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Last month I made my last trip for the year into Pennsylvania. I was hoping to stop at Swope Quarry in Mapleton, but the site is now posted. With a quick change of plans, I decided to travel even further west and visit some Late Pennsylvanian marine sites that I had planning on visiting on a different trip. The two sites I visited expose the Brush Creek Marine Zone, Glenshaw Formation, Conemaugh Group. They date to the Late Pennsylvanian (Missourian). Fossil collecting at these sites was a lot of fun as the fossils just pop right out of the surrounding shale and can be picked up by hand. But they are very fragile! I felt like Dr. Frankenstein putting some of the fossils back together. I always wanted to add a Worthenia gastropod to my collection so I was really excited to add a couple at one of the sites. By the time I made it to the second site the sun was already going down and I had a long drive home. I ended up bringing back a big block to break down, and I was astonished to find a Metacoceras fragment in it. I apologize in advance for some of the photos. As some may know, the gastropods of the Glenshaw Formation tend to be very small and dark, so it is challenging to photograph them. I used my new digital microscope on some of them. I hope you enjoy! I tried very hard to find a correct identification for everything. If you have a different identification, please let me know. Cephalopods Metacoceras sp. Pseudorthoceras knoxense Brachiopod Neospirifer triplicatus Bivalves Astartella concentrica Solenomya trapezoides Edmondia sp. Edmondia aspenwallensis Coral Stereostylus sp. Trace Worm Burrow Gastropods Worthenia tabulata Strobeus primigenius Euphemites vittatus
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I saw a post on facebook that someone was looking to get rid of some fossils they had collected locally so I arranged to meet up this afternoon. Most of what was being offered were carboniferous fossil ferns from St Clair and they had some beautiful examples from the site that has been closed to collecting for several years now.
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Found this specimen when hunting just outside Danville, PA in a roadcut near the Susquehanna river. This is from the same visit as my previous post. The location is Trimmers Rock formation. My best guess is Leiorhynchus but I'm pretty stumped on this one.
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Found these specimens when hunting just outside Danville, PA in a roadcut near the Susquehanna river. The location is Trimmers Rock formation. I'm fairly certain that these are brachiopods but I haven't been able to ID them with any certainty. Mainly at that site we find beautiful Mucrospirifer specimens. However, these specimens appear larger and don't, to me, seem to be Mucrospifier. Most of the research I've done has yielded IDs that seem to be typically smaller than what I found. The first image shows the two parts together, the second shows them side by side with the top piece flipped over, the third shows the bottom piece and the fourth shows the top piece. My best guess is Leiorhynchus.
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From the album: Fossil Collection: DC Area and Beyond
Metacoceras sp. Johnstown, PA Bush Creek Marine Zone Carboniferous (Late Pennsylvanian) -
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Annularia Ambridge, PA Glenshaw Formation Carboniferous (Late Pennsylvanian) -
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Worthenia sp. Johnstown, PA Bush Creek Marine Zone Carboniferous (Late Pennsylvanian) -
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Shansiella sp. Johnstown, PA Bush Creek Marine Zone Carboniferous (Late Pennsylvanian) -
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Brachiopoda Johnstown, PA Bush Creek Marine Zone Carboniferous (Late Pennsylvanian) -
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Gastropoda Johnstown, PA Bush Creek Marine Zone Carboniferous (Late Pennsylvanian) -
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Fish Scales Cogan House, PA (Route 15) Catskill Group Late Devonian-
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Unknown Cogan House, PA (Route 15) Catskill Group Late Devonian -
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Unknown Cogan House, PA (Route 15) Catskill Group Late Devonian -
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Fish Scales Cogan House, PA (Route 15) Catskill Group Late Devonian -
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Plant Carmichaels, PA Cassville Formation Carboniferous/Permian -
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Plant Centralia, PA Llewellyn Formation Carboniferous (Late Pennsylvanian) -
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Plant Centralia, PA Llewellyn Formation Carboniferous (Late Pennsylvanian) -
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Plant Centralia, PA Llewellyn Formation Carboniferous (Late Pennsylvanian) -
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Plant Centralia, PA Llewellyn Formation Carboniferous (Late Pennsylvanian) -
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Pecopteris sp. Ambridge, PA Glenshaw Formation Carboniferous (Late Pennsylvanian)-
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Pecopteris sp. Ambridge, PA Glenshaw Formation Carboniferous (Late Pennsylvanian) -
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Plant Ambridge, PA Glenshaw Formation Carboniferous (Late Pennsylvanian) -
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Plant Ambridge, PA Glenshaw Formation Carboniferous (Late Pennsylvanian) -
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Plant Tremont, PA Llewellyn Formation Carboniferous (Late Pennsylvanian) -
From the album: Fossil Collection: DC Area and Beyond
Plant Centralia, PA Llewellyn Formation Carboniferous (Late Pennsylvanian)
