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From the album: Middle Devonian in Central New York
Greenops barberi Upper Ludlowville Formation Hamilton Group Middle Devonian Brookfield, New York Collected 7/18/20 -
From the album: Middle Devonian in Central New York
Eldredgeops rana Windom Shale Moscow Formation Hamilton Group Middle Devonian Deep Springs Road Lebanon, New York Collected 7/18/20 -
Just got back from a 5 day trip to western NSW where we visited a number of sites, some of which we had not visited before. Will post more photos and information over the next few days as I have a lot to photograph, but here are some field shots from day two (our first collecting day)... Our first site was located near Grenfell and is known for its excellent Devonian fish fauna, including placoderms and sarcopterygians. While not as well preserved as the nearby Canowindra site, these are collectable which is a start . We were only given a vague site on a hillside located on private property, so once we had permission to access the site the next issue was finding where the fossil bearing layers were. This involved climbing a very steep hill and breaking open any rocks we saw, and after finding evidence of placoderm plates the next task was to figure out where they originated. A number of fossil bearing layers were found and it seems the material is very extensively distributed, presumably occurring throughout the surrounding hills as well. Here are some photos of one rock face we worked and the terrain - There were a number of rocks with exposed fossils on them, for example this one which is covered in ornamentation from placoderm plates. And here is a field photo of a partial Sarcopterygian(?) jaw, my thumb is on the left for scale.
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I recently collected in the Rose Hill Formation in West Virginia. I found a lot of small trilobite pieces and a couple brachiopod and pelecypod fossils. I am having some trouble figuring out what these two fossils are. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Please let me know if you need any additional photos. #1- the piece at the bottom of the photo measures about 0.5 cm tall and 1 cm wide. I found a similar looking fossil below. No clue what it could be... #2- the pygidium measures about 1 cm tall and 1.3 cm wide.
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Can someone help tell me if this is a genuinely trilobite
Georgemckenzie posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hiya bought this a couple days ago from a fossil and gem store wanted to know if it was legit
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From the album: Middle Devonian in Central New York
A plate containing 2 cephalons and 2 pygidiums of the species Odontocephalus selenurus. Middle Devonian Onondaga Limestone Manlius, NY Collected 4/18/20 -
I will be hunting at penn Dixie from the 21st to the 24th. If anyone is willing to take the necessary precautions ie masks and social distancing as much as possible, then I would love company. I’m ready to split a lot of rock!!
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So I need help with these two specimens. The triangular fossil is in a grey brittle matrix, the other is in a harder matrix.
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Found this guy while cleaning out a drawer today. From the Wulongqing Formation (Lower Cambrian, Series 2 Stage 4) in China. I would have guessed Eoredlichia but the long spines (on the third thorax segment I think) are throwing me off. The specimen is quite small, barely 1cm at the longest dimension, so maybe an early developmental stage? It was a bit hard to photograph, let me know if more pictures are needed. Thanks.
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So I went on another scouting mission today. New spot is looking like it will be amazing when I spend a day there. Only spent about an hour looking for fossils and found some interesting stuff. Also my first trilobite Cephalon!!! So stoked!! It has a chip on the front and I think the other eye could be in the matrix. The matrix is a lot harder than what I have found fossils in before, also seems like the fossils are much better preserved.
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Some rare finds (from Georgian bay formation - Toronto)
Emthegem posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Oye I managed to get my hands on some very rare stuff (at least in terms of my local area) while hunting this last month in the Georgian Bay Formation in Toronto, Canada. Some of these fossils have been some of the nicest I've ever found, and will probably look even better with a little cleaning. Let's start things off with the usual nautiloids with a side of bivalves: Treptoceras crebriseptum I love these plates so much - they are currently some of my favourite fossils in my whole collection at the moment Treptoceras crebriseptum for the first three, the one on the far right might be a different species as it has a unique spiralling pattern.... Some MASSIVE nautiloid chambers, the biggest I've ever seen!!! A bunch of Rafinesquina brachiopods (I think). These are usually somewhat rare but I've found a lot recently so that is pretty cool A couple Ambonychia and what I believe are Pholadomorpha pholadiformis. A close up one the Pholadomorpha pholadiformis in the middle - one of the most exceptionally well preserved specimen I have ever seen!!!!
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Found in a dam/quarry on the road between Gunningbland and Forbes in central western NSW. The pictured specimen is the counterpart. For reference - CAMPBELL, K. S. W., DURHAM, G. J. 1970. A new trinucleid trilobite from the Upper Ordovician of New South Wales. Palaeontology, 13, 4, 573–580. link WEBBY, B. 1974. Upper Ordovician trilobites from central New South Wales. Palaeontology, 17, 2, 203–252. link
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Found a good spot today that produced a nice variety of marine fossils. Did not spend much time there, was more of a scouting mission.
