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I did collect a fossil twig at Deer Lake during my only visit there, so I think that the first specimen is very likely a plant (lycopod) bark cast.
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Found this a couple years ago near Deer Lake, PA. The site is a Devonian aged Mahantango formation location. I split the rock and this was inside. The left and right halves fit together. The specimen is about 5 cm from top to bottom and about 2 cm across. The dimpling pattern is what intrigues me the most. Could it be a type of sponge?
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From the album: Fossil Collection: DC Area and Beyond
Pleurodictyum sp., Bivalve Impression Deer Lake Tavern, PA Mahantango Formation Middle Devonian -
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Gastropoda Deer Lake Tavern, PA Mahantango Formation Middle Devonian -
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Paraspirifer sp. Deer Lake Tavern, PA Mahantango Formation Middle Devonian -
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Grammysioidea sp. Deer Lake Tavern, PA Mahantango Formation Middle Devonian -
Picked up an interesting little brachiopod making a pit stop driving through Deer Lake on the way to see family. Curious to know what it is, I have a couple of brachiopods from the mahagango around PA but none with as pronounced of a frontal notch as this one presents.
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This is my first time going to this location. I found some things I’m not sure of and others I think are pretty nice. Would love to hear some feedback. Scale is metric 1. Coral or worn Crinoid? 3. Love these brachiopods 5. So many brachiopods 12. Crinoid 18. Gastropod? 19. Brachiopod 20. Brachiopod 22 brachiopod 24 brachiopod 27 gastropod 32. Crinoid? 36. Gastropod? 37. Bryozoan or worn Crinoid? 49. Bivalve 56. Cute little gastropod.
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2-21-2022 Deer Lake Pennsylvania Trip
OutdoorZ Life replied to Thomas1982's topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
@Thomas1982 Thanks for posting...great finds. Did you park at the Deer Lake Pub and Restaurant? Also, where do you walk from there to get to the fossil pit? We were thinking of taking a drive and wanted to make sure we were in the right place...thanks for your help! -
I dont have the knowledge to judge. I love your little crinoid, ?where did you find it?. There were very few crinoid stems to be found at this site and I would have expected more crinoid stems than calyxes but i dont feel confident one way or the other. The only other crinoid arms that I have definitively found looked more feather-like to me. From Deer Lake Pa also devonian
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Fossildude19 replied to Denis Arcand's topic in General Fossil Discussion
Blue fish - Semionotus sp. Early Jurassic, East Berlin Formation White Trilobite = Eldredgeops rana, Hamilton Group, Blasdell NY. Yellow Gastropod, Bembexia sp.? Deer Lake, PA. Mahantango Fm.- 73 replies
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Unsure, I am also from the area and have trilos on my bucket list. Best bet would be Deep Springs Road up in NY or they are rarely found at Deer Lake
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2-21-2022 Deer Lake Pennsylvania Trip
Jeffrey P replied to Thomas1982's topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
That partly enrolled Dipleura you have there is a good find. Congratulations. It's been years since I've been to Deer Lake and I never collected behind the restaurant. On the opposite side of the road was a lot of rock debris from the road expansion that was taking place. A lot Tropidoleptus brachiopods and bivalves were present. -
Since we both had the day off, my daughter and I spent a couple of hours at the Deer Lake site (Schuylkill County PA). It was a beautiful sunny day in the mid 50s! A good start to this years fossiling adventures...
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We decided to take a trip up through central PA yesterday, hitting a couple of my favorite locations - Centralia PA & Deer Lake, PA. These sites expose the Lewellyn fm & the Mahatango fm respectively, materials present are stunning Carboniferous plants preserved with white calcite detail and an assortment of Devonian marine life. We started at a site in Deer Lake that i'm told was forced to pause construction due to COVID resulting in an easy access point to collect from the formation. A lone excavator stands atop piles of scree rich with material The first step off the parking lot An assortment of finds poking through the scree, brachiopods & bivalves A little bivalve poking out of the shale Wiggled him free Our 'mystery find' from the site, any ideas? I'm thinking some sort of coral
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The Triassic redbed belt that trends NE-SW through Gettysburg and Valley Forge, into Lehigh County contain footprints, but most are located in parks. I know ppl that have found them on private land, but they ain't tellin'. Mississippian tetrapod tracks in the Mauch Chunk Fm of eastern PA. I don't think I'm allowed to post, but if you PM me, I'll send you a link. There is a locality in York, PA where one can find some fine (but rare) trilobites. Scattered Olenellus trilobites have been found in Lancaster County spots. Deer Lake Paleozoic fossils, Deer Lake near Pottsville, Schuylkill County produces some excellent stuff: brachiopods, corals, gastropods, bivalves, trilobites, etc. I"ll have to dig up my old Pennsylvania publications. East of Lancaster County though, one enters the metamorphic belt. No fossils there, unless you count me when I return back east for Christmas If you are interested in mineral sites, I got plenty of those in eastern PA. Just let me know.
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My first question as a new member to the forum. Are these two placoderm plates? The serrated edge caught my attention, as well as the hard, bone like feel and color to the fossil. They are very different from the brachiopods, coral, or other Devonian fossils I have found. This came from the Deer Lake area north of Cabelas as was suggested by another fossil forum member.
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What is a true treasure from anywhere in that area is crinoids or the occasional nautiloid fossils. Added a couple trilos and a crinoid I found at Deer Lake years ago
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I have at a minimum, 40 trilobites from deer lake, but it takes patience and persistence michael and his wife were with me when I found 2 baby dipleuras
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Nice little Eldredgeops! If you know where to look and have the time, there are some jewels at Deer Lake. Thanks for sharing!
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Nice Eldredgeops. From what I've heard, trilobites are not common at Deer Lake and I didn't see any the one time I visited there about six years ago. Congratulations.
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Took a few college friends out to the Deer Lake region today. Was the first time fossil hunting for one of them and the first time finding non shark teeth for another. Checked out a couple different outcroppings, everyone took a few things they enjoyed. Here is my haul from the day (feel free to correct if I miss IDed)... 1x Eldregeops 3x Mucrospirifer 1x Leptodesma
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Don't be disappointed! Thalassinoides is an excellent indicator that other fossils are present in the rock, you just have to do some chipping and breaking to find out. For instance, in the formation near me, finding the Thalass means you reached the "bottom" of that member...and ours are interlaced through everything from crinoids and brachiopods to shark teeth and trilobites. I haven!t been to Deer Lake in decades (I'm a spawn of Erie...), but there are lots of great fossils to find there...and I bet there are more than a few in the chunk you brought home so get crackin' so to speak! Is the Township quarry backfill dump still there? We used to fill BUCKETS with great fossils from that site.
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A more closeup detailed photo would be helpful. Do your specimens look like this? I found this at Deer Lake a few years ago. Never could ID it, but suspect it is a sponge or bryozoan.
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this was found in deer lake pa on a large piece of shale. whatever these things are they are over 12 inches long, branching and 1/2 to 3/4 inch in diameter. occasionally they appear to have straight vertical lines on the surface. I could see this pattern in only one or two places and could not get a clear photo. Help would be appreciated.
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