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It has been a while since I have made a trip to a new spot, I had some free time last weekend and decided to head out towards some promising localities in Central NY for Ordovician fossils. Found a great place to go through some research and digging. I hit a couple different sections of the same area and found different specimens. I am guessing at some point I wandered out of the Utica fm. and into the Trenton fm. Pictures below, thanks for reading! I got to this one too late, but this could have been an A+ trilobite before it got weathered out. This find was pretty important for telling me which area to work in. 1. Partial trilobite that didn't necessarily break the right way with a cephalopod 2. Pyritized disarticulated trilobite partials. 3. Nice triarthrus head. Haven't done enough research to tell the difference between T. beckii and T. eatoni 4. Could be my favorite of the trip. Big cephalopod 5. Closest I got to a complete triarthrus 6. Good size but disarticulated. Found this one early. 7. This is where I believe I moved on to the Trenton. Looks like a flexicalymene cephalon. 8. Found this near the suspected flexi

Hi this was found in the Moscow formation a while back u just keep it because it looked interesting but after doing some research I found that it could be Devonian fish skull or bone thanks for any feedback and I hope I can learn more about this piece.Thanks

I found this in broome county, New York. I think it might be some type of squid or something. You can see the grooves on the fossil if you look closely. Also why does the fossil have a hint of purple in it?

Hello everyone, it's been a while since I've been a while since I've been out to collect fossils but yesterday I finally got to enjoy some time collecting and had some interesting finds I thought I'd share. Yesterday morning I got to meet up with @Jeffrey P who showed me his vast and beautiful collection of fossils before we went to collect two locations nearby in Eastern NY. The first location we visited was the Glenerie Limestone, a very interesting location due to the diversity of organisms found there and the unique preservation which results in many silicified shells a number of which are completely out of matrix. This was my second time collecting at this location and as it had just been snowing and everything melted, there was a lot of nice freshly washed out material to pick through. By far the most abundant fossils here are brachiopods and of those, the most common is probably Leptocoelia flabellites, I collected a few of these and some appear on the larger matrix pieces with other fossils but they're really common so only a few were kept: Meristella sp. are also pretty abundant, I picked up a few that I thought had nicer preservation, or were complete as those are not as common at this site These are the shells of two spiriferid, I collected a number of these last time, the most common ones are Acrospirifer sp. and Howella sp. I believe but I do not know how to differentiate between the two This piece of matrix had some particularly nice spiriferids, one was pretty big for the site and another on the side of the piece has really nice preservation of some of the finse structure on the outside of the shell. I also found a Rensselaeria sp. Terebtatulid brachiopod, my second from the location, this one has more of it preserved although it is quite distorted and with little of the shell material but I still kept it as I like these Devonian Terebtatulids and they are not as common. Here's a tiny complete brachiopods I picked up, not sure about the ID yet, the detail preserved on such a small shell is actually pretty nice but the camera doesn't show it that well. Two of the brachiopods found appear to be inarticulate brachiopods, although I'm not sure if it's possible to put an ID to either of them, the first is preserved as an impression, I did look at some of the internal anatomy of lower Devonian inarticulate brachiopods and this does look a lot like Craniops sp. but I don't know if I could call it that without further evidence The other has some shell material but it's small and not completely exposed so I am not sure if it can be identified or even if it is an inarticulate brachiopod And some miscellaneous brachiopods I haven't yet Identified: Here's another item that confused me, it appears to be a brachiopod from the overall shape, as it is flat on one side and is in the shape of a semicircle, but if it is a brachiopod it has some kind of unusual epibiont on it with an unusual structure unlike anything else I've seen, does anyone know what this may be? Other than brachiopods, gastropods are also fairly abundant at the site, last time I was here I found a couple but nothing too special. This time, I don't know if it was the freshly washed out material, a better pattern recognition or just pure luck I found a lot, of different sizes and different quality. I was very happy to find these they're really interesting and I love the way they are preserved here, here is most of them: most of not all of them are Platystoma sp. I believe. And finally, I also found a coral, the first time I was at the site I found a tabulate coral which @Jeffrey P told me is the first he'd seen ever from this site, and this time I found a solitary rugose coral. Unfortunately it is cracked as it was laying on the surface, exposed to the elements but I was able to safely get it home and I'm currently trying to stabilize it with some glue, hopefully it will remain intact. I believe it might belong to the species Enterolasma strictum. After Glenerie we stopped at a site not far away which was in the Middle Devonian, lower Hamilton Group, part of the Marcellus Shale, also a very interesting site which was new to me, and we had some nice finds there too which I will post later once I get them photographed. Thanks for looking! Misha

Hello to everyone, I am interested in collecting along Spring Creek in Alden, NY, and have read that the best sites are between RT 20 and Crittenden Rd. If anyone has recommendations or advice, I would be very appreciative. I am traveling up from Maryland and will visit several sites in addition. As this is my first post although having joined some time ago, hello to all. I have been an avid collector of fossils for many years and have finally set up a work station to begin the task of learning how to prepare specimens. Fossil Forum has been of great value to me in a multitude of ways. Thanks to all those who do the work to keep the site in great shape. Regards, SandyP

I went to a park and found some fossils in a rock. Took the rock home to crack it open and found very impressive crinoid molds, as well as a crinoid itself! It looks almost crystallized on the inside (if you have any info about that please let me know) and i found some cool ammonite and shell imprints :)

Hiya everyone is interested in this eurypterid I’m no expert so any help would be great

Last year, while looking around a quarry in Upstate NY (Middle Devonian, Moscow fm), I stumbled across a trilo-bit I have had trouble placing. It’s some kind of phacopid, but not an Eldredgeops, and it just doesn’t feel like a Greenops. Found at a site with associated Dipleura dekayi, Greenops, Eldredgeops, Tornoceras, orthocerid nautiloids. The first photo is the mystery bug in question, followed by a Greenops and an Eldredgeops from the same site for easy side-by-side comparison. The final picture is a close visual analogue I’ve found online, though it is Moroccan and I am unsure of the location of origin.

