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I found this small pygidium while prepping some Penn Dixie material. Not sure whether it’s Greenops or Bellacartwrightia. Any thoughts? @Fossil-Hound @DevonianDigger Hope you don’t mind the tags.
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Hi there folks, So, I bought this trilobite from a Morrocan seller and I would like to know the species if possible. It came tagged as Phacops redops, but I couldn't find much information on this species. Is it correct? Found in Atchana Issimour, Morroco.
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Tim (Fossildude19) and I got together Monday the 1st for the third time this year to head up to Central New York, an over three and a half hour trip from Southeastern New York where I live. The weather was bright, sunny, and warm in sharp contrast with our last trip there in early May for the TFF gathering when it was cold and raining. Instead of going straight to Deep Springs Road Quarry, both our favorite collecting site, we decided to stop first at Briggs Road Quarry, a somewhat smaller quarry with a slightly older Middle Devonian marine fauna- the Upper Ludlowville Formation. Some excellent fossils have been found there recently and Tim and I decided we would try our luck. As typical of my experiences there we found a large number of partial Eldredgeops trilobites. I believe Tim found one complete roller. I brought this one piece back with a few partials. However, my best find there was this phyllocarid; Echinocaris punctata, the first phyllocarid I ever found at Briggs Road.
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I found this yesterday in Avoca, New York. It's about 3 cm long. The core looks like a cephalopod of some kind, but the exterior has me puzzled. If it were soft tissue, it wouldn't have preserved, but I have found impressions of a few others like this there and in another site over an hour away. The one field guide I have shows nothing like it and I may have to go hunt down the original 19th century sources. Any clues?
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Found this on my third trip to the Silica Shale in Paulding, OH today. Looks like some kind coral, except it’s basically a disk. I feel like I’ve seen something like it on the forum before but can’t remember.
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I have no clue what this is. But I do know that it's middle devonian.
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Help me identify this early devonian fossil. I think it may be a cooksonia.
autismoford posted a topic in Fossil ID
Okay so I found this interesting specimen in Ithica New York. The formation was early devonian. Is this a cooksonia fossil? On the other side of this rock you can see another fossilzed plant as seen on the front but much smaller and less complete. Below the penny is the most complete out of the three. To the right of the penny you can see a little bit of another. Thank you for taking time reading this. (If it does turn out to be a cooksonia its sadly missing the sprouts)
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Hi, I'm new to fossil hunting and found some of these at Beltzville State Park on the lake bank in Pennsylvania. They are from the Devonian Period. I've looked on the state website but can't seem to find anything specific that resembles this one. I found one picture by chance online of someone that had something resembling it and they said it was a Rugose Coral Mold. Does anyone know that to be? Thanks in advance for any help!!
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Hi, just wanted to introduce myself to this wonderful forum. I am new to fossil hunting and have recently moved into an area in which I am fortunate enough to be within a not so far driving distance to some fossil sites. One which I just visited recently and was able to find some from the Devonian period. I already see that this is a great place to get and give information! Thanks!!!!
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I have seen slabs of this kind of stone where I collect my fossils. Yesterday, I found a piece with a leaf impression and was wondering if this is an "old" rock and if the leaf impression is a fossil. (I do ask around and search online, but I get stuck often. Thx)
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So I've been working on exposing this crinoid, and there's this shell under it that I'm just not sure what it is. It's from Sylvania, Ohio and it's Devonian. Anyone know? Any help appreciated! Thanks.
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I was working out a trade with a fellow member and they very graciously pointed out that this is not an Eldredgeops pygidium as I thought, but instead a proetid pygidium. From the Silica Shale in Paulding, OH. The only proetid from Paulding my searches turned up is Pseudodechenella. Any thoughts?
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I was wondering if the lower left white pieces with the straight row of circles are bryozoa. Secondly, I was wondering if the seemingly silver "rod" is animal or mineral. These samples are quite small and this is the best I can do as far as focus goes.
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Can you tell from this shot if it's a brachiopod or a piece of coral sporting that gpod design? Thx!
