Central New York

[FossilJen]

I’ve been out hunting three times since my first trip a few weeks ago.

 

Today my whole family spent a few hours at DSR. It took a long time, but I finally found my first complete trilobite! 

 

 

 

[FossilJen]

My boys enjoyed finding crinoids.

 

 

 

My 7-year-old was very excited about his “star”

 

 

 

[FossilJen]

Found this...thing...on a previous DSR trip. Picked it up due to the unusual shape and sponge-like texture.

 

 

Accidentally broke it open and inside is all crystallized!

 

[FossilJen]

This first mess is from DSR. Is that a piece of trilobite to the right?

 

Another mess from Swamp Road in Morrisville. I liked the dotted thing.

 

 

[FossilJen]

Shell from DSR
 

 

Shell from Swamp Road

 

 

 

[Fossildude19]

Congratulations on your Trilobite find, Jen! Nice Greenops sp. Well done!  

Great finds all around.

Those star shapes in the crinoid columnals are my favorite type to find. 

 

Not sure about your first mystery item, but it may be a gastropod encrusted with a bryozoan. 

 

9 hours ago, FossilJen said:

This first mess is from DSR. Is that a piece of trilobite to the right?                Another mess from Swamp Road in Morrisville. I liked the dotted thing.

                                                                                          

 

Cephalon and bit of thorax of a Dipleura dekayi trilobite on the first. 

Dipleura thoracic segment on the next.

Rhipodomella penelope on the first shell. (Brachiopod) 

Swamp Road shell is a gastropod internal mold, probably Bembexia  sp.

 

The last butterfly shell is a Mucrospirifer mucronatus. 

Nice haul!  

[FossilMo]

That's a really nice Greenops! Nothing like fossil hunting with the family.

[Monica]

Congrats on finding your first complete trilobite! 

[FossilJen]

8 hours ago, Fossildude19 said:

Congratulations on your Trilobite find, Jen! Nice Greenops sp. Well done!  

Great finds all around.

Those star shapes in the crinoid columnals are my favorite type to find. 

 

Not sure about your first mystery item, but it may be a piece of brachiopod encrusted with a bryozoan. 

 

 

Cephalon and bit of thorax of a Dipleura dekayi trilobite on the first. 

Dipleura thoracic segment on the next.

Rhipodomella penelope on the first shell. (Brachiopod) 

Swamp Road shell is a gastropod internal mold, probably Bembexia  sp.

 

The last butterfly shell is a Mucrospirifer mucronatus. 

Nice haul!  

Thanks for the IDs! I just love the variety around here. That trilobite was totally unexpected. I hadn’t seen even a piece of one at the spot I was working on. My boys kept running over with things to show me and I was like Charlie Brown: “I got a rock.” Then finally it happened 

[FossilJen]

8 hours ago, FossilMo said:

That's a really nice Greenops! Nothing like fossil hunting with the family.

Thank you! Yes, it’s a lot of fun with the whole family. I got them hooked too! 

[FossilJen]

1 hour ago, Monica said:

Congrats on finding your first complete trilobite! 

Thanks! I was just a little excited 

[Darktooth]

Nice finds! Congratulations on your first trilo!

[FossilJen]

14 minutes ago, Darktooth said:

Nice finds! Congratulations on your first trilo!

Thanks!

[Nautiloid]

That complete greenops is nice! Great finds 

[FossilJen]

1 hour ago, Nautiloid said:

That complete greenops is nice! Great finds 

Thank you! Hope I can find more in the future!

[FossilJen]

My 7-year-old wrote about our trip for school 

[Fossildude19]

Awesome that you are getting them involved so young!

Way to go, Jen.  

[Al Tahan]

Great greenops for DSR!!! They can be frustrating/heartbreaking depending on the split at that location. Either way I’m always thrilled with trilobites from there.  Top notch!

[FossilJen]

6 minutes ago, Al Tahan said:

Great greenops for DSR!!! They can be frustrating/heartbreaking depending on the split at that location. Either way I’m always thrilled with trilobites from there.  Top notch!

Thanks! I was really shocked to find it in such great shape. I’m pretty pleased with it. 

[FossilJen]

8 hours ago, Fossildude19 said:

Awesome that you are getting them involved so young!

Way to go, Jen.  

Thank you! He told me this is just his first chapter. 

[Pagurus]

10 hours ago, FossilJen said:

My 7-year-old wrote about our trip for school 

 

Ooh, a chapter book!  Isn't it fascinating looking at the world through the eyes of a 7-year-old?! 

[Jeffrey P]

Congratulations on your complete Greenops find. DSR produces more complete Greenops trilobites than any other place I’ve been. I see you also found a Dipleura dekayi cephalon. DSR and other Windom Shale sites were trilobite’s last hurrah. After that they become fairly rare. 

[FossilJen]

21 hours ago, Jeffrey P said:

Congratulations on your complete Greenops find. DSR produces more complete Greenops trilobites than any other place I’ve been. I see you also found a Dipleura dekayi cephalon. DSR and other Windom Shale sites were trilobite’s last hurrah. After that they become fairly rare. 

Thank you! Hoping to get back to DSR a time or two to find some more before the snow flies.