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Above: Acrospirifer murchisoni

Along Shimers brook is a section with the Port Jervis Formation (PJF) at the bottom  and Glenerie Formation  about 100' thick seen on a hike; returned with a hammer and chisel for these.

IDs on a looks like basis illustrations by Weller Paleontology 1903.

   Actinopteria textilis (PJF)    right valve

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 Leptaena rhomboidalis    and right Nanothyris  subglobosa  ( both PJF)

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  Meristella lata  

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  Orbiculoidia jervensis

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Leptocoelia flabellites and above it part Tentaculites elongatus

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Chonostrophia jervensis  (PJF)

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You know your Devonian,don't you?:ninja:

Nice finds.

Am trying to procure a thingy on Meristella ecology/epizoans,Btw(Cuffey/Lethaia/somewhere in the nineties)

 

 

 

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Love those brachiopods! :)

is that Orbiculoidea for sure? 

Looks like Lingula punctata to me, though you seem to know your area. 

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Gordon, 

Nice finds! Good to see you getting out there. 

Your Orbiculoidea jervensis looks more like a lingulid brachiopod - maybe Lingula sp. undet.

Thanks for posting these. 

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Nice brachiopod plate! The 5th picture looks more like Lingula to me as well, though like everyone has said, you know your brachiopods. Orbiculoidea, from my understanding, is pretty much circular while lingulid brachiopods are elongated like yours. 

 

Lingula brachiopod from Madison Co., NY

 

Orbiculoidea brachiopod from Penn Dixie

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I don’t know how you keep track of all those formations there, so many in such a small area! Awesome finds, love the look of the actinoptera!

“...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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Nice finds! I really like the hash!

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I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie.

 

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Thank you all for the comments. Both Weller (in Montague 1903) and Shimer (Trilobite Mountain 1905) found Orbiculoidea  jervensis to be common in the Glenerie=Oriskany.

Neither found Lingula in that horizon. O. jervensis was first identified by Barrett who collected in Montague. Here is Weller's illustration of O. Jervensis. 7 and 8

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I’ve found there too, if that means anything. Quite a few in one rock if memory serves.

“...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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Over all great finds Gordon. I especially like the Actinopteria. Lower Devonian bivalves are special! I'm with the others in thinking your inarticulate brachiopod is a Lingula. Since it isn't listed, I'm guessing it is a new find for that formation. Congratulations. 

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I thought it was a Lingulid too. Don't ignore the possibility of finding something previously unknown in a given formation/location!

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Wonderful finds!!!  I especially like the Leptaena - it has such beautiful ornamentation :wub:

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