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I returned home two weeks ago from a two week long fossil hunting excursion out west. Like my trip two years ago, I drove all the way from my home in southeastern New York out to northcentral Wyoming with many stops along the way. The first day was on and off rain from here to Toledo, Ohio where I stopped. Next day drove through northern Indiana and passed through Chicago, finally stopping at my cousin's in Madison, Wisconsin. Late morning, the next day, I met up with Mike (Minnbuckeye) in Fennimore, Wisconsin and he took me to two sites of the Upper Ordovician Platteville Formation where we spent the afternoon collecting. Here is a photo of one of the sites with Mike and finds that we both made. Mike was generous and gave me a number of specimens. As you can see there are a few nice hash browns, I mean hash plates, trilobite parts, brachiopods, nautiloids, including the unusual Gonioceras occidentale (the fossil and counterpart), plus the gastropod, Sinuites, and the ostracod, Eoleperditia fabulites.
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From the album: Lower Devonian
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I am posting the final batch of gastropods and added bivalves from a 2003 trip to Rucks Pit. I found myself again distracted and needed to recheck my guesses as I am posting. A couple of the picture have too many shells and I should retake. I am not helping myself, but I have other projects on which I am required to focus. I went back to the FLMNH site for guidance, but any help you provide would be appreciated. Thanks for the previous corrections. I will provide different angles if needed. 21. Sinistrofulgur Contrarium. The older whelks in the items collected have wear so the knobs are not distinct. The FLMNH site would lead me to think this is a Palmbeachensis, but they have only one in their collection from Petuch which makes me pause. 22. Sinistrofulgur Contrarium. Same thought as 21. 23. Sinistrofulgur Contrarium 24. Sinistrofulgur Contrarium. Some of the more rounded shoulders could be Caloosahatcheensis, but again on one in FLNMH's collection collected by Petuch. 25. Busycon Carica 26. Busycon Carica Rusksorum 27. Busycon Carica Rusksorum 28. Fulguropsis Spirata. I rather liked the barnacles nesting in the one. 29. Fulguropsis Spirata (left bottom) Busycon Carica (middle top row) Pyruella Federicoae (rest) 30 Melongena Subcoronata (I have quite a few of these. The thickness of the shells held up well. I felt the spires varied in size and number and just represented variability in the population.) 31. Melongena Subcoronata (juvenile) Vokesinotus Lamellosus (top far right) Turbinella Fusus (bottom far right, found it on WoRMS but more than likely wrong), Vokesinotus Perrugatus (top 2nd from right and bottom far left). I decided to add those last IDs after studying the full size picture. They are all starting to look alike again. When I started, I was just trying to confirm the Melongena juveniles. 32. Dosinia Chipolana (top) Glycymeris Americana (bottom) 33. Mercenaria Campechiensis 34. Dinocardium Robustum (top) Macrocallista Nimbosa (bottom) 35. Anadara Scalarina (top left) Andara Chavezi (top right, a little surprised it was black only a few shells were not all white and those were usually small and inside something else) Argopecten Anteamplicostatus or Carolina Eboreus Solarioides (bottom section, I could not see the differences in a posting in this forum.) 36. Anadara Lienosa (top) Carditamera Floridana (bottom) I thought about differences that I see in the ridges and the general shape of the shell. But I question my perception when looking at the FLNMH database. 37. Solecurtus Cumingianus (top row) Chione Erosa (2nd row from top) Bostrycapulus Aculeatus (3rd row) Tucetona Pectinota (4th row left two) Dallocardia Muricata (4th row far right) 38. Anomia Simplex (top row and the first two on the left in the middle row. Consistent with what I see on FLMNH, these jiingle shells have different shapes and the coloring is different between them. But the first one has a pocket which could make it a Crepidula Fornicata) Anodontia Alba (far right middle row, it did have a bluish hue. I wondered why there was a ridge on the inside, so I added it to the page out of curiousity.) Dosinia Chipolana (bottom row, I thought the outer shell was smooth until I looked at the file, so this is a duplicate ID.) 39.Crepidula Cymbaeformis (bottom four on the right and the one bigger one on the top right) Crepidula Fornicata (the pair just above the Cymbaeformis) Crepidula Depressa or Crepidula Plana would cover the remaining eight. FLMNH does not have the Depressa in its base, while this forum notes that the Plana is not found as far south as Florida. That leaves the biggest one on the bottom which does not have a pocket. I realized I needed to put the other side on the next shot. 40. Placunanomia Plicata (The large round one on the left matching the prior picture) Ostrea Sculpturata (Top row) Bulla Occidentalis (The 3 tiny shells 2nd row) Anomia Simplex (The one shell to the right of the Bulla. I slipped it in because it felt super light and fragile, but admittedly not as thin as the Anomia I included above.) Adodontia Alba (Row 3) Eucrassatella Elassa (Row 4) Gemma Gemma (Row 5) Spisula Raveneli (Bottom row) 41 Hyotissa Podagrina (This is the closest match I could find, but I thought I had found a matching webpage earlier. I even questioning whether I found this on a different trip, but the few I went on were associated with much earlier periods. 43. Worm Holes 44. And since it is Rucks Pit I had to add the one calcified something which is not from a whelk, Mercenaria clam, or Anadara, but I have no ideas.
