StevenJD Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Found this guy last night splitting some shale I had laying around. Found on a piece about the size of a quarter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimlock Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 That is just awesome and perfectly timed too. Great find! Happy Halloween Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilHunter99 Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 WOW! Thats really awesome happy halloween Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRK Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 (edited) That's a nice spider Edited October 31, 2015 by PRK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Wow! That is a sweet piece! Congrats. ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Awesome! Great find, Steven! Thanks for posting it. 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...
StevenJD Posted October 31, 2015 Author Share Posted October 31, 2015 Thanks, and Happy Halloween everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted November 1, 2015 Share Posted November 1, 2015 Yep that's a nice flat one! Is that a local find or from further out west? Any idea about the age? Congrats! Regards, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted November 1, 2015 Share Posted November 1, 2015 Perty cool spider! RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenJD Posted November 1, 2015 Author Share Posted November 1, 2015 Thanks Chris, The shale is from the Florissant Formation in Colorado. It's late Eocene, about 35 million years old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptor Lover Posted November 1, 2015 Share Posted November 1, 2015 Awesome! Happy late Halloween everyone! "Or speak to the earth, and let it teach you" Job 12:8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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