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This was found in a bucket of fossils/rocks from the West side of Seneca Lake in Central NYS...Middle Devonian. I asked the guy that gave them to me for identification. At first he said "Eridphyllum subcaspitosum" and then wrote back and told me it could be a Bryozoan. It's a little weird because I see no "vertical striations" as I see in the books and online. The end of the main section as you can see is mangled, it's right branch end is closed, but it's left branch is rounded as is most of the fossil. Also, the bottom is open and round. I explain this as I see nothing in the centers that would indicate a coral. However, it seems to me that if it were a Bryozoan it would all be flattened. The second and third photo show it's right branch up close with some kind of nodule. It also seems to me that there are small "dot like holes" in the branches. The last photo shows the "end" of the main stem which starts out about 1/8" and increases to approx. 1/4" just before the mangle part. It's right branch is approx. 1" from tip straight to tip. Thanks Greg

This is a strange one. It comes from near Seneca Lake, Finger Lakes Region of NYS, middle Devonian. The rock is definitely shale as it breaks away in thin layers. I thought by the edge photo that it could be a Crinoid Calyx. But with the fossilized shapes (blue lines) on one side of the rock...I don't know. The shapes on the "top side" of the rock could be remnants of some thing else. Thanks Greg

This looks like a Cephalopod to me...but I've yet to identify it. I wonder how...if they were "cone" shaped...how this could be so flattened and yet keep it's "rings" in such good condition. There is an indentation (blue line) in it's "middle length". The edges are almost knife like while it's middle is approx. 1/16" thick. Thanks Greg

This Bivalve is from the Middle Devonian, near Seneca Lake in NYS. Could this be Modiella pygmaea? Thanks Greg