Nautiloid Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Hi Forum members, Yesterday I went to a spot in Herkimer County in search of Eurypterids! This spot exposed the Fiddlers Green Formation of the Upper Silurian Bertie Group. I had never found a Eurypterid so I was excited to go, and I had heard this was a productive spot. I got there and the first rock I looked at had an exploded eurypterid on it! There were eurypterid bits and pieces all over the place. Eurypterids seemed to be much more abundant at this spot than I thought they would be! I only got to stay there for a half an hour but managed to track down a few nice finds. The rock at this locality is hard like concrete and is pretty much impossible to split (especially the freshly weathered out material). All of my finds came from surface collecting in the weathered out rocks. Thanks for looking! Owen 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nautiloid Posted August 23, 2020 Author Share Posted August 23, 2020 The nicest find: a disarticulated eurypterid that is nearly complete. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nautiloid Posted August 23, 2020 Author Share Posted August 23, 2020 A large partial head: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nautiloid Posted August 23, 2020 Author Share Posted August 23, 2020 A smaller, more complete head that is partly covered: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nautiloid Posted August 23, 2020 Author Share Posted August 23, 2020 A well preserved walking leg: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nautiloid Posted August 23, 2020 Author Share Posted August 23, 2020 A partial swimming leg with great detail: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nautiloid Posted August 23, 2020 Author Share Posted August 23, 2020 A large body segment found by my dad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nautiloid Posted August 23, 2020 Author Share Posted August 23, 2020 A big mystery body part: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nautiloid Posted August 23, 2020 Author Share Posted August 23, 2020 A cross section of something: I’ll post some pictures of what it is later if I can split it out. It’s about 4 inches long. I’m excited to see what it is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nautiloid Posted August 23, 2020 Author Share Posted August 23, 2020 An “exploded” eurypterid. The circled part shows part of a head and a body segment with two partial swimming legs attached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nautiloid Posted August 23, 2020 Author Share Posted August 23, 2020 So I was able to split out that mystery fossil cross section and it’s eurypterid that was split in half! The head and some of the body segments are on top and the rest of the segments and the tail (which is covered are on the bottom. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMert Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Very nice! Next step is finding a complete one 1 My sites & reports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nautiloid Posted August 23, 2020 Author Share Posted August 23, 2020 59 minutes ago, RuMert said: Very nice! Next step is finding a complete one Thanks! Hopefully one day I’ll find one that’s complete! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nautiloid Posted August 24, 2020 Author Share Posted August 24, 2020 Split some more rocks I brought home yesterday. I found a nice telson! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 Awesome finds!!! Eurypterids are fantastic fossils - congrats on finding some! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nautiloid Posted August 24, 2020 Author Share Posted August 24, 2020 30 minutes ago, Monica said: Awesome finds!!! Eurypterids are fantastic fossils - congrats on finding some! Thanks so much! I’m super happy I finally found some. They were definitely a bucket lister. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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