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These were found at Penn Dixie the other month. Middle Devonian, Moscow Formation. Wanted to post in one post but my computer is on the fritz. 13. Stewartophyllum intermittens 14. Streptelasma ungula 15. Not sure 16. Not sure 17. Not Sure 18. Stewartophyllum intermittens 19. Not sure 20. Stewartophyllum intermittens 21. Stewartophyllum intermittens
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About 10 days ago @Jeffrey P and I collected at an exposure near his house that is full of Lower Devonian brachiopods. I was amazed by the diversity of brachiopods at the site. But what makes this site so special also makes it tough to identify everything. I did my best to identify many of my finds, but I am a bit stumped on several others. A lot of the sketches in Linsley's plates are starting to look alike. I could really use some help, even if it is a guess on the family or genus. Please let me know what you think. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you! #1- Spirinella modesta? #2 #3- Cyrtina varia? #4 #5- Nucleospira ventricosa? #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12- Cloudella stewarti? #13 #14 #15- juvenile Meristella laevis?
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Fossil that I have not seen before and would appreciate help in identifying
BobCow posted a topic in Fossil ID
Located on the shore of Otisco Lake and had not seen this previously
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Dig with the Experts, Deep Springs Road, Aurora Fossil Festival
bockryan posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Hello! I got back from some travels to Turkey (no fossil hunting there this time, I did however have some nice fossil gifts from the US I was bringing to my relatives seized by Turkish customs which was... fun) and immediately headed to Penn Dixie for the 2023 Dig with the Experts event, which was a huge success and had perfect weather for a very fun two days of collecting the NY Devonian. Found numerous nice prone trilobites, a good selection of the available brachiopods, and the absolute find of the weekend was a sizeable, possibly complete, head shield from a placoderm, which is a dream find for me as they're easily my favorite animals. It was beyond my skill to prep though so I will have to wait until next year to see it uncovered, which will be a great intro the event in 2024 . First, while I didn't do any collecting in Greece or Turkey, I couldn't help but find a few to take pictures of. The breakwater in Istanbul appears to be full of burrow fossils and one coiled cephalopod (maybe) that I'm unsure about the age on. Any ideas? It's likely rock either taken from the Bosporus or from nearby since the blocks are so huge. The next picture is from the walls surrounding the Parthenon in Athens, which I think I read is Cenozoic marine limestone. Next we have the pictures from Penn Dixie - the Placoderm (along with a nice bonus prone trilobite) is split in two and covered in glue so it looks pretty rough now, hopefully it emerges looking good on the other side of the prep process. Not having had enough, the following weekend we returned to NY to try out the famous Deep Spring Road locality which was amazing! My mollusk collection was greatly expanded and I came away with a small rolled Dipleura and the head of a Trimerus, along with a number of Geenops fragments and assorted other material. We also checked out the nearby Museum of the Earth in Ithaca which I highly recommend if you're ever in the area. Next is the Aurora Fossils Festival, which very much did not enjoy the same weather luck as Penn Dixie but was fun all the same. I came away with tons of teeth, my first semi-complete Meg, and two very nice sting ray spines. A nice quality cetacean vertebrae continues to elude me, but they're tough to find there anyway as everything gets so beat up it seems. I was excited to find a fair few complete mollusk shells as well of many different types. They're small but really pretty, they make a nice display! Lastly, a shoutout to the incredible mural at the Fossil Museum, another thing to definitely see if you're ever in the area.
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Hello Hello, I'm Ryan. I'm from Northern NY and am very glad to find the forum and have hopes to frequent here to see great finds and share the love of all things prehistoric!
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Hello everyone, I recently got to visit the Glenerie Limestone for the second time to collect some fossils, I have identified the majority of my finds from the day except for one strange fossil I still do not understand. This appears to be a small brachiopod shell, it has a semicircular shape, and what appears to be a hinge-line on one side of it, the underside is pretty flat, but on the top, there is some other strange organism attached, it appears similar to the calyx of a coral, but these are quite rare at the site, I have no idea what this could be, maybe it isn't even a brachiopod that the structure is attached to. I will add some photos of the object below, I'm currently not at home but when I do get the chance I'll also try to take some from the ventral and lateral views as well as any additional photos that may be helpful. Thank you for looking, Misha
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From the album: Fossildude's Middle Devonian Fossils
Tornoceras uniangulare from the Windom Shale Member of the Moscow Formation, Hamilton Group, Middle Devonian (Givetian) Deep Springs Road Quarry, Lebanon, NY.© 2023 Tim Jones
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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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2.3 inches long. Found at my home in Alexander NY
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Hello everyone, Planning a trip to DSR this Saturday 9/10. Weather is looking great for travel and collecting. Happy hunting wherever you go hope to see some of you there Chris. PM me if you want a ride I get on the NYS Thruway at exit 18 New Paltz . I plan on leaving around 8 AM
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I found this in my backyard when planting a garden. I live in Eastern Long Island, on the South Fork. The fossil/rock is heavy with an irregular surface that makes me suspect it is a fossil rather than a rock. A previous owner of the property had a rock garden, so it is possible that this came from them. It was also right next to a recently constructed garage, so it might have been unearthed when the garage foundations was being built. Any help identifying it will be be appreciated. Jim
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We’ll figure I would have to hit Cole hill one more time before I move south in the spring doubt I’ll get back there. However would anyone like braciopods on the half shell
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Brought my kids to explore a local creek. Found this along the banks. It's a bone. I'm just unsure from what and the approximate dating. Approximately 2.5 inches. Thank you in advance!
