tuscarora-th Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 These are the fossils I found while hunting deer in Stueban Co. NY this past Dec. They were scattered everywhere! I really dont know much more than there brachiopods and the period is Devonian. Im just impressed that I used those 2 words in one sentence. These are the fossils that rekindled my fire for collecting. After my brief time on this forum I realized how little I knew. I also included the first 2 rocks/gems that I ever collected, pre-kindergarten, that began this journey. The first is the big quartz crystal and the second is a rock from the SD bad lands. Next time I will try to post my treasures from my SC trip in Feb. I appreciate the opportunity to share with this forum and I know that my knowledge will grow from being part of this forum.Let me know what you think. The fossils with what I call beaks confuse me. If they are shells, it seems odd that they are all oriented in the same way. Also the round rock (quartz?) has all the little circles on it? Looks similar t one posted a few days ago. Thanks for looking. Mike [attachmen t =21765:IMG_1062f9.jpg][at t achment=21770:IMG_1071f13.jpg] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandpa Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 The journey of 1,000 miles begins with a single step. You've taken your first one. Welcome to a wonderful hobby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommabetts Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Cool finds, it looks like you are off to a good start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Dang! I thought that I could fit a David Allen Coe reference in here somewhere... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HjDbUC_aRo...feature=related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuscarora-th Posted March 18, 2009 Author Share Posted March 18, 2009 Dang! I thought that I could fit a David Allen Coe reference in here somewhere...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HjDbUC_aRo...feature=related Solius, I wasnt drunk the day my momma got out of prison, but my grandma did get hit by a damned old train. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuscarora-th Posted March 18, 2009 Author Share Posted March 18, 2009 .......and some days its all that I can do to keep from crying.lol But I aint gonna call you darlin', darlin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamalama Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Nice finds! I see Mucrospirifers and Howella along with a horn coral cast. The beaks are internal casts of another Spirifer species but I can't remember the name off the top of my head. Casts can be useful to impressions of the interior of the shells and where muscles were attached. Always keep your eyes out while walking anywhere, you never know what you'll find. -Dave __________________________________________________ Geologists on the whole are inconsistent drivers. When a roadcut presents itself, they tend to lurch and weave. To them, the roadcut is a portal, a fragment of a regional story, a proscenium arch that leads their imaginations into the earth and through the surrounding terrain. - John McPheeIf I'm going to drive safely, I can't do geology. - John McPheeCheck out my Blog for more fossils I've found: http://viewsofthemahantango.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuscarora-th Posted March 18, 2009 Author Share Posted March 18, 2009 Thanks everyone! Dave, thanks for the id, I thought that may have been some kind of coral, thanks for nailing the ID. The beak things I havent found in my reference plates but I'll keep on looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 ...These are the fossils that rekindled my fire for collecting.... Boy, do these take me back! This is exactly the kind of fossils that, as a 7 year old visiting his Grandparents in Smethport, PA, kindled a sense of wonder that persists to this day. Thank you "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamalama Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Okay, the beaks are most likely Spinocyrtia or Mediospirifer and I think the Coral is an internal cast of Heterophrentis. These are based on my experience and these plates: http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/collecting/fossils.aspx (check the Devonian plates 7 and 8). Dave -Dave __________________________________________________ Geologists on the whole are inconsistent drivers. When a roadcut presents itself, they tend to lurch and weave. To them, the roadcut is a portal, a fragment of a regional story, a proscenium arch that leads their imaginations into the earth and through the surrounding terrain. - John McPheeIf I'm going to drive safely, I can't do geology. - John McPheeCheck out my Blog for more fossils I've found: http://viewsofthemahantango.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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