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Eldredgeops and Dipleura ... neighbors

Rocky Stoner

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Rocky Stoner

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Hi folks.

Nothing spectacular, but wanted to share a first ... for me.

Wet ground and high winds toppled many trees in my area last summer. I investigated an uprooted pine and noticed the shale was packed with fossils.

I carried a couple of chunks home and cracked them open. The first one revealed something I haven't encountered before.

A Dipleura Dekai and an Eldredge ops in the same chunk.

I hope to do some more digging in the spring.

Any corrections are welcomed.

Thanks,

:)

 

 

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Fossildude19 Regular Member

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Nice little association piece, Rocky! 
Good catch. :) 

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Nice find! :)

And even better it has a decent spiriferid in the piece too. 

Life's Good!

Tortoise Friend.

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13 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

Nice find! :)

And even better it has a decent spiriferid in the piece too. 

It'd be pretty boring if it was just Trilobites. ;)

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14 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

Nice find! :)

And even better it has a decent spiriferid in the piece too. 

 

Don't forget the pretty crinoid! Rocky Stoner was careful not to injure it during his prep.

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