mcgcsp Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 My phyllocarid collection to date. Includes Echinocaris sp. and Rhinocaris sp. 1 1 Marc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg.Wood Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 Nice, where did you collect them? And whats the scale of the picture? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcgcsp Posted April 15, 2018 Author Share Posted April 15, 2018 Sorry my bad. Should have thrown a quarter on the pic. Specimens are 1 - 2 inches. 5 years of collecting and about 500 hours of field time excluding prep. Tributaries throughout northern Ohio is all I can tell you. LOTS of work and time! 1 Marc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 Wow! Excellent! Any chance of some close ups, please? And a very warm welcome to TFF from Morocco. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcgcsp Posted April 15, 2018 Author Share Posted April 15, 2018 Will get to closeups eventually. Bench is a mess. In sorting and pitching stage... but here are a couple I had from before...Rhinocaris from Paulding Oh and Echinocaris from N OH 3 1 Marc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcgcsp Posted April 15, 2018 Author Share Posted April 15, 2018 Here is quick closeup of a few. Sp at bottom right is 2 inches for ref. 1 Marc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcgcsp Posted April 15, 2018 Author Share Posted April 15, 2018 improved and brightened 2 Marc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 Awesome! “...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...
mikeymig Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 Cool collection. I find them in New York. 2 1 Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. led zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 Wow that's a very impressive collection. Being from northern Ohio I assume those are Devonian and/or Carboniferous in age. Phyllocarids are a personal favorite of mine, ever since I found my first one in 2014 and had no idea what it was. After that I was finding them with some frequency at Deep Springs Road quarry near Hamilton, NY., Middle Devonian Age. Since then finds have gotten rarer. Last one I found, a Rhinocarid was about a year ago. That small one with the tail is especially impressive. I would also love to see more close up shots. Oh, and by the way, welcome to the Fossil Forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 Welcome to TFF! Nice collection, thank You for sharing it here. 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...
mcgcsp Posted April 15, 2018 Author Share Posted April 15, 2018 correct all late Devonian Marc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcgcsp Posted April 15, 2018 Author Share Posted April 15, 2018 @mikeymigthe top "unidentified phyllocarid" looks like Rhinocaris sp.??? The bottom ridges are distinctive Marc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeargleSchmeargl Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 Nice bugs ye got there! Every single fossil you see is a miracle set in stone, and should be treated as such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymig Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 38 minutes ago, mcgcsp said: @mikeymigthe top "unidentified phyllocarid" looks like Rhinocaris sp.??? The bottom ridges are distinctive More then likely its a species of Ceratiocaris. Some people don't realize how rare these are when compared to trilobites and other extinct arthropods. Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. led zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 Welcome to the Forum. Excellent collection of these incredible arthropods! Thank you for posting them! 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...
Wrangellian Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 Yikes! Usually you don't see more than one Phyllocarid at a time... you've got a bunch! But obviously it's the cumulative result of a lot of collecting time/work. Welcome to TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 Welcome to the Forum from North Georgia. That is a very impressive collection of phyllocarids, especially considering their rarity. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malone Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 Welcome from Colorado! Nice collection! I really like the screw shaped tails. It looks like they would be tough to clean matrix from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcgcsp Posted March 23, 2019 Author Share Posted March 23, 2019 New this week. Collected 3/20/19. 6 IPAs and 12 hours of prep. Nice Echinocaris multinodosa with tail. About 3.5 inches 1 1 Marc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Whoa! What an awesome find! Thanks for posting it - I really enjoy seeing these phyllocarids and other arthropods you find. 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...
mcgcsp Posted March 23, 2019 Author Share Posted March 23, 2019 Thanks, just glad spring is here and I can get out! 1 Marc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Absolutely beautiful. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Fantastic collection thanks for sharing . Bobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 mcgcsp, from the look of your collection, are these found in nodules or are they just prepped out that way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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