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Hello peeps, heres another expedition log and attempt at ID. let me know if i get any of these wrong or what you think it might be. Eldredgeops Rana trilobites. all 3 i collected seem to be enrolled, none of them had a head however. can any trilobite expert explain why that is? are they molts? or is this just a quirk of fossilization perhaps. This one was just sitting at the top of the hill in the shade of some bushes. it looked like it was always there. 1 2 3 4 This trilo seems to be enrolled as well. i am considering prepping it out if that seems like a good idea although it seems to be fragile. note the small pygidium impression in the top left. 5 Brachiopods. I think the second one is a spiriferid of some sort. 6 7 crinoid stems? 8 9 I don't know what these things are if its anything. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

Hi all, me again. Went on an expedition with my dad to show him what I do on my free time . Did some research into nearby formations and saw a promising one was in Gore VA. After casing the place in google maps dad and I arrived there at highway 50 we started on the road cut across from the meeting place. The formation seemed promising from the road, but after finding only the same old brachiopod molds and crinoid stems I saw it as a bust. Not deterred, I set on doing a little more follow up research and found that the Legendary store was nearby. After relocating we started to look and our luck turned around for the better. I bagged two of the biggest and best preserved Trilobites so far. And Dad found some weird things splitting shale that I had no idea what they could be.. Pictures below, any comments, corrections or ID's would be appreciated. This trilobite has a funny story attached to it. I spotted it laying fossil side up in the scree a foot away from my bag after slipping. After laughing at the sheer coincidence of it all I said that this is a lesson to check every rock you can when fossil hunting. on the cliff itself I found this one after splitting open the rock a bit revealing the tail of a trilobite. after careful Extraction, I wrapped the piece in tinfoil and cleaned it up at home. after some light prep work I was giddy to find out that this was a mostly intact enrolled trilobite. while the Cephalon was missing, the thorax and tail were present and folded onto each other. this is easily one of the better pieces I have found. next come the mysteries I have no solid idea if these are anything good or not but I figured I would ask you folks.

Wondering whether this is a trilobite or brachiopod impression. (Hoping its a trilobite.) Found it in a spoil heap at a small outcrop across from Gore Grocery Store, Gore, VA. Outcrop is Devonian in age. Anybody know what formation it is?