frankh8147 Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 Hello everyone! I wanted to share the project that I'm most proud of this year. Over the last year, we've been poking around, trying to find formation in a Merchantville stream in Central New Jersey. We had to dig (a lot) for this but found a few diggable areas. This is a sensitive spot as it's the only place in the world you can find Menabites walnutensis (besides a few isolated examples from Texas), and it's the only place in the USA you can find Baculites vaalsensis. There are a lot of other goodies too so I'll show my entire collection from this area. My favorite Menabites walnutensis... 1 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankh8147 Posted November 28, 2022 Author Share Posted November 28, 2022 My favorite Baculites vaalensis... 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankh8147 Posted November 28, 2022 Author Share Posted November 28, 2022 My favorite Glyptoxoceras.. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankh8147 Posted November 28, 2022 Author Share Posted November 28, 2022 And my whole collection from the spot... 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 nice chunk of Glyptoxoceras. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
historianmichael Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 Awesome collection Frank! That Glyptoxoceras came out beautifully 1 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...
Jeffrey P Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 Great finds Frank! In addition to some wonderful cephalopods I also see a really cool echinoid. Congratulations and thanks for sharing. Love to see them in person. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 Nice finds. Do you have an ID for the echinoid? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 Very interesting. Thank you for sharing. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankh8147 Posted November 29, 2022 Author Share Posted November 29, 2022 19 hours ago, Al Dente said: Nice finds. Do you have an ID for the echinoid? Cardiaster marylandicus... here is a close up. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankh8147 Posted November 29, 2022 Author Share Posted November 29, 2022 20 hours ago, Jeffrey P said: Great finds Frank! In addition to some wonderful cephalopods I also see a really cool echinoid. Congratulations and thanks for sharing. Love to see them in person. Sure! I owe you a Vincentown trip...I wouldnt be opposed to doing that sometime soon! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
historianmichael Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 12 minutes ago, frankh8147 said: Cardiaster marylandicus... here is a close up. That is not a Cardiaster. This is a Cardiaster from the Merchantville. Yours is more likely a partially crushed Hemiaster welleri. 3 2 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...
frankh8147 Posted November 29, 2022 Author Share Posted November 29, 2022 On 11/29/2022 at 11:25 AM, historianmichael said: That is not a Cardiaster. This is a Cardiaster from the Merchantville. Yours is more likely a partially crushed Hemiaster welleri. Ralph says it's just crushed. We can certainly run that by him though.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 @frankh8147 It is the depth of all the ambulacra on your specimen (even though crushed) that exceeds the characteristics of a Cardiaster. The ambs are well within range for a Hemiaster. 3 The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 22 minutes ago, JohnJ said: @frankh8147 It is the depth of all the ambulacra on your specimen (even though crushed) that exceeds the characteristics of a Cardiaster. The ambs are well within range for a Hemiaster. Worthy of comparison with Diplodetus as well. 4 Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankh8147 Posted November 30, 2022 Author Share Posted November 30, 2022 23 hours ago, JohnJ said: @frankh8147 It is the depth of all the ambulacra on your specimen (even though crushed) that exceeds the characteristics of a Cardiaster. The ambs are well within range for a Hemiaster. 23 hours ago, Uncle Siphuncle said: Worthy of comparison with Diplodetus as well. Thank you both for the responses. I'll attempt to get a better ID for this guy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erose Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 Cool stuff! Very different than the Navesink/Wenona stuff I collected many moons ago. But the various ammonites remind me of the time I was fortunate to visit with Ralph Johnson and the MAPS collection. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankh8147 Posted December 2, 2022 Author Share Posted December 2, 2022 14 minutes ago, erose said: Cool stuff! Very different than the Navesink/Wenona stuff I collected many moons ago. But the various ammonites remind me of the time I was fortunate to visit with Ralph Johnson and the MAPS collection. Yep, this was from one of his old spots. Ralph (who is now in his mid 70's) was not only present for every dig there but actually still helped out a lot with the work involved! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 Congratulations Frank! That is a very drool worthy collection of goods! 1 I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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