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Identifying Restoration on a Recently Purchased Eurypterid Fossil
Sarcopterygiianson posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hi all! I made a post previously about contemplating buying an anomalocaridid appendage, but considering your feedback, ultimately decided against it. I'd been saving up for a fossil that I was really excited about, and ultimately decided to take the plunge on a gorgeous Eurypterus Remipes from a very kind seller. I spoke with the seller of this Eurypterid prior to making the purchase, and he had mentioned that a small portion of the dorsal postabdomen was restored. I saw another portion of the prosoma and attached appendages that I thought might be restored as well, asked about it, and the seller was transparent about being unsure of whether it was or not. I think it is, but I was wondering if you all would have any insight. Beyond those two sections is there any reason to think that the rest of the fossil is anything other than how it was found? It look otherwise legitimate? I've attached plenty of pictures! Thanks!
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From the album: A.C.'s Silurian
The lower portion of a Eurypterus remipes. Self-collected in Pennsylvania.-
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From the album: A.C.'s Silurian
Lang's Quarry, NY. Kindly traded to me. Note the Pterygotus telson in the lower righthand corner.-
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From the album: A.C.'s Silurian
Kindly traded to me. Found in Pennsylvania.-
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From the album: Nautiloid’s Eurypterids and other Silurian fossils
Partial Eurypterus remipes with three body segments, a partial prosoma, the beginnings of both swimming legs, and the backs of the feeding parts. Upper Silurian Bertie Group Fiddlers Green Formation Phelps Member Herkimer County, New York Collected 8/22/20© Owen Yonkin 2020
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Hi Forum members, Yesterday I went to a spot in Herkimer County in search of Eurypterids! This spot exposed the Fiddlers Green Formation of the Upper Silurian Bertie Group. I had never found a Eurypterid so I was excited to go, and I had heard this was a productive spot. I got there and the first rock I looked at had an exploded eurypterid on it! There were eurypterid bits and pieces all over the place. Eurypterids seemed to be much more abundant at this spot than I thought they would be! I only got to stay there for a half an hour but managed to track down a few nice finds. The rock at this locality is hard like concrete and is pretty much impossible to split (especially the freshly weathered out material). All of my finds came from surface collecting in the weathered out rocks. Thanks for looking! Owen
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I went again to Lang's Quarry for the day to look for Eurypterids and associated fauna and had a very successful day with Mr Lang.
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Amazing preservation, see closeup images for detail of ornamentation. This near complete specimen is large; about 20 cm in cranial-caudal dimension. At the end of the search, I was sitting in the ATV drinking water, and happen to glance out to the right, when to my shock there was a complete scorpion (Proscorpius Osborni) sitting within easy reach in plain sight!! Mr Lang kept the scorpion in order to try to find the mirror image fossil counterpart, and said he'll let me know if/when he might make it available for sale. I have right of first refusal, at least. On plate I took had both a small Pterygotus claw and the coxa of a giant Pterygotus. 5 cm make sure you click on the image and zoom in to see the detail of the carapace surface
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Complete Eurypterus Remipes and it's mirror image
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From the album: Eurypterid Fossils
When the Eurypterid bearing strata weather and crack conchoidally, two nearly identical fossils are produced when the rock splits through the fossil itself.- 2 comments
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From the album: Eurypterid Fossils
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Detail of Eurypterus Remipes, closeup of swimming arm
DrDave posted a gallery image in Member Collections
From the album: Eurypterid Fossils
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From the album: Eurypterid Fossils
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Detail of E remipes, 2/2 ornamentation of carapace
DrDave posted a gallery image in Member Collections
From the album: Eurypterid Fossils
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I went to a rock outcropping in Central NY to look for Eurypterid fossils for about 2.5 hours yesterday, and focused on perusing the tailings pile that looked old, hoping for new freeze-thaw fracture planes through old discards might reveal previously hidden fossils. My finds were scattered partial specimens; I also collected 10 samples of the Bertie Waterlime (is the new term for Waterlime Dolomite or Dolostone?) with probable remains that were mostly hidden for purposes of experimenting with artificial freezing and thawing to try to uncover the fossils within. I will report on those experiments at some point in the future, as I hope to try a couple of approaches and document the results to see what will maximize recovery of the fossils. It was somewhat in shade in the afternoon hours--it would be exposed in sun during the morning, so bring sunscreen. It was cloudy when I took this picture. 2 cm 2-3 cm 2cm About 2.5 cm transverse
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My daughters and I went on what I thought would be a once in a lifetime hunt for Eurypterids over Memorial Day weekend this year. I wanted to share the bounty...18cm long 20 cm closeup of telson cool to get dorsal and ventral aspects of the prosoma, thanks to the plane of the conchoidal fracture
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From the album: Eurypterid Fossils
14 cm complete specimen. Fortunate fracture plane allows seeing both the dorsal prosoma with the eye, as well as the ventral chelicerae -
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20 cm specimen. The stone was removed from strata mechanically two or three seasons ago, and left to weather in order to accelerate conchoidal fracturing through the stone to more easily expose the fossil. -
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18 cm specimen
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