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First of all, apologies for the image quality. I know flash can be pretty horrid but it's all I can do at the moment. Side-views will be found in the following posts! I collected this (probably molted) trilo at Marjum pass in Utah a few weeks ago. The depth of the axial lobe and how the pleurae seem to flare up led me to believe that this specimen is on its back. I only have a pin vise at my disposal and I don't want to ruin a good specimen with the incorrect equipment, but I wondered if anyone has heard of pin-vising Marjum shale. Would you use air abrasion? In that case I will save it for a few years when I can afford it (: Thanks for reading, hope everyone's staying safe!
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I found this trilobite online labelled only as 'asaphus'. I certainly don't think I'll buy it, however, I don't believe it's a species I'm familiar with and I'm always interested in furthering my knowledge. I thought I'd put it out to you guys to see if anyone knows what this is.
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I'm curious what may have caused this burrow-like hole in dalmanitid eye? The eye popped off while I was prepping it availing a look inside. Microbes, worms, decay?
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From the album: Lower Devonian Helderberg Group in Eastern NY
Kosovopeltis pompilius Lower Devonian Helderberg Gr. Kalkberg Fm. Rickard Hill Roadcut Schoharie, New York Collected 5/31/20 -
Is this trilobite real ? Please help!!!
Wafique posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hello, I have brought this two trilobites on a online store last month but don’t know it’s real or not, can you help me ? Thanks !!!
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A friend has a trilobite marked as Eoptychoparia piochensis from the Cambrian of Pioche, Nevada (Pioche Formation). I wasn't familiar with it and looked it up but couldn't find much info at all. Is that genus valid (maybe just rare)? I collected a couple of different spots out there about twenty years ago - didn't find much - and don't remember hearing about E. piochensis. Thanks, Jess
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I finally got back to Syracuse to visit family and got some fossil hunting time in. I started the day at Cole Hill and after getting completely skunked (not to mention hot sweaty and frustrated), I went over to Briggs Road to cheer myself up with some guaranteed E. Rana bugs. When I got there, I found the site much different from previous visits. The whole thing is torn up and there is a ton of fresh exposure. I would say the pit is now at least doubled in size. Based on my experience with the weathering rate of Briggs material, the excavation isnt too old. Partials and rollers were lying around everywhere like it was an easter egg hunt. I found a handful just glancing around on the surface. It was the easiest fossil hunting I've ever done. Most of the trilobits I found were on the lower bench and in the spoil piles- I had hoped that the excavation would expose a new trilo layer on the upper bench, but apart from scattered material that didn't seem to be the case. I left the partials and rollers behind for others to enjoy and took home two bugs that I hope will prove complete after some prepping. Safety Note: There is now a lot of loose material along the rim of both the upper and lower benches. I recommend bringing a hard hat or helmet if you're going to dig or sift through the material along the quarry walls.
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Any idea what species of trilobite this comes from? (Or correct me if I’m wrong in my assumption that it is a trilobite hypostome) Tully, NY
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For Father's Day Weekend my dad and I drove into Pennsylvania yesterday to collect Ordovician fossils at a location I read about with access to the Salona Formation. With rain in the forecast I was a little worried the trip would be a total wash. Instead, we experienced beating sun, and, having left our hats at home, we quickly began to overheat. My dad also found two snakes while overturning some large rocks. To say the least my dad was ready to leave after an hour. Luckily I was able to convince him that if he wanted to stop he should at least let me poke around for another 30 minutes. While I was poking around my dad decided that it would be safer for him to remove and examine new material than to work in the talus. We worked for another hour before calling it a day. When we got home I went to work washing off the many hash plates my dad exposed while removing new material. The plates were covered in a fine layer of dust so it was incredible to see what they fully held after washing them off. As I was washing one plate I had to stop myself in the middle. I could not believe my eyes. In the bottom corner of one plate there was a rather familiar shape that I was not expecting to see. I immediately knew what it had to be. In all of the literature I have seen no mention of starfish fossils being found at this site. Given that my dad was ready to leave after an hour I consider this find even more lucky. Although I did not have anything to go on, I believe that the starfish is Promopalaester bellulus. It certainly made for an exciting and memorable Father's Day Weekend! Here are some of our other exciting finds: Hash Plates with Bits of Cryptolithus Ventral Ceraurus Cephalon Pygidial Spine of Ceraurus Ventral Isotelus Thorax
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Hello and I hope everyone is doing well, I have purchased a trilobite and a fish fossil a while back. After finding this forum, I felt like I should post what I purchased here for a peace of mind ( I'm new here ) Can someone give their opinions on whether these two are fake/real ? Thanks in advance
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Hello, thank you for the opportunity to be a member here. Probably six months ago the Trilobite bug hit hard. I have a B.S. in Biology, but for some reason was never exposed to an actual specimen. Now my wife and I are planning our first Trilobite hunt!
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Hi, I found this cephalon in 2010 at the Buchava site in Czech and would like to know more about it (Ptychoparioides ...?). I hope you can help me to identify. thanks in advance, Mark van Smaalen Wageningen, the Netherlands