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Found these 2 bivalve shells in Holden Beach, NC last week. They were part of a large washup of shells, presumably due to a tropical depression in the Atlantic Ocean. I found 2 shells. The inside of the first is completely filled with cemented sand and is a bit larger than the second. The second shell does have a small portion of the inside visible. (Note measurements are in inches).
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Hello everyone, it's been a while since I've been a while since I've been out to collect fossils but yesterday I finally got to enjoy some time collecting and had some interesting finds I thought I'd share. Yesterday morning I got to meet up with @Jeffrey P who showed me his vast and beautiful collection of fossils before we went to collect two locations nearby in Eastern NY. The first location we visited was the Glenerie Limestone, a very interesting location due to the diversity of organisms found there and the unique preservation which results in many silicified shells a number of which are completely out of matrix. This was my second time collecting at this location and as it had just been snowing and everything melted, there was a lot of nice freshly washed out material to pick through. By far the most abundant fossils here are brachiopods and of those, the most common is probably Leptocoelia flabellites, I collected a few of these and some appear on the larger matrix pieces with other fossils but they're really common so only a few were kept: Meristella sp. are also pretty abundant, I picked up a few that I thought had nicer preservation, or were complete as those are not as common at this site These are the shells of two spiriferid, I collected a number of these last time, the most common ones are Acrospirifer sp. and Howella sp. I believe but I do not know how to differentiate between the two This piece of matrix had some particularly nice spiriferids, one was pretty big for the site and another on the side of the piece has really nice preservation of some of the finse structure on the outside of the shell. I also found a Rensselaeria sp. Terebtatulid brachiopod, my second from the location, this one has more of it preserved although it is quite distorted and with little of the shell material but I still kept it as I like these Devonian Terebtatulids and they are not as common. Here's a tiny complete brachiopods I picked up, not sure about the ID yet, the detail preserved on such a small shell is actually pretty nice but the camera doesn't show it that well. Two of the brachiopods found appear to be inarticulate brachiopods, although I'm not sure if it's possible to put an ID to either of them, the first is preserved as an impression, I did look at some of the internal anatomy of lower Devonian inarticulate brachiopods and this does look a lot like Craniops sp. but I don't know if I could call it that without further evidence The other has some shell material but it's small and not completely exposed so I am not sure if it can be identified or even if it is an inarticulate brachiopod And some miscellaneous brachiopods I haven't yet Identified: Here's another item that confused me, it appears to be a brachiopod from the overall shape, as it is flat on one side and is in the shape of a semicircle, but if it is a brachiopod it has some kind of unusual epibiont on it with an unusual structure unlike anything else I've seen, does anyone know what this may be? Other than brachiopods, gastropods are also fairly abundant at the site, last time I was here I found a couple but nothing too special. This time, I don't know if it was the freshly washed out material, a better pattern recognition or just pure luck I found a lot, of different sizes and different quality. I was very happy to find these they're really interesting and I love the way they are preserved here, here is most of them: most of not all of them are Platystoma sp. I believe. And finally, I also found a coral, the first time I was at the site I found a tabulate coral which @Jeffrey P told me is the first he'd seen ever from this site, and this time I found a solitary rugose coral. Unfortunately it is cracked as it was laying on the surface, exposed to the elements but I was able to safely get it home and I'm currently trying to stabilize it with some glue, hopefully it will remain intact. I believe it might belong to the species Enterolasma strictum. After Glenerie we stopped at a site not far away which was in the Middle Devonian, lower Hamilton Group, part of the Marcellus Shale, also a very interesting site which was new to me, and we had some nice finds there too which I will post later once I get them photographed. Thanks for looking! Misha
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Today I visited some scrapings of the top layers of strata in wiltshire. Each picture of a scrape is followed by the finds from it. I found pretty much all bivalve fragments and one thing I can't identify. Oddly for this area, no echinoids? The first scrape is lower chalk, the rest are upper.
