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Putting my Hungry Hollow find in for this month, though that Blastoid is sure sweet looking! My trilobite is a little squished but rare to find intact and this size.

 

Date of discovery: October 20, 2017

Scientific or common name:  Phacops  Eldredgeops iowaensis southworthi 

Geologic age : Hungry Hollow member of the Widder Formation, Devonian, Givetian stage

State, province or region: Hungry Hollow, Ontario, Canada.

 

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-Dave

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On 10/3/2017 at 8:52 AM, Macrophyseter said:

Good luck to all october hunters!

 

As for me, Im still waiting for a free day to go to ernst quarries and find my own fossils for the first time.

Let me know when you want to go and I'll head there.

Do or do not. There is no try. - Yoda

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IPFOTM Entry

 

Description: This is the largest Asaphiscus wheeleri I've ever seen both in person and online. The U-Dig representative at the site said it was one of the finest specimens he had ever seen, and what makes this specimen so unique is the hint of brown mixed with black. This specimen is fully intact and most likely not a molt. This fine specimen is a true representation of the Cambrian explosion and a hint that trilobites would be around for millions of years to come.

 

Date of discovery: October 25, 2017

Scientific or Common name : Asaphiscus wheeleri

Geologic Age or Geologic Formation: Wheeler Shale Formation

State, Province, or Region found: Utah

 

 

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Well, I guess I will throw my hat into the ring this month. 

VFOTM Entry

 

Cosmopolitodus  (Carcharodon) hastalis ....a.k.a broad tooth mako

Found Oct 13 2017

Craven County North Carolina

Pliocene Yorktown Formation

 

This tooth measuring in at 3 and 1/4 inches, is right at the max size for this species. Most hastalis teeth measure at less than 2 ". 

 

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Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt
behind the trailer, my desert
Them red clay piles are heaven on earth
I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt

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Bunch of great finds in here already, looks like a lot of folks had a good month hunting:) I’d like to enter my associated Hesperotestudo ( giant land tortoise ) foot, dermal denticles and partial shell for consideration for vfotm. It was found Oct 1 in Sarasota county Florida and would be Pleistocene in age. For those who saw my original trip report I only found 4 claws and toes the first trip but went back the following weekend and sifted the whole spot and found another complete digit and 62 more denticles . I did the best I could piecing the bones back together and while I doubt I got them all in the right spots I do think they’re all there    

 

Hesperotestudo ( giant land tortoise) foot and associated denticles 

Found: Oct 1 2017

Pleistocene

Sarasota county Florida

            

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Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there!

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On 10/10/2017 at 7:29 PM, Ptychodus04 said:

Date of discovery- June 25, 2017

Date of preparation - October 10, 2017

Scientific or Common nameEopachydiscus marcianus protoconch (hatchling)

Geologic Age or Geologic Formation - Early Cretaceous, Duck Creek Formation

State, Province, or Region found- Near Long View, Texas, USA

 

I found this little guy while collecting with the infamous @BobWill this summer. My son brought back the biggest ammonite measuring 18” in diameter and I gladly brought back the smallest. This ammonite faintly displays the widely spaced ribs that cross the venter, common in larger examples of the species.

Sure you don't mean Valley View TX? I live close to Longview and it's not much in the way of fossils. 

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On 10/26/2017 at 9:20 AM, frankh8147 said:

I'll throw my Plesiosaur vertebrae into the mix. It's rare to find any Plesiosaur material here and this one is about as good as it gets condition wise.

Date of discovery: October 21, 2017

Scientific or common name: Plesiosaur

Geologic age : Late Cretaceous

State, province or region: New Jersey, USA

Nice find. I only have a few from 2 yrs in hunting in Texas. 

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2 hours ago, JarrodB said:

Sure you don't mean Valley View TX? I live close to Longview and it's not much in the way of fossils. 

 

Yep, Valley View. I must have really fat fingered the spelling and didn’t catch good old autocorrect. Thanks.

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On 10/26/2017 at 3:16 PM, Fossil-Hound said:

This is the largest Asaphiscus wheeleri I've ever seen both in person and online.

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The really big Asaphiscus wheeleri are 3" or larger.  

 

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  Last minute entry! Here is a little heteromorphic ammonite that I found this month. This genus is also found in France, but as far as I know this specific species T. peramplum is only found in the Austin Chalk of Texas. It measures 29mm tall and is 19mm at its widest. 

 

  The genus Tridenticeras is in the Nostoceratidae family, even though it looks like it would be in the Turrilitidae family. This species is characterized by flared oblique ribs with four fine secondary ribs between them in mature specimens, a detail not really seen on this specimen but preserved on other specimens that I have found of roughly the same maturity level. There are three rows of tubercles on each primary rib with the bottom two rows being closer together, which is why on this specimen the bottom two rows of tubercles are somewhat merged in places. However, I have found other specimens of this species where the bottom two rows of tubercles are more easily distinguishable from each other. Strangely, on most of the primary ribs on the bottom whorl of this specimen, I see no tubercles. Whether this is due to poor preservation or pathology I do not know, although pathology seems more likely to me. Including this, I have found eight specimens of this species this year, and thus in total. Quite exiting to see one of these just sitting on the top of the ground! 

 

  No preparation has been done on this specimen. I found it like this.

 

Date of discovery: October 14, 2017

Scientific or Common name: Tridenticeras peramplum (Heteromorphic Ammonite)

Geologic Age or Geologic Formation: Late Coniacian stage of the Austin Chalk Formation, Prionocycloceras gabrielense zone of the Acto member. 

State, Province, or Region found: North Texas

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@JarrodB Thanks! I've seen some of those marine Cretaceous verts. from Texas - you guys find some cool stuff! Digging there is on my bucket list!

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