Spring hunting in the Devonian of New York 2019

[mikeymig]

This collecting trip was more of a scouting expedition than an actual dig. After the snow and ice have melted, its fun to get out and see whats newly exposed/uncovered. Today we found the usual cast of characters like horn corals, tabulate corals, brachiopods, gastropods, pelecypods, and trilobites. I was mad at myself for not having faith in a trilobite fossil that I found on this trip. It was barely visible in the rock I found it in and I thought it would be incomplete just on how it looked. I started to remove the matrix (hard limey shale) with a hammer and small chisel. The bug popped out of the rock complete and fell on the floor. The trilobite landed on its glabella and some of its shell broke off. I think I found all the pieces but I should have been more careful. After all these years of collecting I should know better. I promised myself to make up for it and that I would find a killer bug this season with some new sites that I have lined up  

 

Thanks and Happy Collecting

mikeymig 

[FranzBernhard]

Another wonderful set of American paleozoic inverts!

Congrats to your finds, and thanks for sharing!

16 minutes ago, mikeymig said:

with some new sites that I have lined up

Happy hunting and good luck!
Franz Bernhard

[Tidgy's Dad]

Yes, I adore these M Devonian North American invert faunas too. 

Some lovely finds.

[Mark Kmiecik]

Nice finds. 

[Monica]

Great finds, especially the brachiopods - they're beautiful! 

[erose]

Really nice specimens. I do miss the NY Devonian some days.

[Darktooth]

Great finds!

[mikeymig]

Its nice that some of us appreciate these humble inverts. from long ago. For years I would step over finds like these because all I was looking for were trilobites.

 

Thanks gang