izak_ Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 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. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 An Eastern tree dtella (Gehyra versicolor) my friend found while digging - And a tiny fish spine - More to come soon! 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Nice. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 After a few days of checking out some other sites without much success we went down to Yass for Silurian trilobites and other marine invertebrates. Here are a couple of unidentified Odontopleurids. Will post more photos of our trilobite finds soon. Any ideas @piranha? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ludwigia Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Keep 'em comin'! 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Cool trilobites!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Cool stuff 1 “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Excellent report and finds! Congratulations on a successful trip! Thanks for posting these, Izak. 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 10 hours ago, Foozil said: After a few days of checking out some other sites without much success we went down to Yass for Silurian trilobites and other marine invertebrates. Here are a couple of unidentified Odontopleurids. Will post more photos of our trilobite finds soon. Any ideas @piranha? The odontopleurid meraspids are tricky ... the pygidial spines are absent on this one I would label this one Ceratocephala sp. figure from: Chatterton, B.D.E. 1971. Taxonomy and Ontogeny of Siluro-Devonian Trilobites from near Yass, New South Wales. Palaeontographica Abt.A, 137:1-108 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misha Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Gorgeous finds! And that gecko is super cute too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Thank you, everyone! 3 hours ago, piranha said: The odontopleurid meraspids are tricky ... the pygidial spines are absent on this one I would label this one Ceratocephala sp. figure from: Chatterton, B.D.E. 1971. Taxonomy and Ontogeny of Siluro-Devonian Trilobites from near Yass, New South Wales. Palaeontographica Abt.A, 137:1-108 And excellent, thanks for that. I appreciate the help as always! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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