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I live in southern Ontario County, New York State. I found this in my woods and am wondering if it could be a sea grass trace fossil.
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Hi all! Found in Lansing, NY near Cayuga lake in a drainage wash out but I do not recognize it as a native stone or coming from the formations that I've seen over the past 6 months. I've been on the fence about posting this as I wasn't sure it was a fossil but after getting some decent macro photos, I'm seeing some curious details and I am not sure if this could be a coral or bryozoan colony of some sort or another amazing example of geological wonders. We had major flooding last year, creeks and streams broke their banks, and I found this stuck in a pile of tree trunks 3 feet above the normal water levels. This area is known for Devonian fossils and this doesn't look like anything in my guide books for the area. Thank you for your time. It's a big beast, I have one photo with scale for total size. I apologize in advance for not having scale on the macro photos. Need to work on that. Edit: I tried to enhance the photos with contrast and removing yellowing from my phone camera. Please let me know if it looks good or if I've over done the contrast, etc., Thank you!
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Hi all! Please tell me this is more than a concretion! Edit to add location: Found in Lansing, NY. The matrix is a dark grey/black shale that breaks under it's own weight when I lift pieces and it breaks off into big chunks unlike thinner layered shale also in the area. I think I see crinoid stems and wonder if there are other fossils (Hallotheca acils ?) under a shallow layer of sediment making the cone shape appear to have rounded sides or is this something completely different (I think I've been finding nice molds of Hallotheca acils in close proximity to where I found this guy today). I hope to return tomorrow and find the other half to try and glean more information from the molded half. It was the only fossil in this piece of stone but I found two species of Rugosa and multiple species of Brachiopods in similar stones lying within a foot of it. It's delicate and I've wrapped it in wet paper towels and placed in a shallow dish with water. The entire item measures 2cm wide x 8 cm long. Thank you for your time
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Found on another creek walk this week near an outcrop of Moscow fm and Ludlowville fm. Could this be multiple Crinoid stems and possible a calyx or two? Was broken when I found it. Matrix is much harder than the brittle Moscow shale and a dark grey. Still working hard to decipher the many types of shale that I am finding in the Lansing, NY area. The orange spot (pyritized?) goes all the way through the stone.
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I've been looking at this and the pattern is very intriguing and seems too perfect to come from a masonry mold of some kind. I thought it may be a type of encrusting Bryozoan somewhat similar to some shown by Paul D. Taylora,*, Dennis P. Gordonb. Alcide d’Orbigny’s work on Recent and fossil bryozoans. C. R. Palevol 1 (2002) 533–547. (numbered photo from paper included) I failed to find any that contained a similar repeating rectangular type pattern of zooid aperture so I do not know if it is a bryozoan. Can you point me in the right direction before I spend more hours staring at what might be a piece of concrete. I enhanced a few photos to bring out the patterns more. Thank you
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Found near Cayuga Lake on the bank of a tributary. The raised spherical type shapes measure 3 - 4 mm in diameter and can be seen on several sides of the stone. I'm not sure what the matrix is but think it's a type of shale. There are so many types of shale in my area and I have yet to learn how to discern between them. This stone is very hard, dark grey (not quite black) and cannot be fragmented/chipped easily like others I find that can be crumbled in my bare hands. Could this be a coral? My field guide for this area doesn't show any corals that resemble this. I love this one!
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I don't know where to start to ID this one. Fossil or something else?
Plantgrogu posted a topic in Fossil ID
I've come across several similar shapes in pieces of shale and could use some help with ID. All have a rounded end and in one specimen I see a lot of tiny round indentations to evenly spaced to be random or weathering, in the bulbous round end. Found in the Finger Lakes Region, NY. Matrix is shale in the Hamilton group and in natural light the fossils have a silver sheen to them. (Quite striking) When I uncovered one sample, shown in pictures 2 - 4, a dark red solution drained from around the fossil when it came in contact with water. Can you point me in the right direction? Picture one is a different sample than in pictures 2 - 4.
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Another successful creek walk yesterday and found this huge beauty. I think it may be in the Pachyporidae family, but not sure what species or if it's something else. From what I understand, in my region (Finger Lakes, NY) they are found to the north in Onondaga limestone and were brought south by the glaciers. I never thought I would find anything like this here. Glacial deposits are so cool. The matrix has a pink, blue, gray hue in natural light and I've seen quite a bit of it in recent days.
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We are avid winter skiers here in NYS. As soon as the temps are above freezing, the snow is gone, we are on the hunt for those Devonian fossils. A nice day trip to Canandaigua Lake, we ventured up a gully that is open to the public. On the south wall we began finding shale and limestone slides. Immediately after fanning away the leaves of fall past, the fossils presented. Many brachiopods, crinoid pieces and a few trilo butts. Our find of the day was this great little complete curled trilo and iron enriched brachiopod. We definitely will be returning. loop
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This is a "mud mold" that I found in the creek near King Ferry, NY. Approx. 8 inches long. I've been told its a cephalopod. Thanks Greg
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Is this Stylolite? I've been told that it's coral...but, I have my doubts. Thanks Greg
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Here's one that's a bit different...any ideas? Approx. 3/4" X 1/2" Found in unnamed creek near King Ferry, NY... I think it's from the Upper Tully Limestone Thanks Greg
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I had posted this in the "Fossil Trips" section with different photos...There has been some discussion of what the species is. Some think its a Greenops Sp, some think Greenops bellacartwrightia and one is unsure if it's a "described species". I've been researching online and examining my Trilobite. I'm unsure it's either of the named species. There are just some troubles with each of them. The bellacartwrightia seems "more round" than mine...but mine has its spikes which are missing from the Sp. which seems narrow. Below are (hopefully) better photos. The one with the blue lines shows one obvious difference between it and the two named species. Help is welcome. It really doesn't matter what it is...I would just like the correct name. The Greenops bellacartwrightia and Greenop Sp. are named which I used for comparison. Thanks Greg Greenops bellacartwrightia Greenops Sp
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I've found this Brachiopod but having a difficult time trying to identify it. It looks like "Anastrophia verneuili". However, I found it above the Lower Devonian which it is supposed to come from.
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I found this in a rock wall about 5 feet above lake level. The face of this finding was obviously different than the surrounding shale. I noticed the radial array of "cells" and ones that could be seen end-on. The structure was about 10+ inches in diameter. I was able to gently get it out of the wall (with some real effort) but it split in half upon removal. What is this?
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From the album: Canandaigua trilobites
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From the album: Canandaigua trilobites
Several thoraces, two cephalons of Eldregeops Rana from what is probably the Smoke Creek Trilobite Bed of the Windom Shale. This sample comes from a creek on private land on the West shore of Canandaigua Lake in New York State Finger Lakes region
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