Penn Dixie Fossils- Table of Contents

Penn Dixie Fossils - Cephalopods / Gastropods
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#1 - Pyritized cephalopod, 1-1/4-inches long, collected from the lower Wanakah Shale by Brandon Bialy



#2 - Pyritized cephalopod, 2-3/4 inches long, collected from the upper Wanakah Shale by Brandon Bialy from the tributary that flows into Rush Creek


#3 - Cephalopod, 54 mm long, collected from lower Windom Shale by Brandon Bialy

#4 - Cephalopod, Agoniatites sp, 10.2 cm (4 inches) across, collected by HNHS members Dan Cooper and James Wilson from the lower Windom Shale

#5 - Pyritized cephalopod, 4.7 cm long, collected from the upper Wanakah shale in the tributary to Rush Creek by Rich Spencer

#6 - Spyroceras sp., 4.4 cm long, collected by Dr. Robert Corretore in 2004 from the Windom Shale.



#7 - Spyroceras sp, 15 cm long, found in the Lower Windom by Jesse Martin


#8 - "Spyroceras Sp., 6.8 cm long collected by Charles Abbas in 2007 in the Windom Shale."

#9 - "Spyroceras Sp., 6.3 cm long collected by Charles Abbas in 2007 in the Windom Shale."

#10 - 13.6 cm long collected by Don Decker from the lower Windom Shale in 2007.
Don Decker is an HNHS Member and volunteer from Buffalo.

#11 - Cephalopod, 24 cm long, collected by Jim Redmon, from the lower Windom shale in 2007



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#15 - 14.5 cm wide, collected by Jake Skabelund from the lower Windom Shale in 2007.
Jake Skabelund is an HNHS member from Logan, Utah



#16 - Cephalopod weathered out of the Windom shale. Collected by Bill Regal.




#17 -  Orthocone cephalopod, 9.8 cm long, discovered by Megan Ferguson in the lower Windom shale, June 2011


#18  Pyritized cephalopod, 2cm long, discovered in the upper Windom by Jonathan Hoag, August 2011


#19 Pyritized coiled cephalopod, 2 cm across, found by Jonathan Hoag in the Upper Windom, August 2011

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