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This Year's Addition To My Baby Eurypterid Collection


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I think for the whole of 2014, I was at Ft.Erie, Canada to collect only 5 times. On the second to the last visit, I bagged a Juvenile Eurypterus lacustris.

It is as enjoyable to collect the little ones as it is their bigger brothers. Here is this year's 2014 Eurypterid baby-

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The Eurypterid nursery was at times larger, but over the years some were traded off.

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You're right. Those little ones are as impressive as their big brothers. Congrats. Thanks for posting.

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Fantastic collection of Baby Eurypterids, John!

I enjoy seeing all of your quality finds.

Thanks for posting them.

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Beautiful! That reminds me that I need to post my finds from October when I last visited.

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Beautiful! That reminds me that I need to post my finds from October when I last visited.

Geee Dave, don't make it too appealing, we will be struggling to get appointments into the quarry.

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I found a picture of some Eurypterid juveniles I found earlier. The outside 4 have been traded for fossil books.

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The bottom left one is the smallest that I have found to date.

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Those really are cool! Im one of those guys who has a fossil fish collection from the Green River Formation, but I also collect the little tiny baby fish to go along with the regular sized adults. Now I see I need to get me a couple of baby Eurips too. This collecting thing never seems to stop. Ha!

RB

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Absolutely magnificent! A eurypterid is something ive been wanting to add to my collection. I am happy you found that beautiful fossil!

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Those really are cool! Im one of those guys who has a fossil fish collection from the Green River Formation, but I also collect the little tiny baby fish to go along with the regular sized adults. Now I see I need to get me a couple of baby Eurips too. This collecting thing never seems to stop. Ha!

RB

Hi RJB,

We share some collecting habits. I started collecting Green River Fish juveniles only to find that Notogoneous are very hard to find as juveniles. Here are some of my little ones from my fossil fish display:

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I recall you posting about Eurypterid collecting at Al Lang's quarry. There are baby Eurypterids there too. Maybe you will get back there and score. If I'm remembering right, your part of the Galaxy is in Montana somewhere and you prep nodules from the Pacific northwest where you used to live. I liked your posts prepping Crabs and Neptunia tablata.

If "this collecting thing" does stop we are probably dead.

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Wow! You seem to know me purty dang good. I have been invited back to Langs quarry, but right now, no time or money for that. My only fossil hunting adventure for next year will be for some more GR fish, but in the 18 inch layer so I cant pass that one up. I will be on the lookout for some 'babies' but will most likey find one or two from another quarry owner I know. I too have looked for a baby noto but I know now that most probably wont happen. Dang! Here are some of my little tiny's.

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