Nautiloid Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 Yesterday my dad and I went to a local trout stream for a couple hours just to get out of the house. We did very well with the trout, I got 4 brookies and a brown and he got 7 brookies. On the way back to the car I noticed a small exposure along the side of the creek and took a few minutes to check it out. I immediately saw evidence of trilobites so I dug around some more and I found some nice stuff, including 3 new species for me. The rock is Middle Ordovician Trenton Group and It seems like the Sugar River Limestone. I will be putting photos on here throughout the day when I get time to photograph my finds Enjoy!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakebite6769 Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 Always anxious to see some trilobites, my favorites! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nautiloid Posted April 26, 2021 Author Share Posted April 26, 2021 A couple decent Cryptolithus tesselatus cephalons. This species is common at the site which leads me to believe it is the Sugar River Formation. This is a new species for me and I’m quite excited about it!! I’m pretty certain this is a very beat up cephalon of the trilobite Calyptaulax callicephalus. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nautiloid Posted April 26, 2021 Author Share Posted April 26, 2021 I believe this is a well preserved free cheek of the species Achatella achates, another new one for me! It’s hard to see in the images but a few of the lenses in the eye can still be seen 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 Congrats on a successful fishing/fossiling excursion, Owen! 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...
Nautiloid Posted April 26, 2021 Author Share Posted April 26, 2021 I believe this is a partial cephalon of Encrinuroides sp. based on the large tubercles. A third new species for me! 2 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said: Congrats on a successful fishing/fossiling excursion, Owen! Thank you!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdp Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 I want to see some fishing pics! It's just about time for me to dust off my fly rod here in the Canadian Rockies! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakebite6769 Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 Some cool finds, big congrats on the fishin and fossilin’ fun! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nautiloid Posted April 26, 2021 Author Share Posted April 26, 2021 13 minutes ago, snakebite6769 said: Some cool finds, big congrats on the fishin and fossilin’ fun! Thanks!! 14 minutes ago, jdp said: I want to see some fishing pics! It's just about time for me to dust off my fly rod here in the Canadian Rockies! Yea I can definitely show some fishing pics!! Here are the 4 brook trout I got 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 Looks like a very promising location for further exploration! It;s hard to keep up with all the name changes, but your Encrinuroides is likely to be an Erratenencrinurus. E. vigilans is the only currently valid species described from the New York (and Ontario) Trenton group formations. Don 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdp Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 Oh those are fantastic! I love native brookies...they're probably the nicest-looking trout out there. We've got some introduced brook populations up here but for some reason they always end up with huge heads and small bodies...I think it must be the low-nutrient alpine lake ecosystems. Are you already getting summer hatches up there or were you fishing streamers? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nautiloid Posted April 26, 2021 Author Share Posted April 26, 2021 13 minutes ago, jdp said: Oh those are fantastic! I love native brookies...they're probably the nicest-looking trout out there. We've got some introduced brook populations up here but for some reason they always end up with huge heads and small bodies...I think it must be the low-nutrient alpine lake ecosystems. Are you already getting summer hatches up there or were you fishing streamers? I used a basic worm pattern and then changed to a black wooly bugger. There were some hatches going on but the trout weren’t rising to feed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdp Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 That makes sense. Nice catch! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nautiloid Posted April 26, 2021 Author Share Posted April 26, 2021 17 minutes ago, FossilDAWG said: Looks like a very promising location for further exploration! It;s hard to keep up with all the name changes, but your Encrinuroides is likely to be an Erratenencrinurus. E. vigilans is the only currently valid species described from the New York (and Ontario) Trenton group formations. Don Thank you for the info! I was not aware there had been a name change haha 1 minute ago, jdp said: That makes sense. Nice catch! Thank you very much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nautiloid Posted April 26, 2021 Author Share Posted April 26, 2021 Here are some partial Ceraurus pleurexanthemus cephalons. Here’s a more complete and more inflated C. pleurexanthemus cephalon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 Trout fishing and trilo hunting. How cool is that! Looks like you had a terrific day. RB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnbuckeye Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 Nice finds! But I can see you are still youthful, needing more experience in life. My suggestion (which comes with age) is to get your limit of fossils first and THEN go fishing! Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HemiHunter Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 On 4/26/2021 at 11:45 AM, Nautiloid said: Here are the 4 brook trout I got Awesome brookies!! Combining two of my favorite activities! Last year my kids and I occasionally combined some Chesapeake Bay shoreline fishing and Calvert Cliffs fossil collecting. Makes for a fun, albeit packed, trip! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilNerd Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 A nice added bonus to a good day of fishing. Like icing in the cake. Congrats! 1 The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. -Neil deGrasse Tyson Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't. -Bill Nye (The Science Guy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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