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Pholdomorpha (Whiteavesia) pholadiformis Upper Ordovician Nicolet River Formation Lorraine Group Nicolet River, Quebec A generous gift from Kane -
This was found last week on the South Carolina coast. I believe it was between the north part of isle of palms and the southern tip of folly. I was along that entire area over the course of a week. I thought for sure it was a tiny bone etc, but it has been suggested it could be the remnant of a brachiopod or some bivalve. Thoughts? Thanks
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Collecting from the Blue Springs, MS. Coon Creek Member, Ripley Formation
Jeffrey P posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
A little over a week ago I flew to Memphis and then drove down to Tupelo, Mississippi to spend two days collecting at the nearby Blue Springs fossil site, Upper Cretaceous, Ripley Formation, Coon Creek Member. It was my fourth trip there in the past two years. Weather was decent- 65 degrees the first day, 55 the second., a mix of sun and clouds both days. The site was very mucky the first day there, but it dried up for the most part by the second. The first time I visited there, the surface collecting was excellent. Not so much the last three times and this time was exceptionally poor. So, as you can see from the photo, I did a lot of digging. The softer material near the top did have fossils, but normally they crumpled as soon as they were exposed. One particular small nautiloid that was original shell material and mostly gold color was especially heart breaking. As I dug deeper, more intact fossils appeared in the now tougher marl, mostly mollusks with at least some shell material though much of it came off when the rock split.
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Hi all. I found these today at the Wren's Nest in Dudley England. I understand that fossils found here are Silurian. I know this may be difficult to do but I was wondering if anyone could offer me any possible species names or other information on these? Anything is greatly appreciated 👍
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Trip to Deer Lake - Orwigsberg, PA - Mahantango Formation (Middle-Devonian)
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Hi All, I took a trip a couple weeks ago (6/19) out to Orwigsburg, PA to Deer Lake to hunt for Middle-Devonian fossils. Interesting location as the exposed formation (Mahantango) is situated in the parking lot of a local restaurant. It was a hot one, but I managed to find some shade under a few small evergreens. Spent a few hours at the site and did fairly well overall. Found one Trilobite and a section of Cephalopod. Plenty of Crinoids, Brachiopod, Gastropod Steinkerns, Bryozoan and Bivalves.
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Recent Forays in New Jersey (Upper Cretyaceous and Paleocene)
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A couple trips I recently took to New Jersey: The first was two weeks ago- to Ramanessin Brook near Holmdel. Ramanessin exposes the Upper Cretaceous marine Wenonah Formation. I met up with Tony, (NJfossilhunter), who helped introduce me to fossil hunting here back in 2014. .We headed down to a section of the brook that has been productive in the past. Fortunately, a very deep pool that was there on two previous trips is no longer so deep making access a whole lot easier. Here's a photo of the finds I kept. Most of the broken or worn shark teeth I ended up tossing. I did keep a couple of broken goblins as give aways. I work with children. The large goblin Scapanorhynchus texanus was found at the very end of the day in different location downstream. What was notable was the abundance of Squalicorax, crow shark teeth. I think, because of their rounded shape, they tend to be more intact than the other shark teeth. Even some of those I ended up tossing. My best finds of the day were a piece of Enchodus (fish) jaw with an intact tooth and a juvenile mosasaur tooth, 3/8ths of an inch long. I have a mosasaur tooth I found a few years ago that's relatively the same size. Both are my smallest mosasaur teeth.
