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Field Guide
Parsons - Vulcan Quarry
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Vulcan Rock Quarry, Parsons TN - Ross Formation
Access is restricted to supervised tours that must be scheduled in advance.
For an excellent guide to Tennessee's lower Devonian Fossils, click here.

Schuchertella woolworthana
Schuchertella woolworthana
Schuchertella woolworthana
Schuchertella woolworthana
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Brachiopod:
Schuchertella woolworthana

sdf
Leptaena acuticuspitada
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Brachiopod:
Leptaena acuticuspitada

Lower image shows inside of disarticulated shell

Pseudoatrypta
PseudoatryptaPseudoatrypta
Pseudoatrypta
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Brachiopod:
Pseudoatrypta

sdf
sd
sdf
sdf
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Brachiopod:
Uncinulis mutabilis

Crinoid Cup
Crinoid Cup
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Crinoid Cup

Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
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Pleurodictyum lentinularumPleurodictyum lentinularum
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Corallum:
Pleurodictyum lentinularum

Favosites foerstei
Favosites foerstei
Favosites foerstei
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Coral colony:
Favosites foerstei


 

Macropleura macropleura
Macropleura macropleura
Macropleura macropleura
Macropleura macropleura
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Brachiopod:
Macropleura macropleura

Discomyorthis oblata
Discomyorthis oblata
Discomyorthis oblata
Discomyorthis oblata
Discomyorthis oblata
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Brachiopod
Discomyorthis oblata

Dalmanites retusus
Dalmanites retusus
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Trilobite:
Dalmanites retusus

 


Levenea subcarinata
Levenea subcarinata
Levenea subcarinata
Levenea subcarinata
Levenea subcarinata
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Brachiopod:
Levenea subcarinata

Obturamentella wadei
Obturamentella wadei
Obturamentella wadei
Obturamentella wadei
Obturamentella wadei
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Brachiopod:
Obturamentella wadei

 

Meristella atoka
Meristella atoka
Meristella atoka
Meristella atoka
Meristella atoka
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Brachiopod:
Meristella atoka

Camarotoechia
Camarotoechia
Camarotoechia
Camarotoechia
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Brachiopod:
Camarotoechia

 

Rhipidomelloides emarginata
Rhipidomelloides emarginata
Rhipidomelloides emarginata
Rhipidomelloides emarginata
Rhipidomelloides emarginata
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Brachiopod:
Rhipidomelloides emarginata

Tetridium

Coral:
Tetradium

Platysoma Spirale

Gastropod:
Platysoma Spirale


Michelinoceras rudeMichelinoceras rude
Michelinoceras rude
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Nautiloid:
Michelinoceras rude

sdf

sdf
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Horn Coral:
Streptelasma strictum

Edriocrinus adnascans
Quarter Scale Bar

Parasitic Crinoid:
Edriocrinus adnascans

Fenestrella
Quarter Scale Bar

Bryzoan:
Fenestrella

Leptotrypella
Quarter Scale Bar

Bryzoan:
Leptotrypella

TnFossils.com -- Fossils and Identification per Nancy Stetton and James Davison

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