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I recently went camping near Petersburg, WV. And, while in the river, I found this fossil on the bank. I can see shells and some other possible fossil formations, but I don't know much about fossils or rocks and would like any information or help to ID this. If you would like more pictures or angles, let me know. Note: Images taken from Canon DSLR and compressed to ~19mb from ~30mb.
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How old would these snails roughly be if that's even possible to answer through only image. I found 10 in total on the surface of a shale rock hill while at work. I don't know much about them at all. Anyone have any info?
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Is approximately 1.5" long, I found it on the river bank north of Belleville wv
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Hey sorry to bug everyone again so soon but I wound up having time for an outing today to my usual site and found this trilobite hypostome. Needmore formation, Devonian (emsian-eifelian) in WV. When I discovered a new species out here, the only two parts I couldn’t get a good representation of were the hypostome and the eye (found many eyes but they’re always crushed, must be a very thin/delicate structure). So I’m always on the lookout for both, but I have no knowledge at all of whose hypostome looks like what. I feel like if I can narrow down the list a little it’ll make it easier (for instance, I’m guessing this doesn’t belong to N. simoni but something like E. rana). But this also brings me to another question, does anyone know of a good resource for image searching trilobite parts? Like I feel Google has become next to unusable over the years for stuff like this. When I search for something as basic as “Eldredgeops rana hypostome” I get literally nothing for pictures, one small page of bad results and that’s it. Which just can’t be true! On the whole internet you’re telling me no one has uploaded an image of an Eldredgeops hypostome? And it’s not just this, nearly every trilobite or just marine paleo search I do comes back with very very few results. Frustrating. Hate having to bug everyone here for something that I assume is going to be a pretty simple ID. Especially for something that I very easily ought to be able to do for myself, given the proper resources. But as always, thank you for your time!
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Hey everyone, hope you’re all doing well. I was on a walk the other day in a local nature preserve with my son when I stumbled across some fossiliferous stones in a pile. These contained mostly brachiopods, but one in particular had crinoids stems and another structure I wasn’t certain on. I’m not familiar with this place, looking up the area puts it somewhere in the Ordovician (either the conococheague, Stonehenge or stoufferstown formations) but these stones had been deliberately placed in a pile so I can’t say for certain if they came from the location or were brought in. So I have 2 questions: 1- is the lumpy structure on the one stone a partial mould of a crinoid calyx, or just something geological and 2-are these fossils indeed Ordovician? Essentially I’m wondering if it’s worth my time to come back to this site in my free time to fossil hunt in ernest. I’ve included a picture of the brachiopod hash plate in hopes it would help date it. As always thank you guys so much for your time! ps sorry no scale! I was not expecting to find fossils this day and didn’t take the rocks home with me as I felt this would be frowned upon in a nature preserve
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Found this while landscaping. Dinosaur bone?
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This specimen was the find of the day today and came from Randolph Co. WV in what I believe to be the Brallier Formation. Any help with ID would be much appreciated.
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A recent trip to a Randolph Co., WV (Foreknobs Formation) locality was loaded with trace fossils including numerous Bifungites and Psammichnites biseriatus. There are several undetermined specimens as well. If anyone has any info about the undet. specimens or the species of Bifungites I would appreciate the extra information.
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So I went to Lost River, WV (Needmore formation) during the fall. I just recently found time to go through the material some more, set up photos, edit, etc. Brachiopod impression? As with the other brachiopods, I’m hoping for genus-level identification. Brachiopod. Any ID’s on its genus? This… Thing. I’m guessing its a brachiopod. But I could also see it being the eye of a trilobite. This brachiopod flaked right off the matrix! Any ideas as to what genus it belongs to? Hmmmm this was clearer before I uploaded it. Any idea how to fix it? Not like its too important because it looks like its just some brachiopod hash. I’m guessing this is the glabella of a Phacops rana. Trilobite pygidium. Hoping for a species-level identification, but genus is probably the best I’m going to get.
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I found what appears to be this Platinum Dragon Fossil in WV on private land. Dragon fossils are now being discovered in England,Chile and now the USA!
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Multiple Carboniferous plants and a possible Climacograptus?
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Need help identifying these. Found all of them in or directly around the same shale pile in a creek bank in Logan ,WV. Only About 2.5 hours of looking and there’s still plenty I haven’t gotten to yet! I’d definitely love to know if I have any rare finds so far!
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Hello! I unfortunately can't remember the exact location I found this rock but I'm pretty sure it was somewhere in West Virginia. It looks like a type of coral fossil, but the circles are very very small. Sorry for lack of information and thank you in advance!
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Hi, found this near Capon Bridge, WV, where I typically come across a whole lot of trilo-bits and crinoid. This one stands out and I thought I'd ask for any insight as to what this may be. It looks like plant (tiny leaves?) but the cylindrical shape of the imprint implies otherwise. Some coral perhaps? It appears this is Marcellus Formation.