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Well took a trip about a week ago ran in to another member of TFF we both did well. I’m holding up on prepping until I get some new bits in. However here is a preview of what I collected think I even scored a whole one time will tell.
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Took a second trip to cole hill rd yesterday trying for different formations. I couldn’t locate any but found some similar hash plates and a few new items. waiting on a measuring block from @Misha in the mail but the sizes are approximately 3 to 6 inches on the hash plates.
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just started rock/fossil hounding and i think i found something pretty good. rock has one large and one small looking tooth of some sort, one on each side. As well as another round creature of some sort. sorry i'm oblivious as to what these are. if anyone can give a suggestion? found in madison county ny-central area. Bigger tooth is approx. 1 1/2 inches across the top and 1 3/4 inches long. The smaller one is 1 1/4 inch across the top and 1 1/2 inches long.
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Hi everyone, Just figured I would post a quick trip report for cole hill rd NY. I set out about 9am on Sunday about 80 degrees F , I brought plenty of water knowing it was supposed to be 97 that day. Found my spot around 10:30 or so parked my truck , started scanning the shale pit. Within 5 minutes I was finding a lot more than I expected. Kicked around about an hour found some shade picked at some shale slabs I had collected. I’m used to hot and humid weather actually I prefer it over the alternative any day. So noticed I’m starting to sweat better head over to the truck get some water. I walked out of the shade and it was like walking into a blast furnace looked at the temp in the truck 114F ok I’m done for today. However it was a great day these didn’t even need cleaning I still have a lot more to split enjoy.
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Hello Everyone, Took a trip to Rickard hill rd July 22 nd one of the better collecting days . Hot but just cannot stop enjoy the pictures. not cleaned yet as collected.
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My wife and I traveled up to western upstate NY this past weekend for Penn Dixie's annual dig with the experts event. This was our first visit to the park and we were happy to finally use up the tickets we had originally purchased for the 2020 dig. The event was sold out both days and the staff seemed happy to be back in normal operations. The weather was perfect, with bright sunny skies and temps in the 50s to 60s day 1 and 60s to low 70s day 2. Lots of folks digging: We didn't find anything crazy good, but didn't get blanked with a mix of brachiopods, cephalopods, clams, crinoid stem pieces, corals, trilobites and a partial phyllocarid. Mostly brachiopods with some horn corals: and mostly horn corals with a couple brachiopods: Hash plate of mostly brachiopods, needs cleanup so was hard to photograph: Another clump with multiple brachiopods: I was told clams didn't preserve as well at this location and I certainly didn't find many samples worth collecting: Nice 3d partial cephalopod, not sure how much is in the matrix, but both sides have similar levels of detail and this was by far the largest one we found: Good sampling of crinoid stem pieces plus a few others. My wife really liked the ones with a star shape in the middle. This is probably half of what we collected, though my wife did get some longer segments: Trilobite hash, not sure if any are complete: Double rollers: Not sure how much of this one is here and it does have a fine crack throughit, but should be easy to glue: Not sure if there is more on this one: Guillotine plate, nothing but heads... This one hurt, disarticulated but likely complete up top, then what would have been a perfect prone below if the excavator hadn't decapitated it as they created the dig piles: Full but squished and a little ragged on left, looks like complete roller on right: Closer shot of the one from above, he makes a 90 degree turn but looks to be complete: Another roller: Possibly mostly complete: Roller on upper piece, small horn coral on lower: Nice roller: Disarticulated molt: Could be complete: This last split is a little tough to see, I bumped the contrast a bit. Multiple dig experts identified it as a phyllocarid (and none dissented) which made me happy as that was the only thing I could come up with and staff said are a rare find there. Its my 1st, the only one I had seen before was one of @Al Tahan finds from central NY.
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From the album: Fossildude's Lower Devonian Fossils
Tentaculites sp. Lower Devonian, Glenerie Limestone Tristates Group Route 9W road cut, Glenerie, NY.© 2022 T. Jones
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Hi all, not sure if anyone can help with this. A long time ago (like 35 plus years) I went on a fossil hunt. I was little but believe it was somewhere in New York. We went for a hike in palisades on the same day. We picked these oyster shells and were under the impression ever since that they’re fossilized. They are hard and heavy. I would value any input anyone may have about them. Thanks in advance.
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From the album: Eurypterid Collection
My first Eurypterus remipes, purchased at a local fossil shop.-
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From the album: Eurypterid Collection
Partial claw belonging to the pterygotid, Actutiramus. Found at Lang’s quarry and gifted to me by Dean!- 1 comment
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From the album: Eurypterid Collection
A Eurypterus lacustris prosoma from the closed Ridgemont quarry. From the Silurian aged Williamsville Formation in Ontario.-
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From the album: Eurypterid Collection
A nice, smaller example of New York’s state fossil. Look at those walking appendages! This was a gift from Dean!-
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