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Today I was supposed to go Fossilhunting in the Silurian Rochester Shale, but plans got changed. All of the people I was supposed to go with came down with one of the many illnesses going around CNY. One of my friends, Tim, was going to my favorite Devonian site so I decided to go with him. My friend Tim is also a member of my local club and I have known him about 20 years. We met up at one of the thruway exits and he followed me to the site. The day was great, without a cloud in the sky. It was still a bit chilly until the sun got higher. Eventually i was able to take my long-sleeved shirts off and put on my t-shirt. Another club member named Sue, who lives only about 5 minutes from the site showed up unexpectedly after about an hour or so. So the 3 of us chatted it up for a couple hours. The finds were pretty typical of the site and many of the usual suspects showed up. I was very happy to find a complete Eldredgeops roller, which has a disarticulated pygidium, right of the bat. I was even more happy when just a short time later I found another Dipluera which looks so similar to the one I found last week. It was partially covered exactly like last week's that at first I thought it was the negative of that one. After a closer look I realized it was a different one all together. I also found a couple Greenops, that might turn out ok as well. All in all it was another great day with good company. I am really liking how 2024 is turning out for me fossil wise and I hope this streak continues. I hope everyone is doing well.
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Today was a totally awesome day for fossilhunting here in Central New York! The weather was great for March and I had great company. And I haven't even mentioned the fossils yet. I had made plans to get out on a Devonian dig with my friends Stephen( @Buffalopterus ), Trevor, and Gary. I got to the site around 8am and was delighted that it was nice and Sunny. I was surprised when another car showed up and it turned out to be Eric, ( I can't remember forum name). The other guys showed up around 10, followed by Eric's friend Cassie. I really enjoyed everyone's company we all were joking around and laughing the entire day. As the sun got higher it kept getting warmer. And it seemed that everyone was finding stuff. Trilobites were very abundant today. Everyone found multiples I think 5 mostly complete Dipluera's were found today even though they were all small. I lost track of how many Greenops were found, but it was alot, and there were a couple Eldredgeops in the mix. I will say the the Greenops that were found by Trevor were the biggest and nicest ones that I have ever seen from there. He probably found the most Trilos out of everyone today. Lots of nice Brachs, Bivalves, and Gastros, as well. Just a great day all around. Here are my finds. And yes I got another Dipluera!
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From the album: Mahantango Formation
Eldredgeops rana Perry County, Pennsylvania- 1 comment
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From the album: My trilobites
A stacked Eldredgeops milleri from Sylvania Ohio. This one was prepped with RockQuat as well as normal means which made the rock softer and that's why it looks different.-
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From the album: Mahantango Formation
Eldredgeops rana Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania- 2 comments
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From the album: Mahantango Formation
Eldredgeops rana Juniata County, Pennsylvania- 1 comment
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From the album: Mahantango Formation
Dipleura dekayi and Eldredgeops rana Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania- 1 comment
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Mystery Trilobite From Western New York: Non-Greenops Non-Eldredgeops Phacopid?
NoahW24 posted a topic in Fossil ID
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.
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I first became interested in fossil collecting while living in Michigan, so any fossils I find in the state are somewhat special to me. Last summer I took a quick trip up to Alpena, MI to collect the Devonian in the area. Lots of interesting things were found, including two Eldredgeops. Neither is complete, but I was still quite happy to find bugs in a state that does not give them up easily.