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I was able to get out for a hunt today with my friend Stephen spent about 8hours dealing with the heat and bugs. We found plenty of fossils including brachiopods, bivalves, gastropods, and Dipluera parts and pieces. We were digging in a highly weathered and fractured area and I found the highlight of the day. A weathered and somewhat beat up Dipluera. Not complete but I'm cool with that. Measures at 5 7/16 inches.
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From the album: Cretaceous
Cyprimeria alta Verneridae Bivalve Upper Cretaceous Severn Formation Monmouth Group Brightseat, MD. a generous gift from HistorianMichael- 1 comment
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It was the day before I was supposed to leave for Kentucky, but the only time we could all get together. The weather prediction kept changing every day, finally settling on cloudy with showers later in the afternoon. Tim (Fossildude19) and I met at 6AM at our usual meeting place, a park n' ride off Interstate 84, and drove up to DSR, stopping once in Roscoe, N.Y. off Route 17 at the diner for coffee and Tim's breakfast sandwich. It was my second time going to DSR this year, but I've been there dozens of times since I first visited the site in the spring of 2013. In late 2014, I introduced Tim, my new fossil hunting buddy to the site and suggested it might be a good place for TFF meetups because of the blanket permission to collect there, the easy accessibility and collecting, and the wide biodiversity and abundance of late Hamilton Group specimens there. The following year we did have our first TFF meetup there and the rest is history: Deep Springs Road Quarry is the easternmost exposure of the Middle Devonian Moscow Formation Windom Shale, the same formation and member that is exposed at Penn Dixie and a number of other sites near Buffalo. However, the marine fauna exposed here is far different from those other sites to the west. Trilobites, especially Eldredgeops and rugose corals are more abundant at those other sites. This site, which was much closer to the Catskill Delta, was likely cloudier and this less hospitable to corals which are uncommon to rare at DSR, but more favorable for bivalves and gastropods. Trilobites are not as abundant as they are near Buffalo, but they are still common. While Eldredgeops trilobites can be found, Greenops trilobites are the most common species seen at DSR, and the second most common are Dipleura dekayi which are pretty rare in western New York. We arrived between 9 and 10. The temp was in the 60s, so good. Dave, (Shamalama), Mike (Biotalker), and Veenasaur and her husband were already there digging. I was Tim made me jealous right off the bat, finding the tiny comma-shaped bivalve, Phestia brevirostra, the only bivalve species I have yet to find at DSR in ten years of active searching. Tim did gift me a specimen a few years back, so I do have one in my collection. It was my first time meeting Veenasaur who came up from Massacusetts. I hadn't seen Dave in at least two years. I always appreciate Dave's focus on things most of us overlook and in the process finding real treasures of the prehistoric world. It was also great seeing Mike again. Last time was at Penn Dixie at the Dig with the Experts, roughly a year ago. Mike found wonderful examples of the rare tear-shaped scallop ancesetor, Mytilarca oviformis and Pseudoaviculopecten princeps. Despite being a bit hobbled having had a bicycle mishap the week before resulting in a broken rib, though I was making an excellent recovery by that point, I made a few decent finds: My favorite was this smallish phyllocarid, Echinocaris punctata, both valves. It was in a pile of rocks. I first found the imprint and a few minutes later, the other side, unfortunately broken, but recoverable.
