piranha Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 1 hour ago, FossilDAWG said: I was just looking up the Penn Dixie web page, and I spotted these prominently featured characters. Don An incognito celebrity, no doubt! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 @Monica I am glad you and Viola had a great time and found some great stuff! 1 I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 6 hours ago, DevonianDigger said: Finding the Athyris in the pit is an odd one. Those are typically found in the Wanakah shale below the Tichenor LS. I wonder if it was a goodie that someone dropped from back by the ravine or in the drainage creek. It was definitely an unexpected find, but a happy one! Do you by any chance think that my "specimen #9" is a gastropod? (Please say yes...!!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Just now, Monica said: It was definitely an unexpected find, but a happy one! Do you by any chance think that my "specimen #9" is a gastropod? (Please say yes...!!!) Looks more like a goniatite to me. Tornoceras, perhaps? Is that possible in those Penn Dixie beds? 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 4 hours ago, Ludwigia said: @Monica Nice to see Viola in her element! She had a great time! Last year, she was hammering rocks just for the sake of hammering, but this year she was trying to split rocks and reduce the sizes of fossil-containing rocks with her hammering, so she was hammering with a purpose - how quickly they grow up (sniff...) 3 hours ago, ynot said: Nice finds @Monica, and Viola looks like a very happy camper! She was very happy! She is very proud to have found her own E. rana roller(s) as well as a couple of Spinatrypa spinosa brachiopods (she's still a BIG fan of "shells" ) 50 minutes ago, Malcolmt said: Awesome post Monica. Wish I could have been there.... It was a great day out - can't wait until next year!!! 33 minutes ago, nala said: Great pictures and beautifull finds! Thanks so much, Gery! Those comments mean a lot coming from you since the pictures you take and the fossils you find are stunning!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 11 minutes ago, Darktooth said: @Monica I am glad you and Viola had a great time and found some great stuff! Thanks, Dave! We had a wonderful girls' day out, and being able to find fossils at the same time is simply the icing on the cake 5 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said: Looks more like a goniatite to me. Tornoceras, perhaps? Is that possible in those Penn Dixie beds? A Tornoceras from Penn Dixie would be a new find for me, too, so either way I'll be happy!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonianDigger Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 @Monica, I think #9 is likely a gastropod of some type, can't tell much from that photo, but my reservation against Tornoceras is that I have never seen one with that type of replacement in the trilobite beds. I believe they we're aragonite and were replaced with different materials during diagenesis. The Tornoceras that I've seen/found in that layer are very difficult to spot because they have very poorly-defined morphological features and match the surrounding matrix in color. However, I'm speaking from my own experience and am not able to rule it out entirely. A closer photo might help put it rest. 2 Jay A. Wollin Lead Fossil Educator - Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Reserve Hamburg, New York, USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonianDigger Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 Looking at it more closely and taking the size into consideration, I'm wondering if it isn't the apex of a Platyceras. Perhaps either the rest is missing or the angle in the matrix is deceptive. Just a thought. 1 Jay A. Wollin Lead Fossil Educator - Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Reserve Hamburg, New York, USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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