snakebite6769 Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 I’m not sure what this is but I found it splitting shale that has trilobites and cephalopods and I think it’s devonian age. Hoping the pictures are good enough. It reminds me of a tooth from something I had seen a while ago... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Looks like a sad remnant of a gastropod to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakebite6769 Posted March 24, 2019 Author Share Posted March 24, 2019 That’s what I thought at first but it has a very distinct shape which I have seen before but not here in NY. I need to get better images because it tapers up and then back down, with one high ridge in the middle followed outwards by two others getting smaller as they move outward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Hey Rob, That looks like a "squish out" of a Paleozygopleura hamiltonae. EDIT: Hmm. On second thought, ... It could be a phyllocarid mandible. Maybe @mcgcsp @mikeymig @GerryK will have a look. 2 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...
Fossildude19 Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 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...
Ludwigia Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 I'll go along with Tim at this point, but it would help further if you could post a few sharp close-ups. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakebite6769 Posted March 25, 2019 Author Share Posted March 25, 2019 Best I can do with my phone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Yup. Have to go with Phyllocarid mandible! Great find, Rob! This from Deep Springs Road? 2 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...
Al Tahan Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 I second phyllocarid mandible! Nice find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakebite6769 Posted March 25, 2019 Author Share Posted March 25, 2019 Yes, it is Tim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakebite6769 Posted March 25, 2019 Author Share Posted March 25, 2019 That would explain the tail section I found as well with the spines....I knew it looked familiar. Thanks guy for the assistance 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Pictures, Rob, or it didn't happen. 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...
snakebite6769 Posted March 25, 2019 Author Share Posted March 25, 2019 I will post them with this post tonight, I am picking up the 1879 hall, New York paleontology series books today from a gent up here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymig Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 First thought was Phyllocarid (Echinocaris) jaw. 1 Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. led zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Here is the description and figures from Hall & Clarke 1888: Hall, J., & Clarke, J.M. 1888 Palaeontology VII. Containing descriptions and figures of the trilobites and other crustacea of the Oriskany, upper Helderberg, Hamilton, Portage, Chemung and Catskill Groups. Geological Survey of New York, Natural History of New York, 7:1-236 PDF LINK Mandibles of Phyllocarida - Associated with Echinocaris punctata, in the locality which has produced the greatest number of specimens, viz., Pratt's Falls, and near Pompey Center, Onondaga county, large masticatory organs have been found quite abundantly, which, judging from a general similarity to the mandibles found in situ in this species, may be regarded as undoubtedly belonging to some species of the Phyllocarida. Beecher has described and illustrated these bodies (loc. cit.), and has indicated the fact that if bearing the same proportion to the carapace as do the mandibles in E. punctata, they must have belonged either to large individuals of this species or to some gigantic species yet unknown to us. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakebite6769 Posted March 26, 2019 Author Share Posted March 26, 2019 Here it is Tim, sure looks phyllocarid to me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcgcsp Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 definitely phyllocarid telson Marc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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