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Bracklesham Bay, Sussex, UK Eocene, Bracklesham Group Sunday 12 May 2024 We were forecasted to a have a warm, sunny day in mid-May (rare as hen’s teeth), so we decided to head to the beach! I knew we wouldn’t hit the tides just right for any of the beaches on my list, so we went with the one which the internet had suggested would be the easiest to access with my daughter. It was the right choice – she loved it! I would certainly recommend Bracklesham Bay for anyone with young children who still wants to have some hope at finding fossils, regardless of the tidal conditions. Low tide was just after 8am and we arrived at the beach around 9:30, so did miss peak time for fossils, but there was a lot of soft sand still exposed for my daughter to dig up and run around in. I dug a bit just next to some of the wooden posts with my trowel and did some wet sieving in order to bag up some material to take home. That strategy worked quite well in terms of shells; we found tons of lovely seashells, both fossilized and modern, as well as plenty of foraminifera (Nummulites laevigatus). What we didn’t find were any shark teeth, ray plates, or bones, but I reckon this was due to the tidal conditions and the fact that we didn’t walk very far to the east to really get into the different fossil beds. Despite fossil hunting not really being today’s main goal, I was very pleased with the variety of shells and the fact that many were in excellent condition. Recommended Equipment: - trowel - sieve - water shoes as parts of the shore are quite pebbly and rough until you get down to where the tide covers - a large Ziploc bag for matrix - Tupperware or small Ziplocs for loose finds That’s really it for equipment, as had been indicated online. We also brought spare clothes, a large picnic blanket with stakes (absolutely need the stakes due to the winds) and plenty of snacks, so were well prepared! Summary of finds: Gastropods: - Belonidium gracile - Collonia sp. - Cossmannica emarginata - Elegantiscala acuta - Emarginula costata - Fissidentalium grandis - Mitreola sp. - Periaulax - Seila - Seila quadricingulata - Stenothyroides globulus - Turritella Bivalves: - Calpitaria sp. - Cubitostrea - Venericor Other: - Nummulites laevigatus - Turbinolia sp. Overall, a very productive and enjoyable area even when conditions are not absolutely ideal. All attempts at identification based on: <https://www.dmap.co.uk/fossils/bracklesham/gast/brackgast.htm> <http://www.discoveringfossils.co.uk/bracklesham-bay/> <https://ukfossils.co.uk/2012/01/24/bracklesham-bay/> Thanks for reading! one I couldn't figure out:
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A couple of articulated bivalves, three small ammonites that I will try to prepare, a few curious fossils (like the one in photo number 6 which I assume is an ammonite in a strange position), and the best find of the day: an almost complete medium-sized ammonite that I am eager to prepare. What do you think? I look forward to your comments! If you want more photos, don't hesitate to ask.
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Today I met up with some forum members for a group hunt in the Middle Devonian of Central New York. Members @Fossildude19 , his Son Aidan,@Jeffrey P, @Easwiecki, plus five of his friends, as well as @Bjohn170 and his girlfriend Amy. I think i can safely say we all had a very nice day. There were plenty of fossils, good people, and the weather was ok.ok. I was the first one to arrive, bright and early at 7am and i had a couple hoursbefore the others started pouring in. It was Bjohn170's first time doing this type of digging but he and Amy did great finding trilobites. I think they found more then anybody else. Today was a little bit of everything. Trilo's, gastro's, brach's, bivalves, cephalopod, etc... I myself found a few mostly complete Greenops sp. One was the most complete one I have ever found, and nice preservation. I am hoping that everyone who participated in todays hunt will, when they have time, respond and possibly post their finds. I will post my trilos and a few other things but I will start by posting a pic of Bjohn170 (Bryce), with his first ever Trilobite. It was the only pic I took on-site. By the way everyone,please wish Fossildude19 (Tim) Happy Birthday!
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Today was a totally awesome day for fossilhunting here in Central New York! The weather was great for March and I had great company. And I haven't even mentioned the fossils yet. I had made plans to get out on a Devonian dig with my friends Stephen( @Buffalopterus ), Trevor, and Gary. I got to the site around 8am and was delighted that it was nice and Sunny. I was surprised when another car showed up and it turned out to be Eric, ( I can't remember forum name). The other guys showed up around 10, followed by Eric's friend Cassie. I really enjoyed everyone's company we all were joking around and laughing the entire day. As the sun got higher it kept getting warmer. And it seemed that everyone was finding stuff. Trilobites were very abundant today. Everyone found multiples I think 5 mostly complete Dipluera's were found today even though they were all small. I lost track of how many Greenops were found, but it was alot, and there were a couple Eldredgeops in the mix. I will say the the Greenops that were found by Trevor were the biggest and nicest ones that I have ever seen from there. He probably found the most Trilos out of everyone today. Lots of nice Brachs, Bivalves, and Gastros, as well. Just a great day all around. Here are my finds. And yes I got another Dipluera!