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It seems like an eternity since the last time I was able to go fossilhunting. Yesterday the weather was great, so I decided it was time to get back out there. My two youngest and myself stopped first at Briggs Road to try our luck finding some trilos. I was amazed to find the sight just as it was left back on April 27th when everyone left from the group hunt. I took advantage of the spot where @Al Tahan scored his Eldredgeops. The sun had worked its magic and made the matrix pretty workable. It didnt take long before I found a nice trilo. I haven't taken measurement yet but it is a decent size Eldredgeops, or one but the head is covered with matrix. The thorax and pygidium popped off during extraction but I bit of glue and some prep should fix that. We all found trilo bits and pieces with a couple possible whole ones. The sun was radiating off the pit enough that it felt like an oven for the hour and a half we were there. After leaving Briggs, we headed over to Deep Springs to see what goodies we could score. I saw alot of digging which probably took place during the other half off the group hunt. I really wasnt in the mood for serious digging myself so I resigned to surface scan and shale splitting I was rewarded with some brachs and a nice gastropod.there were many different types of fossils present but I decided to be picky. I only kept a few that I felt were worthy. At one point while surface scanning I saw a familiar sight. It was a negative off a large fish scale, like the one Al had found recently. It was still attached to the host rock so I broke of the chunk and brought it home thinking If it matches the one Al has I would give it to him. We stayed for about an hour and a half there and then it was time to head home the heat was getting to us and the boys were tired. While we were getting ready to leave, we were approached by a gentleman on a tractor. I thought I may be the owner of the property, but as it turned out he was a guy who works for the owner. His name is Mark. He asked if the boys enjoyed themselves and we talked for about a half hour about all sorts of things. He told me about the owner, who he was, and where he lived. He stated that they are amazed that with all of the people who come to hunt the property, they never find trash. That is one of the reasons the owner is more than happy to let people hunt it. We also talked about hunting, fishing, Bee keeping, and of course fossils. I showed him some of our finds and explained what they were. He seemed like a really nice guy. It was a great way to end the trip. I am going to post pics but it may take awhile as some need to be resized. I haven't quite figured out the camera on my new phone. But for now I will leave you with this pic. This is what happens when a bald guy forgoes the sunscreen and only wears a baseball cap. This is also how i looked last night when i went out for dinner and then drinks.
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Is this sample a crinoid?
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Hey everyone, I'm touring colleges in Ohio from tomorrow to Tuesday and I wanted to know if there would be any opportunities to go fossil hunting in areas nearby the colleges I'm looking at. I'll be touring them in this order- -Wittenburg University in Springfield, OH -Denison University in Granville, OH -Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, OH -The College of Wooster in Wooster, OH Let me know if there are any good sites that would be accessible in these areas. Thanks, PN
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This sample is 2 cm. I was wondering what I'm looking at. Thx.
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I found this inside a soft clayey stone. Washed if off and wondered about the symmetry. Is it fossil? Thx!
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Hello everyone! I’m so excited to be a member of this forum. I have had a lifelong love of fossils & rocks...but this past year I’ve really become obsessed. ❤️ Looking forward to learning from all of you! Kelly
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Hi! I recently acquired a bunch of microfossil samples for kids to play but did not expect them to be so small. We tried some microscopy but ended up applying a little trick that actually to helped to film them "in action", which was kind of cool. I do not know if this technique is a common knowledge or not but I decided to share. Perhaps, it will be of use to somebody. Here you go: Any suggestions for improvements? Thanks!
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Hello all, New to the site, used it as a resource for years, but have too many questions to ask at this point so here's my first. Making a visit to Western New York to do some hunting, have been to Penn Dixie plenty of times and was looking to do something that may require a little more looking. I was looking through places in the area that may be of interest on here and Smokes Creek came up somewhat often. I see that it runs through a lot of the area of Western New York and was curious as to what would be the best way to access the creek without bothering anyone along the way. Thanks for the help in advance, hittingthebeds
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Since I was on vacation and visited the official type location of the Kellwasser extinction event in the Late Devonian (the Kellwasser valley), I thought it would be a good idea to share some pictures of the outcrop with you. The outcrop is located near Altenau at the Okertalsperre in Lower Saxony, Germany and is easily accessible and open for visitors. The Kellwassertal outcrop by Henning, auf Flickr The two Kellwasser horizons by Henning, auf Flickr The two black anoxic shale layers are referred to as the Lower and Upper Kellwasser Horizon, which suggest two extinction events at a short period of time. Upper Kellwasser horizon by Henning, auf Flickr The Upper Kellwasser Horizon marks the Frasnian-Famennian boundary at which 19% of all families and 50% of all genera went extinct (graptolites and cystoids disappeared during this event). Many more pictures can be found in this Album: https://flic.kr/s/aHsmEdvutw
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Back during an April trip to the Widder Formation (Mid-Devonian), I came upon a rather sizeable placoderm. It is very likely the arthrodire, Protitanichthys sp., although it is a bit of wastebasket taxon, but new research is underway. It was pretty much stuck in this rock, and it was only going to come out the hard way. I collected every little bit I could find from that dirty, messy bench, including the impression. Here is the in situ photo:
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Hello all, I have some brachs in my collection that I have not identified yet, any insight would be great. I believe at the bottom is a Devonian Mucrospirifer but I am not sure the other two look like some Jurassic ones I have seen. Also if anyone knows any texts where I could get information about all kinds of brachiopods and especially Paleozoic ones I would love it if you shared it here as I really want to get to know these amazing animals better. Thank you,
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