GordonC Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Several weeks ago a brief break in the weather and snow cover permitted a hike in Montague where we saw a modest outcrop of the Port Jervis Formation. A similar short spell of nice weather earlier this week, it is snowing now, afforded the opportunity to check it out. The characteristic specimens Phalangocephalus dentatus, Barrett 1874, and Nanothyris subglobosa, Weller 1903. Cheers, Gordon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Nice finds! Love the trilo parts! I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Very nice finds, Gordon! Glad you had a chance to get out. 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...
oldtimer Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Nice finds. I love the Trilo's Cephalon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinosaurus Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 love the trilo's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Really nice trilobite specimens! It's especially nice to get a cephalon and pygidium on the same piece of rock. The brachiopod isn't too shabby either. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peat Burns Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Awesome finds Thanks for posting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Fantastic ornamentation on that cephalon. Good finds! ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Glad to hear you got out Gordon. The spines on that cephalon's anterior border are magnificent. I don't recall ever seeing one that complete. A really nice piece! Congratulations and thanks for sharing. Got to get up there sometime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Absolutely gorgeous! I wanna look that good in 400 million years... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goatinformationist Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Never seen anything so finely detailed right out of the rough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Beautiful! Puts my crushed pygidium from montage to shame (though I still love it). “...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...
Tidgy's Dad Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 The cephalon is very well preserved. Great stuff! Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Trilo Trivia Alert: The original description of Barrett 1876 Dalmanites dentata is one of the earliest published photos of a trilobite! The specific epithet was subsequently replaced for a more favorable Latin version: Phalangocephalus dentatus Barrett, Simeon T. (1876) Description of a new trilobite, Dalmanites dentata. American Journal of Science, Series 3(11):200 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Nice pieces! Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Great fines - congratulations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 A cephalon and a pygidium so close on a piece of rock - lucky you!!! I, too, am Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aek Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Beautiful find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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