Southwest Va Fossils

[whiskeyman]

ever since I began roaming the mountains and hollows of Washington County Va looking for "abandoned" cemeteries ,I seem to fall over a fossil or more everytime I turn around. It's too bad I'm not falling over bottles, but heck - I take what I can get.
I've located 2 fossil beds in the valley of the North Fork of the Hoston River. These are mostly brachiopods and a few crinoids. But in a gorge near Mendota Va is where I located my "best" finds as they are entirely different from those I've found elsewhere...1st I'll show some brachiopods.

 

[whiskeyman]

brachiopods...

 

[whiskeyman]

the other "stuff"...consists of crinoids , sea fans and maybe small bones ? and a white deposit amid some crinoids that looks like a fish...all these are quite small...

 

[whiskeyman]

sea fan pieces...

at the bottom, just right of center looks like a spinal column?

 

[whiskeyman]

crinoids and an unknown:

lots of sea fan pieces. But the odd circular gray object with radiating lines around it is my unknown...maybe a snail of some type?

 

[whiskeyman]

looks like a fish...but is it?

 

[whiskeyman]

last pic. After I saw Dollarbill's fossil post and noted we had some folks on the Forum who know fossils, I decided to post mine for input. Thanks for looking all.

 

[morbious_fod]

ORIGINAL: whiskeyman

the other "stuff"...consists of crinoids , sea fans and maybe small bones ? and a white deposit amid some crinoids that looks like a fish...all these are quite small...

Saw a lot of these in the Limestone of Tazewell County, over the years. We had a wooded area behind out trailer and I would spend hours exploring them and the rocks.

 

[surfaceone]

Hello Charlie,

Kudos on the fossil finds. I've never found one. Guess my eyes just aren't attuned. This "fishy" one

is lookin more Crawdaddy to me.

This one,

I'm pretty sure is Wheat Chex. [8D]

 

[crozet86]

The fossils are very interesting to me since im from Va. to.I have never found one myself but i will now keep an eye out.