PA Fossil Finder Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 My father recently took me to the Montour Fossil Pit, a large open pit filled with Devonian shales from the Mahantango formation. I believe I found a piece of a eurypterid (sea scorpion) in the weathered bits of shale on the side of the hill. It has a segmented look, and if you look close enough it appears to have tiny bumps in the middle of the fossil. Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 I vote yes! Way cool "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...
RCFossils Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 It is definitely a chunk of eurypterid. Congratulations on a great find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erose Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Way cool! Your original question was can they be found in the Devonian, and of course you now know the answer is yes. They go well back to at least the Late Ordovician (see Megalograptus). I think we tend to think of them as creatures of the Silurian because some of the most productive locations are from that period. But if you search you will find them from a variety of time periods and from all over the world. The literature has thembeing around from the Late Ordovician thru the Permian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lissa318 Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Great find congrats!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolmt Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Very nice... not everyone is fortunately to find even a piece..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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PA Fossil Finder Posted July 5, 2015 Author Share Posted July 5, 2015 Wow! Thanks to everybody for the help with the id, this makes me even more excited to visit that site again! Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Hate to be the odd man out, but I see an orthocone with some kind of encrusting bryozoan more than a eurypterid, no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Sorry, but I am with Carl on this as well. Cephalopod would be more likely, I think. Regards, Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM - APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 I didn't want to be a "wet blanket", but now that it's been said my first impression was flattened orthocone as well. Perhaps exposing more of it would settle the question. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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