Joon Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Hello for all. It has been a while to leave a post here! I am currently in Burlington, VT as a UVM student. Before the end of the summer recess (August 18), I traveled to northern Vermont consulting some articles about Cambrian and Ordovician formation located in Highgate Falls and South Hero. In this post, I will just talk about one trip to Highgate. I left my dorm around 11 a.m., and I get the Higate Falls near 1 p.m. After straying about 3 hours, I finally realized that the outcrops described as fossiliferous in the article are located in the private land. Thanks to my student ID card, the landowners welcomed me I could not hunt fossil around the Ordovician formation (Highgate Formation; Upper Ordovician) because the cliff was really steep and seemed very dangerous. It is on the left side of the picture (Red line). So, I just focused on the right side (Yellow line) that is Gorge Formation (Upper Cambrian, Upper Sunwaptan Stage, 492-491 MYA). Below is a photo of the Gorge Formation I found some trilobites and brachiopods (not on this post), but I have no clue about their scientific name even though I checked my article... I would appreciate if you correct the wrong scientific name 1. Lotagnotus americanus Billings, 1860 2. Geragnostus ( Micragnostus ) bisectus (Matthew, 1892) (Shaw, A. B. (1951). The Paleontology of Northwestern Vermont. 1. New Late Cambrian Trilobites. Journal of Paleontology, Vol.25, No.1, pp.97-114.) 3. Librigena. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joon Posted September 30, 2018 Author Share Posted September 30, 2018 4. Acheilus limbatus Rasetti, 1944 (Rasetti, F. (1944). Upper Cambrian Trilobites From the Levis Conglomerate. Journal of Paleontology . Vol 18.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joon Posted September 30, 2018 Author Share Posted September 30, 2018 5. Symphysurina (Symphysuroides ) minima Shaw, 1951 (Shaw, A. B. (1951). The Paleontology of Northwestern Vermont. 1. New Late Cambrian Trilobites. Journal of Paleontology, Vol.25, No.1, pp.97-114.) 6. Acheilus marcoui (Raymond, 1924) (Rasetti, F. (1944). Upper Cambrian Trilobites From the Levis Conglomerate. Journal of Paleontology . Vol 18) 7. Cephalon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joon Posted September 30, 2018 Author Share Posted September 30, 2018 8. Agnostidae 9. Hypostome ? 10. Litagnostus levisensis Rasetti, 1944 (Rasetti, F. (1944). Upper Cambrian Trilobites From the Levis Conglomerate. Journal of Paleontology . Vol 18.) 11. Pygidium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranzBernhard Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Thanks for sharing! Nice locality with nice fossils, congrats! But can not help with taxonomy... Franz Bernhard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Congratulations on getting out there and finding some trilobites - well done!!! (Sorry I can't help with identifications - perhaps @piranha can be of assistance...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joon Posted September 30, 2018 Author Share Posted September 30, 2018 32 minutes ago, FranzBernhard said: Thanks for sharing! Nice locality with nice fossils, congrats! But can not help with taxonomy... Franz Bernhard Thank you, Franz! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joon Posted September 30, 2018 Author Share Posted September 30, 2018 2 hours ago, FranzBernhard said: Thanks for sharing! Nice locality with nice fossils, congrats! But can not help with taxonomy... Franz Bernhard 54 minutes ago, Monica said: Congratulations on getting out there and finding some trilobites - well done!!! (Sorry I can't help with identifications - perhaps @piranha can be of assistance...) Thank you again! As for the taxonomy, it would be great if I can hear from some experts, but it's fine. I hope my classification is correct. Otherwise, I can send an email to geology profs at the UVM. So, please do not worry about it so much... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Great report! Thank you for posting it. 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...
Kane Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Looks like a neat site. And, good to see you around here again. Will we see you up here in Canada again this October? ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joon Posted September 30, 2018 Author Share Posted September 30, 2018 4 hours ago, Fossildude19 said: Great report! Thank you for posting it. Thank you 3 hours ago, Kane said: Looks like a neat site. And, good to see you around here again. Will we see you up here in Canada again this October? It's been a while to talk to you! How have you been? I really hope to visit there again, but I have no clue when it will be. I need to check my course schedule and assignment. I may can go there if it is on weekends! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joon Posted September 30, 2018 Author Share Posted September 30, 2018 3 hours ago, Kane said: Looks like a neat site. And, good to see you around here again. Will we see you up here in Canada again this October? I can finish my assignments faster than usual to get to there, but it would be the best between 7 to 8 since I have no lab report to hand in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Nice finds! Looks like You did well with the research and finding a good location. 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...
Joon Posted September 30, 2018 Author Share Posted September 30, 2018 1 minute ago, ynot said: Nice finds! Looks like You did well with the research and finding a good location. Thank you! I delved into many articles to find a good fossil site in Vermont! Unfortunately, many famous fossil sites are restricted to collect fossils... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 13 minutes ago, HoJoon said: Unfortunately, many famous fossil sites are restricted to collect fossils... Yea, they are trying to take away all the fun. 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...
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