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Eumetabolotoechia alaura n. sp. Sartenaer 2014 collected from the Pa side of the Delaware River across from Eddy Farm Sparrowbush NY. The Upper Devonian Sparrowbush Formation (NY Tully equivalent) about 40' thick is exposed here, superadjacent to the Middle Devonian Mahantango Formation (2450 ft thick in this area).

E. alaura, previously described as Leiorhynchus mesacostale Hall 1860, an U. Devonian brachiopod

ID of these specimens and advice of current nomenclature by Dr. Alex B of SUNY New Paltz.

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Nice hash plates, Gordon!

Thanks for the explanation of the name change.

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nice plate

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Nice find! Good to see some fossils come out of pike county!

“...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

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Monica Regular Member

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1 hour ago, JohnBrewer said:

There'll be at least one in my 'auction to support the forum' @Monica ;)

 

Can't wait to see what you put up for the next auction round... :popcorn:

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Very interesting find there, Gordon. I wonder what species the brachiopod on the hash plate is. I'm very unfamiliar with Upper Devonian material.  Congratulations! You're slowly unraveling the geologic story of your area.

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Nice specimens of Eumetabotoechia. Those seem to me to be indicative of low oxygen environments. Either deeper water or anoxic conditions. I often find them in thin bedded, black shale layers elsewhere in the Devonian aged rocks of New York and Canada. However, the Mahantango formation is more nearshore and often near river mouths so you don't see black shale as much.

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