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Montague (sp?) New Jersey 2016 trip


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On 1/28/2018 at 3:09 PM, GordonC said:

Hi,

With the snow cover gone we took a hike yesterday and came upon an outcrop of the Port Jervis Formation (Trilobite Ridge) south of the well known location in Montague.

So awakened from hibernation. (Also see we have not been receiving email notifications.) I looked through  material similar to your hash plates from the Kalkberg and New Scotland Formations. Yours do not have the diagnostic fossils from those formations. Now I'm guessing that they may be from the lowest Glenerie and will check out material from that horizon. I find Spirifer ID difficult (as some species have quite variable morphologies) but perhaps that well defined specimen is Acrospirifer murchisoni, we'll see. Please post a detail of the first plate with the spirifer and the well defined pygidium. If you recall the exact location where those were collected that may be more or less definitive.

Gordon

 a few from the Kalkberg

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Cheers,
 

I'll get you a close-up this week sometime. As far as where it was located I could take you to the exact spot provided there isn't a house built there........

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  • 2 months later...

These hash plates are wonderful.

So many different species.:)

17 minutes ago, ErinHelene said:

Hi! I live in Montague and am wondering where this is?

And hello, Erin Helene, a very warm welcome to TFF from Morocco. :)

Life's Good!

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Mold from across the river in Bucks County, PA, looks similar-ish to one of your Port Jervis pieces (5th photo). 20180105_063648.thumb.jpg.7258132486cc0c7b2ad796cb2d3da1d4.jpg

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