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Hi everyone! Last weekend I took a couple of days off work for my birthday and I decided to visit a fossil spot in the ardennes which was recently recommended to me because there was a chance to find fossils of primitive plants as well as devonian fish (which is one of my main interests within the hobby). The site is relatively close by as well which was a huge plus as it only took an hour to drive. The fossils in this location date back to the late Devonian, Famennian to be exact (372.2 million years ago to 358.9 million years ago) After searching for a 45 minutes we finally found the top spot with the right layer rich in plant material, here are some in situ pictures of the larger examples (which we didn't extract). If I am correct I believe these are the remains of Rhacophyton condrusorum which is a primitive species of fern if I remember reading once. We were also lucky to find some fossils of devonian fish, which was the main reason for our visit. A lovely small Lungfish (Dipnoi indet) tooth An imprint of a fish scale of bone While it was quite a cold day, it was sunny and we had a quiet afternoon at the spot where we could search in peace.

On August 15 I went to Red Hill near North Bend, PA, with my parents, grandparents, and aunt along with my friend. The weather was not much better than now. It was searing hot. Our first stop was the North Bend Municipal Building, which housed the Red Hill Fossil Display. We met the discoverer of one of the earliest amphibians ever, Densignathus, named Douglas Rowe. He led us back to Red Hill, and we started to fossil hunt. I was determined to carry on the hunt for a good transitional fossil, like Hynerpeton. I immediately found a nice-sized Hyneria scale. After hunting for a good while, I had found lots of Hyneria material, as well as Turrisaspis, Ageleodus, Gyracanthus, Limnomis, and Megalichthys. But I knew that I could possibly never find a Hynerpeton in my entire life. But I kept going. Finally, ten minutes before we left, I found something interesting. I was right below the place where Daeschler discovered Hynerpeton back in ‘93, and was feeling the effects of heat exhaustion. I was ready to give up when I saw a rectangular, centimeter-long chunk of bone. I was intrigued, but I had no time for hand ID. I needed water ASAP. But the next day, I was observing a document of the fin model of Eusthenopteron. I noticed something small next to the fin support. It was rectangular, almost identical to my bone. It was a scute. To be sure that I had a scute of an amphibian like the one on the Eusthenopteron diagram, I looked to Ichthyostega. Sure enough, Ichthyostega’s scute was almost a carbon copy of mine. I had a Hynerpeton or Densignathus scute. Images of my fossils will be coming soon!

I found this odd piece in a grey shale layer in a place with devonian age matrix and fossils from new york with various layers from flakier layers compact with fossils to harder layers like this gray shale layer that this one thats not as compact with fossils as the other ones. I am unaware of devonian fish remains from new york and I usually do not notice odd minerals in the grey shale layer so this this piece baffles me, these small shiny "scales" sort of reminds me of how the devonian fish fossils of the old red sandstone of the uk kinda preserve but other than that I have no idea what else to compare this to. Any thoughts on this piece will be greatly appreciated as I've never come across anything like it at the site.

Here’s a upper Devonian paleoniscoid fish I found in 18 mile creek - Erie county,NY this spring. seems to be similar to fish found in younger stratigraphy Linton deposits from Ohio area. Been hard to find any specific info on Devonian fish found in New York, perhaps a rare find? Has anyone found anything similar in western NY?