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Dean Ruocco posted a gallery image in Member Collections
From the album: Shawangunk Formation
Carapace of Hardieopterus myops. Personal favorite find of 2022 so far. Collected by Dean Ruocco and Cameron Baucum.-
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Location Scouting At Two Hamilton, Ontario Waterfalls
JUAN EMMANUEL posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Yesterday and today I scouted two waterfalls on the Niagara Escarpment in Hamilton, Ontario. I only intended to check on what the winter has eroded away but I ended up finding some small fossils. The first waterfall I visited was the Devil’s Punchbowl. I only visited the lower falls (the one that runs over the Whirlpool Formation) of the Punchbowl as the creek of the fall has yet to dry up from warm weather. I ended up finding some small brachiopods and an orthocone on the Manitoulin Formation of this fall. Wow, I dont think an orthocone has been reported on the Manitoulin Formation at this locality yet. I might have to go back to those papers. I think this could be a Michelinoceras sp.- 13 replies
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These fossils are from a 2016 trip to Oakes Quarry Fossil Park in Fairborn, Ohio. I had some large chunks of matrix in a 5-gallon bucket that I needed to go all @Nimravis on with the rock hammer to find any hidden gems and free up some space for incoming "farm-fresh" collections. I am not very fond of the Brassfield Limestone because it is dolomitized, and prep is difficult if not impossible. Basically what you see on a rock surface or newly exposed bedding plane is what you get. The matrix is sticky, and the fossils are not particularly well preserved (at least the fine surface details, anyway). But fossils are fossils and fossil assemblages are desirable to document nonetheless. Moreover, my Silurian collections are relatively sparce. First up are the stromatoporoids (the primary reason I made the trip). These are the first I have ever collected, and I grabbed everything I *thought* might be a stromatoporoid. These don't have the pores and other details on the surface like many others. Below is what I am thinking are stromatoporoids. To verify, I cut and polished some and examined sections under the scope:
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