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I went with the Delaware Valley Paleontological Society  to a few spots in Central New York last month. Cole Hill Rd. in Hubbardsville has several outcrops on private land where the owners are willing to share with fossil hunters. We scrabbled up and down the scree - Whee- and found our fill of trilo-bits, including one Dipleura cephalon covered with druse calcite,   plus oodles of brachiopods, nautiloids, straight-shelled cephalopods, gastropods of all different shapes, and bivalves.

 

I learned a tough lesson that afternoon. Always wrap your specimens as you go. Not only will they keep from breaking, but they are easier to find when your bucket tips and tumbles down the hillside across countless tons of scree There were lots of pained faces around me as I hunted down the things I'd already found.. It took me half an hour to recover everything I could, but the best ones managed to make it home.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Crinoid holdfast? 

with  Ptomatis rudis gastropod

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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unknown, probably nautiloid

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Cornellites fasculata bivalve

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Palaeozygopleura sp.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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misc. unknown brachiopods

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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If anyone has any ideas, I'd like to hear them. This spine-shaped object is about 6 inches long. I'd discount it as variations in the rock color, but the left end is curved outward from the matrix.

 

 

 

 

 

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Worm trace fossil. They made carpets of these on the sea floor.

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Nice finds! Your unknown is not a nautilus,  but the gastropod Bembexia.

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5 minutes ago, Darktooth said:

Nice finds! Your unknown is not a nautilus,  but the gastropod Bembexia.

Thanks! Couldn't find anything like it in my one field guide. My personal library is lacking in Devonian references at the moment! Got any favorites to suggest?

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4 minutes ago, I_gotta_rock said:

Thanks! Couldn't find anything like it in my one field guide. My personal library is lacking in Devonian references at the moment! Got any favorites to suggest?

David Linsley’s classic on Devonian Fossils of NY is good, although dated so some of the taxons have changed. Carl Wilson’s field guide is a more recent text.

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Very nice finds! Glad you were able to pick up your spilled bucket! :) 

The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it.  -Neil deGrasse Tyson

 

Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't. -Bill Nye (The Science Guy)

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5 minutes ago, Kane said:

David Linsley’s classic on Devonian Fossils of NY is good, although dated so some of the taxons have changed. Carl Wilson’s field guide is a more recent text.

Wilson's is the one I have. I've heard of Lindsey's, but haven't found a copy yet. Taxonomy changes, but as long as one has an old name it is usually possible to find an update, if you know where to look.

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The photo on the left of unknown brachiopods includes Spinulicosta spinulicosta, a spiny Strophomenid. All of my specimens come from Cole Hill. 

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10 hours ago, I_gotta_rock said:

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Cornellites fasculata bivalve

 

 

:wub:  Superb detail

 

Looks like you had fun

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Nice finds!  I especially like the gastropod-crinoid holdfast association - it's a beauty!

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2 hours ago, hemipristis said:

:wub:  Superb detail

 

Looks like you had fun

I'm just getting started with sorting, too. here's a triolobite roller popper in there somewhere. We visited several sites that weekend, then ran off to South Dakota for more. It'll be months before I work my way through all of this year's expeditions!

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