalves and Gastropods

Page 5: Site 2: The Site and Brachiopods Found

Page 6: Site 2: Inarticulate Brachiopods and Gastropods Found

Page 7: Site 2 Bivalves, Bryozoans and Cephalopods Found


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