Miocene_Mason Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Today I go at two fossils I collected in western Maryland neer Hancock. They are of the oriskany formation and because of this they have been metamorphosed into quartzite, meaning the preservation is not the best imaginable. This may make an ID impossible but I'm going to ask everyone any way. The first is a brachiopod or a mollusk, the second is a gastropod of some sort. More pictures can Be taken and I will try to provide any relevant information. Tell me what you all think! “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted May 19, 2017 Author Share Posted May 19, 2017 Here's some more “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 The first one looks like an internal cast of a brachiopod, possibly a pentamerid. The second item reminds me of a gastropod. Maybe @EMP will have some ideas. 3 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...
Cluros Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 I agree with Tim's assessment. Not sure about the second fossil being a gastropod. There isn't enough detail for my old eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted May 20, 2017 Author Share Posted May 20, 2017 @Cluros and @Fossildude19 the second one is a little broken it just gives half a mold and the outline of a gastropod, but I just through some research fond it to be a platycerid, no idea the species. The first one is some sort of brachiopod. At this site the hinges are abundant but this is the only whole one I could find. “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMP Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 18 hours ago, WhodamanHD said: Here's some more I assume this is Sandy Mile Road? How's the quarry doing? Last time I went there wasn't anything in it. Yes, the first fossil is a pentamerid brachiopod. I don't know what species it is yet, I haven't seen pentamurids listed from the Maryland section of the Oriskany yet. So I'd label it as Pentamerus (?) sp. for now until I can find a more proper ID. The second one is tougher, but I'd feel confident that it is a partial Platyceras sp. gastropod, the outermost whorl of the shell. Platyceras sp. is a fairly common fossil from both the Oriskany Sandstone and from Sandy Mile Road. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted May 20, 2017 Author Share Posted May 20, 2017 @EMP yeah this is from the cut at sandy mile, there were plenty of fossils on the ground and a rock face with an uncountable amount. Of course fossils are very worn. Thanks for the IDs “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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