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Middle Devonian Fossils - Swatara State Park (Pine Grove, PA)
Masonk posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Hi All, Took a trip last weekend to break rock @ Swatara State Park. Formation is Mahantango, however as I understand, the material itself is a roadcut transplant from nearby I-81. Spent about 5 hours looking and did fairly well overall. Main goal was trilobites (have yet to find any personally - goal achieved). Highlight is a possible Phyllocarid (suggested species - Echinocaris). I've attempted to ID mostly everything, however please feel free to correct me as I'm still learing. Few photos from the site: Looking down from atop the formation In situ Brachiopod - Cyrtina hamiltonensis? Brachipod?, Mucrospirifer?, Unsure of the 3rd photo. Coral and Sponge have been suggested. Possibly Receptaculites? Or maybe Bryozoan? Trilobite - Trinucleus? Trilobite - Greenops pygidum? Trilobite - Greenops pygidum? Trilobite - Greenops pygidum Crinoid stem?
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A brief North TX tour:Eagle Ford group, Paw Paw, Goodland formations
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I’ve been busy hunting, but I got behind on posting..I’ll try to get back in the habit. Yesterday I made quite the trek around various parts of DFW. I’m a semi-professional drummer, so I had a gig at 11:30am, which gave me a short amount of time beforehand to swing by an eagle ford exposure around highway 360 (Tarrant County). The recent rains adequately eroded the ground, revealing a nice 15 inch petrified log. I suspect this is the coal zone that I find nearby at other locales, because the log has some parts that appear burned. I should have grabbed an initial in situ pic, because the end piece (not pictured) was broken but in place just an inch or two away from the larger piece, you could just tell it had been broken for a long time. I’ve had issues with previous pet wood pieces from this zone warping or disintegrating after a few weeks, so while this piece is solid and heavy, I might coat it with a polyurethane spray, since that has worked well on my other pieces. After my gig, I went to a Fort Worth formation construction spot, finding a few big macrasters but this one had been picked over like bugs off the back of a gorilla (I’m always looking for new analogies), so almost no ammonites. I then went to a nearby Paw paw spot that my accompanying friend knew about, finding my first micro fossils, some nice echinoids, gastropods, and over 100 little ammonites, I believe the mantelliceras species. My friend found a shark tooth, which I seem to not be able to find as easily. lastly, we swung by a nearby Goodland formation spot in northwest Tarrant county, with the usual broken oxytropidoceras ammos, plentiful heteraster and hemiaster echinoids, and a few nice gastropods and one perfect clam. I am including a nice big Goodland formation bivalve fossil I found a few days ago, just to show it off and keep it in the same category. We are expecting a lot of rain this week, so I’ll be resting my back and planning my next targets!
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Today I was supposed to go Fossilhunting in the Silurian Rochester Shale, but plans got changed. All of the people I was supposed to go with came down with one of the many illnesses going around CNY. One of my friends, Tim, was going to my favorite Devonian site so I decided to go with him. My friend Tim is also a member of my local club and I have known him about 20 years. We met up at one of the thruway exits and he followed me to the site. The day was great, without a cloud in the sky. It was still a bit chilly until the sun got higher. Eventually i was able to take my long-sleeved shirts off and put on my t-shirt. Another club member named Sue, who lives only about 5 minutes from the site showed up unexpectedly after about an hour or so. So the 3 of us chatted it up for a couple hours. The finds were pretty typical of the site and many of the usual suspects showed up. I was very happy to find a complete Eldredgeops roller, which has a disarticulated pygidium, right of the bat. I was even more happy when just a short time later I found another Dipluera which looks so similar to the one I found last week. It was partially covered exactly like last week's that at first I thought it was the negative of that one. After a closer look I realized it was a different one all together. I also found a couple Greenops, that might turn out ok as well. All in all it was another great day with good company. I am really liking how 2024 is turning out for me fossil wise and I hope this streak continues. I hope everyone is doing well.
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