A week of eurypterid collecting with Allan Lang

[Dean Ruocco]

Hello Everyone!! I recently spent a week with Allan Lang collecting eurypterids. Me and Allan have been good friends for a couple of years, he is kind enough to invite me up to dig with him! We found many things over the course of the week some of the highlights were a Proscorpius, a few complete specimens of Acutiramus, and many Eurypterus.  Ill attach some photos below. We spent most of the time splitting massive chunks of waterlime from the Phelps member of the fiddlers green formation. It can be very dangerous at times due to the weight and size of the rock, but often many complete eurypterids can be found in them. The Proscorpius was the most exciting find for me, The quarry has produced quite a few this year which is unusual as they are incredibly rare. It was a super fun time, I always love hanging out with Allan and collecting eurypterids at the quarry. 

 

 

[Nautiloid]

Great stuff man! Glad you had a good time!! 

[hadrosauridae]

wow! amazing finds!

[Ludwigia]

@Dean Ruocco Do you get to keep some of your finds or are you just helping out? Or are you a paying customer?

[Dean Ruocco]

1 hour ago, Ludwigia said:

@Dean Ruocco Do you get to keep some of your finds or are you just helping out? Or are you a paying customer?

I get to keep a lot of what I find. Anything that’s super rare I don’t keep. I often don’t keep good completes when we find them ether. Everything I keep is given to me by Allan, he’s been very generous.

[Ludwigia]

1 minute ago, Dean Ruocco said:

he’s been very generous.

This is true!

[RJB]

Some cool stuff for sure!  I was there about 10 years ago and made a good trade with Allan so I was able to keep the things I found.   Nice guy for sure.  Looks like you had a blast.

 

RB