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Hello Fossil Forum members! I am planning to drive over to Wardensville, WV, to go fossil hunting! I have previously hunted for shark teeth and bones at Calvert Cliffs, but I have always wanted to find a trilobite since I was a kid, and I am wondering if anyone has any advice for finding trilobites in the area. So far I am planning on bringing a hammer, chisel, gloves, newspaper, and plenty of water. I am planning on going to the roadcut location listed on fossil guy.com. I am wondering if anyone has suggestions such as which parts of the cliff to dig, how to recognize a trilobite, or even better, any good spots to find a trilobite! I am not looking to collect many fossils, I am more interested in finding a single trilobite, partial or whole. I am moving more than 10,000 miles away in 2 weeks, will not be able to bring lots of rocks with me in my suitcase. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!! Regards, James
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One of the biggest regrets in my years of fossil collecting is never getting the chance to collect from the piles of Ordovician Martinsburg fm. material placed in the Swatara Gap Park by PennDOT. I had only just begun to collect fossils when that happened and by the time I was old enough to do proper research and learn about it the piles had pretty much been depleted. We still did end up visiting the Park, collecting from the Devonian layers there. After learning about the Swatara Gap site though I have been fascinated by the blind trilobite Cryptolithus. With its long genal spines and lace collar the trilobite has a very unique appearance. Recently my dad and I decided to make a renewed effort to collect some Ordovician trilobites. I did some research and it seemed like our best bet was to make a trip to VA/WV. Armed with a list of potential sites we made the all day trip there and back. Our first stops were in Northern Virginia. We scouted a few road cuts, but due to the hot sun and some very aggressive ticks, we quickly moved on when we did not see any evidence of fossils. My parents are planning to move to Virginia in the next few years so we might come back to scout the cuts again when the conditions for exploration are better. From there we crossed the border into West Virginia and settled on a known site for Ordovician trilobites. We spent the good part of the day at this site before making the trip back to New Jersey. We came away with a good assortment of Ordovician fossils, including some bits of Cryptolithus tesselatus. The quality certainly does not compare to what was found at Swatara Gap, but I am happy to have some examples in my collection now. I have found some additional places to add to my list of potential sites, so my chase for quality Cryptolithus fossils will go on! Cephalons of Cryptolithus tesselatus Pygidia of Cryptolithus tesselatus Cheeks of Cryptolithus tesselatus Part of a Pygidium of Odontopleura Thorax and Pygidium of Flexicalymene granulosa Partial Cephalon of Flexicalymene granulosa My guess is that this is a partial cephalon of Isotelus but I am not sure Ectenocrinus simplex Sowerbyella Dalmanella Climacograptus A cool 3-D Bryozoan
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I posted yesterday about a trip I recently made to West Virginia to collect Ordovician trilobites. At the site I also found this piece. It measures approximately 1.25 cm. My initial thought is that it is some type of trilobite cephalon but it doesn't seem to match the trilobites that are listed in literature as being found at this site. Maybe a deformed a buried Isotelus? As you can see in the second photo there is this kind of nub that juts up and out that could be an eye, but I am not sure. I am baffled. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Tried a spot on the side of road suppositly devonion. Looking for trilobites or anything I could find. Never searched for them before. A little disappointed I did not see more fossils, even broken ones. I found a few very small possible fossils and an interesting rock that sparkled in the sun. Pic first not do justice.
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I've been on the Facebook page of the fossil forum for a little while, but I decided to start using the forum proper. I'm pretty new to serious fossil hunting, I mean I've always found fragile ferns. But lately I've been making road trips to find better fossils. So far I've been to Maysville, Kentucky a couple times and ive found some nice plant fossils along Rt 52 in WV. I'm really interested in cephalopod fossils in particular, but I just love fossil hunting.
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This on a high wall on a road cut along side of the end of rt 34 in Hamlin Lincoln CO WV, its about 20 ft above the road about 625ft above see level and about 60ft above the mud river am i correct in assuming that this hole was caused by a torrent of water whipping that boulder around inside there its about the size of a medicine ball. Ive seen these on the bottoms of creeks but never up on hillside like that. What kind of flow would it take to do this as far as feet per second i know theres a formula just cant think of it
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I was hiking in Berkeley county WV and last week and came across this fern fossil? I'm a neophyte when it comes to fossil ID but wanted to know if anyone could give me some idea of what I found? Thanks, Matt Orsie - Hedgesville, WV
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I was looking through some older finds and I found this guy from West Virginia, wardensville site. Needmore shale, middle Devonian in age. Any one have a possible ID? I'm not familiar with the gastropods (or nautiloids) of this formation, because I've only been to the site once. Thanks!
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I recently took a trip to the lost river site in West Virginia (Devonian, needmore fm) and I found a few partial trilos. Here is a plate that has at least three ( I assume Eldredgeops, but I have to see the cephalon first), and I'm wondering how I can tease them out. The shale is delicate (already had to glue a little just in case), and the three trilobites lay under about 1/2 an inch of stone, which is just a painful amount to go through with a manual scribe (which I lost, so I need to get a new one). I don't really wanna take my chances with a split, so what should I do? Is it worth sending to a pro? thanks!
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We are heading down to Athens, WV this weekend to visit some friends who just moved there from the midwest. None of the four of us knows the area. Anyone have any suggestions for a reasonably short road trip to do some hunting in their vicinity?
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