Dean Ruocco Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 I had a good day collecting some good Pennsylvania eurypterid specimens with my buddy @A.C.. Here are some of our finds. 2 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
historianmichael Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Congratulations! I know you have been looking for Pennsylvania eurypterids for a bit now. 1 Follow me on Instagram (@fossil_mike) to check out my personal collection of fossils collected and acquired over more than 15 years of fossil hunting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Can you use a ruler or photo cube for scale purposes so we know the size of your nice finds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Ruocco Posted January 23, 2022 Author Share Posted January 23, 2022 5 minutes ago, Nimravis said: Can you use a ruler or photo cube for scale purposes so we know the size of your nice finds? I will next time there all smaller then 5 inches and the most complete is about a inch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.C. Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Here is some of my take homes from the trip with scale. 3 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakebite6769 Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Awesome finds. Thanks for sharing. Those are well preserved examples too :) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCFossils Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Great finds! what species? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Ruocco Posted January 24, 2022 Author Share Posted January 24, 2022 9 minutes ago, RCFossils said: Great finds! what species? Some of the Eurypterus remind me of the classic New York species Rempies and Lacustris, Others appear more like Laculatus. There possibly undescribed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hemipristis Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Eurypterids from PA? Makes sense, but I hadn't heard they could be found there. Nice finds! 2 'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.' George Santayana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neanderthal Shaman Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 Wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilnoggin Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 amazing thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam86cucv Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 Nice finds. I didn't realize they were even possible to find in Pennsylvania. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HynerpetonHunter Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 @A.C.and @Dean Ruocco Those are amazing specimens! You guys are so lucky... close to all the eurypterid motherlodes! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonehunter Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 Ordovician/Silurian? what layer? ...............those are very cool!!!! Bone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 Those are great finds, especially for Pennsylvania. Congrats and thanks for sharing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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