New York Devonian Trip

[FossilMo]

Hey everyone,

 

Just last week I took a camping trip to Watkins Glenn with my family. While there, I took advantage of the wonderful exposures prevalent in central NY and took to collect a plethora of Devonian age fossils. The first two days of the trip were solely dedicated took hiking and camping activities such as visiting the deep gorges present in the finger lakes area.

 

You can see the steep walls of shale exposed along the gorge.

 

 

 

[FossilMo]

While walking around my campsite I found some quarried stone filled with brachiopods and maybe some sort of ichnofossil?

[FossilMo]

On the third day of the trip, we drove a few hours to DSR. The weather was not too hot being partly cloudy. Here are some of my finds:

 

Some Rhipidomella penelope:

 

Two Glyptotomaria sp.

 

[FossilMo]

Mucrospirifer sp?

[FossilMo]

Spyroceras sp.

 

[Darktooth]

Nice finds! Looks like you had a good time.

[Tidgy's Dad]

Nice finds! 

[FossilMo]

Trilobites:

Disarticulated Greenops thorax and pygidium

 

Greenops sp. Cephalons

 

Full greenops, although a bit squashed

 

One of my favorite finds, a small dipleura cephalon

 

And finally a small eldredgeops rana cephalon

 

 

 

[Nautiloid]

Nice trilobites! I love that little dipleura cephalon 

[FossilMo]

I might need some help on some identification...

Suspected Rhinocaris:

[FossilMo]

Not sure about this one. I think it may be an Echinocaris? I'm sure a more experienced member can confirm.

 

Some total unknowns:

[FossilMo]

3 hours ago, Nautiloid said:

Nice trilobites! I love that little dipleura cephalon 

Glad you feel the same!

 

3 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

Nice finds! 

 

3 hours ago, Darktooth said:

Nice finds! Looks like you had a good time.

Thanks all

[Fossildude19]

14 hours ago, FossilMo said:

Not sure about this one. I think it may be an Echinocaris? I'm sure a more experienced member can confirm.

 

Some total unknowns:

 

Yup. Echinocaris  punctata. And Rhinocaris columbina  for the previous one.

 

Your unknowns are a squish-out, (shell filled with mud, then was crushed, causing the mud to "squish out", and cover the shell)  and a crinoid stem imprint. 

Nice finds and report.  

[RuMert]

First pics are breathtaking! Nice finds

[FossilMo]

9 hours ago, Fossildude19 said:

 

Yup. Echinocaris  punctata. And Rhinocaris columbina  for the previous one.

 

Your unknowns are a squish-out, (shell filled with mud, then was crushed, causing the mud to "squish out", and cover the shell)  and a crinoid stem imprint. 

Nice finds and report.  

That's really interesting. Didn't know squish-outs existed.

[Monica]

Great finds!  The Glyptotomaria and Mucrospirifer are especially beautiful 

[Jeffrey P]

Very nice finds. I agree with Fossildude19s Ids. The phyllocarid and Rhinocaris are your most impressive specimens. Congratulations. DSR is always a worthwhile stop.

[FossilJen]

Glad you had a wonderful trip upstate! Watkins Glen is beautiful. I've never looked for fossils in that area because I wasn't paying attention to fossils the times I've been, but now when I see lots of rock I'm like . I'm fortunate to live about 1/2 hour from DSR and I love it there. You found a great variety!

[Pagurus]

It looks like you had a wonderful family get-together, and your fossil-hunting finds were excellent!  I've always enjoyed DSR.  You did well!