A visit with the Trilobite wizard, Gerry Kloc!

[Al Tahan]

Hey everyone,

 

Several weeks back I posted about a James Hall book I bought on amazon. I also expressed my interest in the original publication “Eurypterids of New York Sate”. @GerryK messaged me and told me he would sell me a set. We got talking and he invited me to Rochester to check out his collection, talk fossils, and pick up the book in person!! This was before Christmas and we both had to wait out the holidays for our meet up. Well I finally went and visited Gerry on Sunday. 

 

What a great time! Gerry is a trilobite wizard.....no doubt about it. 

 

We started at his house and started going through some of his very very extensive collection 

biggest hypospme I’ve ever seen!

Some Wanakah Shale rarities 

Awesome kettnerapsis..forgot where Gerry saidnit was from but it was something special. 

[Al Tahan]

We then went over to the university and looked at more!!

i saw this in James halls book....looked made up....nope..it’s here in New York!! Just not many exposures of this rock available  

We went into insane detail looking at paciphacops Viaphacops phacops eldredgeops etc........pretty sure this was phacops? I tried really hard to remember but I could have it goofed.

this one blew me away....even has the hyposome!!! Crazy...

[Al Tahan]

The photo of the “red rocks” are from Missouri!! Amazing story there....the photo of the crazy pygidium I do not remember specifics...it just looks crazy! 

 

I could have taken a million photos but we were too busy yapping the whole time ...the conversation flows easy with a common interest and plenty to look at and talk about!!

 

@GerryK  told me I could show off a few of the photos I took on the forum . Really cool experience with someone I consider a “Trilobite wizard”........

 

Thanks Gerry, you are extremely kind

 

 

 

 

Al

[Dinoguy89]

An incredibly preserved trilobite, very nice, thanks for sharing

[ynot]

always nice to get a private tour, thanks for sharing it with Us.

[DeepTimeIsotopes]

Wow, what a nice guy! Thanks for sharing it with us too.

[rebu]

What a great experience it must have been. Thank you for sharing.

[Tidgy's Dad]

How marvelous!

Many great pieces, but I love the amazing pygdium with the spine most of all! 

[Fossil-Hound]

Didn't realize Kettnerapsis where found in the Wanakah shale. That is a really nice find. I've never seen a picture of one from New York (only from Oklahoma). Very nice.