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Hi all, about 2 weeks ago during my spring break my father and I made the 6 hour trip up to Buffalo NY to collect at Penn Dixie. Our main focus is to bring back blocks for our weathering pile in the back yard, so we worked from around 11am to 5pm moving chunks and transporting them to the car. Here is a photo of me driving a wedge into the huge row of rock we were working on, it was pinned and took probably 30 min and a lot of thinking to break it free. Ill attach photos of some finds from the day below. Disarticulated Eldredgeops and a complete Greenops (I have done some exploratory prep and uncovered a genal spine) Another Eldredgeops This beautiful prone Eldredgeops had an unfortunate encounter with Murphy’s Law, and when I tried to split down the chunk to a more manageable size the whole bug shattered. In hindsight I should’ve just deadlifted the rock as a whole into my wagon, but hindsight is 50/50. The next day was a bit short, we had pretty much ran out of room for chunks and I was sunburnt and fatigued (Despite regularly applying sunscreen and drinking lots of Gatorade). If you zoom in on the image below you can see the sunburn on my arm. View of the spot we were digging before we leave (Kompsfossilsnminerals for scale) As we were packing up, I started tapping on some of the rock from the layer above where we were working. On my second or third chunk, this beautiful Eldredgeops rana popped out! Only missing a little of the cephalon’s shell as well as an eye, which I think I can recover from the negative. 1/2
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I’ve spent about a year now combing through PA’s Mahatango, attempting to collect all of the trilobite fauna present in the formation. At this point I have all but one, Odontocephalus being the only that’s eluded me thus far. A big thanks to @Dean Ruocco for showing me around and in general refining my craft man. IMG_0717.MOV
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From the album: Mahantango Formation
Eldredgeops rana Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania-
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From the album: Mahantango Formation
Eldredgeops rana Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania-
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From the album: Mahantango Formation
Eldredgeops rana Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania-
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Some trilobites I prepped recently
JamesAndTheFossilPeach posted a topic in General Fossil Discussion
These are some trilobites I’ve done over the past month. Been cranking them out!!
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Hi everyone, I was wondering if there was an easy way of differentiating Viaphacops and Eldredgeops, as apparently Viaphacops is in the Needmore shale. I am heading down to Lost River in WV to do some hunting and since it is Needmore, I wanted to know. Any help appreciated.
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From the album: A.C.'s Trades/Purchases
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From the album: A.C.'s Trades/Purchases
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From the album: A.C.'s Trades/Purchases
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From the album: Mahantango Formation
Eldredgeops rana Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania- 1 comment
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From the album: Mahantango Formation
Eldredgeops rana Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania-
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From the album: Nautiloid’s Trilobite Collection
While it’s nowhere near as nice to look at as a complete bug, this is still a pretty peculiar fossil. It’s a ventral Eldredgeops rana cephalon with the hypostome still attached, something you don’t see very often. Collected from the Middle Devonian Windom Member of the Moscow Formation, Central NY on August 19, 2022.© Owen Yonkin 2022
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A reconstruction of the Mahantango Formation
Bringing Fossils to Life posted a topic in Paleo Re-creations
I just finished a reconstruction of the Mahantango ecosystem, based off of fossils I have found at corresponding sites. This certainly does not cover all species in this formation, but many of the most prominent (Sorry no Dipleura, haven't done that one yet). I recently learned about Striacoceras and re-identified many of my orthocerids as this obscure genus. Striacoceras is the brown orthocone in the background. I included two crinoid genera, (left to right) Ancyrocrinus and Botryocrinus. an Eldredgeops searches for prey. There are several Mucrospirifer brachiopods, some Orthonota bivalves, a couple ammonoids (Tornoceras and Agoniatites), and some Pleurodictyum coral. In the distance, a shoal of Bactrites drifts. This is one of my first entire ecosystems.
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After work had the chance to try out a new (to me) outcropping of the Mahantango. While the rock I split was mostly out of situ there was exposure along a cliff that I avoided just to be safe. This area seemed to be a different environment than Mahantango spots I have hunted in the past. There was more crinoids and even some horn corals. I managed to find a few trilobites, mostly Eldredgeops though I did find a partial Greenops. My highlights were the largest Mahantango Eldredgeops I have personally seen (though I am sure someone on here has a larger one!) as well as a completely free from matrix roller (I split him out of the rock and he just happened to pop out nicely) 6cm = 2.36in Perfectly enrolled and free from matrix Bummer this Greenops is missing its cephalon
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From the album: Nautiloid’s Trilobite Collection
This good lookin roller comes from the Middle Devonian Centerfield Limestone of Western NY, and was purchased from a good friend and fellow arthropod enthusiast.© Owen Yonkin 2022
