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Hi there, I am new and seeking some help. My son found this fossil in a creekbed while we were hiking in southern Erie County, NY and we are trying to figure out what it is. Any help and tips are greatly appreciated.
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Hello! I found these a few days ago while taking a brisk stroll along a very seldom utilized section of the niagara river in western new york. the larger bone was just barely poking out of the silt/mud in the water. the water level was quite a bit lower than it has been in awhile. the smaller piece was about 20 feet away mixed with some small rocks at the water's edge. in that section of the river there is a good bit of silt/mud which sits on top of a fairly thick layer of clay. both pieces feel pretty much like rock, heavy for their size and neither exhibits a burned hair smell when flamed. i forgot to take a photo with the ruler but the smaller piece is about 4.5 inches long and maybe an inch wide. it has a curvature on one side. ive been having fun researching the past few days but i think ive done all i can on my own as i dont really have any expertise in anatomy. i just like hiking around and trying to find unusual stuff. my best guess is that the larger piece is part of a scapula and the smaller piece resembles some photos of tusk portions ive come across but i really dont know. if anyone knows what animal these could potentially belong to i sure would appreciate any info. holiday cheers to all!
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Hello, Completely ignorant about Lake Erie fossils, but have a home near the lake. I’d love to know if these are fossils and anything about them. Thanks!
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Here’s some fossils I’m working on from 18 mile creek in Hamburg,NY. They’re in pretty dense hard silica shale. Any ideas on identifying them?
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Found as surface float near the top of the Windom exposure, a few feet below the Genundewa Limestone at Penn-Dixie Quarry in Hamburg, NY. A very common fossil in Hamilton Group sediments. Similar to Emanuella praeumbona, distinguished from E. praeumbona by the hinge width; the hinge of A. umbonata spans the width of the valve, while that of E. praeumbona is narrower. A. umbonata has a nearly flat brachial valve, while that of E. praeumbona shows a convex profile. Full-sized specimens of A. umbonata are also not as large as E. praeumbona. Originally designated Orthis umbonata. A. umbonata has been defined as the type species of Ambocoelia by Hall. References: Wilson, K. A. “Field Guide to the Devonian Fossils of New York” (2014). Paleontological Research Institution Special Publication No. 44. Linsley, D. M. “Devonian Paleontology of New York” (1994). Paleontological Research Institution Special Publication No. 21. Hall, J. Palaeontology of New York v. 4. (1867) Fossilworks. http://fossilworks.org
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Found as surface float near the top of the Windom exposure, a few feet below the Genundewa Limestone at Penn-Dixie Quarry in Hamburg, NY. Distinguished from Ambocoelia umbonata by the hinge width; the hinge of A. umbonata spans the width of the valve, while that of E. praeumbona is narrower. E. praeumbona also shows a convex profile to the brachial valve, and grew to a larger size. E. praeumbona is common in the Hamilton Group only within the upper layers of the Windom Member. Originally designated Orthis praeumbona, later assigned to Ambocoelia, then reassigned to Emanuella in 1990. References: Hall, J. Palaeontology of New York v. 4. (1867) Fossilworks. http://fossilworks.org Yale Peabody Museum Collections website (http://peabody.yale.edu/collections/invertebrate-paleontology) Brett, C. E. Biostratigraphy and Paleoecology of the Windom Shale Member (Moscow Formation) in Erie County, NY. 1974. State University of New York at Buffalo.
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