I went with the Delaware Valley Paleontological Society to a few spots in Central New York last month. Cole Hill Rd. in Hubbardsville has several outcrops on private land where the owners are willing to share with fossil hunters. We scrabbled up and down the scree - Whee- and found our fill of trilo-bits, including one Dipleura cephalon covered with druse calcite, plus oodles of brachiopods, nautiloids, straight-shelled cephalopods, gastropods of all different shapes, and bivalves. I learned a tough lesson that afternoon. Always wrap your specimens as you go. Not only will they keep from breaking, but they are easier to find when your bucket tips and tumbles down the hillside across countless tons of scree There were lots of pained faces around me as I hunted down the things I'd already found.. It took me half an hour to recover everything I could, but the best ones managed to make it home. Dilpeura trilobite cephalon Another trilobite cephalon, found by someone else in the group. This one is covered in sparkling calcite. Crinoid holdfast? with Ptomatis rudis gastropod unknown, probably nautiloid Cornellites fasculata bivalve Palaeozygopleura sp. misc. unknown brachiopods If anyone has any ideas, I'd like to hear them. This spine-shaped object is about 6 inches long. I'd discount it as variations in the rock color, but the left end is curved outward from the matrix. Worm trace fossil. They made carpets of these on the sea floor.

Someone over on Reddit told me this is a trace of the base of a Crinoid (feather duster?). Firstly looking to confirm this, and secondly trying to understand the average age. Found on an ocean beach on Long Island, NY. From what I understand this area is quite young and formed via a glacier... although I am not sure how this affects the potential age of rocks/fossils on the beaches. I am VERY new to this, so just trying to learn about my area. Thanks!

Yesterday I decided to make the journey across the border to check out the Penn Dixie site. My ever obliging bf (pictured) joined me as another set of eyes and so he could have fun hitting things with a hammer. Neither of us had ever done anything like this so I wasn't really sure what to expect! But I think we got a pretty good haul for a first time visit. Shout out to our tour guide Kevin for the nice intro to the site and tips on tool use. I am already itching to go back, I had to force myself to leave because I was certain a nice plate of multiple prone trilobites was just certain to be in the next shale we split... Will reply with more pics

I would be very grateful for any help regarding ids of these tiny oddments found in a matrix piece from the Early Devonian Helderberg Group, Kalkberg Formation of the Rickard Hill Road cut, Schoharie, New York state. The piece contains four really nice brachiopods, the horn coral Enterolasma strictum and a lot of tiny crinoid ossicles. Perhaps, in strict alphabetical order, @Darktooth @Fossildude19 @Jeffrey P@Misha or @Nautiloid might be able to throw some light on them? Thank you. This first one seems to be encrusting along the growth lines of large, flat specimen of Discomyorths oblata. Could it be a cornulitid of some sort? About 2.5mm long. This first picture seems to show it as pointy, but if you look, the wider end is actually sort of horseshoe shaped ans seems to have an opening infilled with sediment. It seems to show growth lines. The second specimen I thoght might be a tentaculitid, but now I'm leaning towards a gastropod? Note the very fine striations. About 3mm. What about these, please? Some are clearly stemmed echinoderm ossicles, but is that a tiny lingulid. Are there ostracods? These are all only a millimetre or two across. These last two may be burrows? A white one: And a darker one: Finally, tis nice to know they had McDonalds in New York back in the Early Devonian. Thanks to everyone for looking and for any assistance.

Just some cool fossils I found ( broome county, New York)

Hi everyone, I'm a little bored up here in NH and decided to drive down to Hamburg NY to collect at Penn Dixie, I haven't been there in quite a while and since I unfortunately couldn't make it to DWTE earlier this year I thought now might be a good time to go. I'm hoping to start driving in the afternoon Monday after I'm finished with work, and depending on how it goes getting there late that night or early next morning, collecting there that day on Tuesday and potentially going to some other spots on 18m creek or a bit south of the area, And finally driving back Wednesday. I wanted to post on here to see if anyone else is in the area, I have met up with a few members of TFF and it has been fantastic, I've really enjoyed it and would love to meet more. Let me know, I'll post what I find on that trip here once I get back.

We recently purchased a property in lower Albany County. It has tons of rock walls throughout and I found this today just to the side of one of the rock walls. I have no idea what I'm looking at here other than my husband telling me I found a fossil. Worth it to continue looking in the same area?

I am on vacation in SW Vermont.. Last evening, I had dinner with my niece and friend. She has an interest in fossils (I gave her many as presents and she has hunted the Peace River a couple of times.) A while ago, her friend was at a Flea Market and from a cardboard box labeled "New York", he got a number of rocks that contained fossils for her. That is all I know....and I am certainly no expert on fossils in rocks from the Northeast.... RockFossil #1 Rock Fossil #2 RockFossil #3 Rock Fossil #4 Rock Fossil #5 Rock Fossil #6 Any and all comments and or suggestions appreciated