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I picked up a few pieces one for prep practice and the second because I like it and have never seen it before. The prep is a Devonian trilobite I think drotops but posting here as there are some real experts on these bugs. The second I am most excited about is a plaqaderm from a boney fish again Devonian period I could only think of dunkleostosus but am sure there are more species than this. Creating a new topic as per troodons advice, hope this is ok.
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Here are just a few of the fossils I find in the Upper Devonian of New York State. The site I found these specimens at is unpublished and unknown to collectors. Some of the rare things I have found - fish skull, phyllocarid, branchiopods, and perfectly preserved cephalopods. The large orthocone is very rare in this formation and I know of only one that was found according to old publications on this unit. I have found fossil logs several feet long that had to stay in the field. I have to pack food, water, tools, and more a 2-3 miles to the location so I'm limited as to how much I can carry back to my truck. Thanks
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I took a trip to Cole Hill yesterday, and it turned out to be a decent day weather wise, than what was forecast. Iwas expectins rain but that didn't happen thankfully. This was the first time that I have been there since all the snow is gone from the site. I went to my favorite spot and immediately saw how weathered it was. This can be a double edged sword. On one hand it makes digging easier, while on the other had sometimes the fossils will crumble apart. I got to work right away and was rewarded instantly with some nice Spinocyrtia granulosa. They popped right out of the matrix. I had a feeling this was gonna be a good day and it was. While I didn't find a nice Dipleura, I found many cephalons and pygidiums. Bembexias are very common at this site and the where popping out left and right but many of them fell apart. I did get a couple decent ones. While I was hoping for company on this trip. I soaked in the solitude. I found a couple of decent cephalopods but these too crumbled. I spent about 5 hrs digging. Every once in awhile I would stop what I was doing a take a look around to see if I good spot something either on the ground or sticking out of the cliff. I do this when my back needs a break. Found a few items this way but nothing special. Part of the reason that I wanted to make it out there is that I wanted to collect some material for forum members who are planning on coming to Deep Springs April 28th and have never had a chance to hunt at Cole Hill. Some of the items that I had earmarked for that broke in transit on the way home, while a couple items somehow got left behind. I still have plenty of things from this, and previous trips out there though. I will say time seemed to fly by and I would have liked to stay longer but I promised my wife I wouldn't be out all day. It was fun while it lasted and I am glad I could get out. Here are some pics. These pics are of the Dipleura, Cephalons and pygidiums
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My phyllocarid collection to date. Includes Echinocaris sp. and Rhinocaris sp.
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Found in Arkona Ontario a couple weeks ago Devonian age Widder formation 38mm/1.5" across
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Heterodonta Bivalve from Madison County, New York
Jeffrey P posted a gallery image in Member Collections
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Cypricardella tenuistriata (bivalve shell) Middle Devonian Moscow Formation Windom Shale Hamilton Group Deep Springs Road quarry Lebanon, N.Y. -
Palaeoheterodonta Bivalve from Madison County, New York
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Modiomorpha concentrica (open bivalve shell, both halves) Middle Devonian Moscow Formation Windom Shale Hamilton Group Deep Springs Road quarry Lebanon, N.Y. -
Pteriomorpha bivalve from Madison County, New York
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Paleoneilo emarginata (bivalve shell) Middle Devonian Moscow Formation Windom Shale Hamilton Group Deep Springs Road quarry Lebanon, N.Y. -
Paleotaxodonta Bivalve from Madison County, New York
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Tellinopsis subemarginata (bivalve shell) Middle Devonian Moscow Formation Windom Shale Hamilton Group Deep Springs Road quarry Lebanon, N.Y. -
Pteriomorphia Bivalve from Madison County, New York
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Mytilarca oviformis (bivalve shell) Middle Devonian Moscow Formation Windom Shale Hamilton Group Deep Springs Road quarry Lebanon, N.Y. -
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Spyroceras nuntium (straight-shelled nautiloid) Middle Devonian Moscow Formation Windom Shale Hamilton Group Deep Springs Road quarry Lebanon, N.Y. With an unidentified bryozoan attached- possibly Hederella canadensis.-
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From the album: Scabriscutellum furficerum Trilobite
Middle Devonian Trilobite. Uncovering Location: Hamar Laghdad Formation, Ofaten, Morocco. Dimensions: 6.0 cm * 3.1 cm -
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Middle Devonian Trilobite. Uncovering Location: Hamar Laghdad Formation, Ofaten, Morocco. Dimensions: 6.0 cm * 3.1 cm -
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Middle Devonian Trilobite. Uncovering Location: Hamar Laghdad Formation, Ofaten, Morocco. Dimensions: 6.0 cm * 3.1 cm -
From the album: Scabriscutellum furficerum Trilobite
Middle Devonian Trilobite. Uncovering Location: Hamar Laghdad Formation, Ofaten, Morocco. Dimensions: 6.0 cm * 3.1 cm -
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Middle Devonian Trilobite. Uncovering Location: Hamar Laghdad Formation, Ofaten, Morocco. Dimensions: 6.0 cm * 3.1 cm -
I thought it would be cool to make a poster of my fossil of the month for March 2018. Markus took some great pics after he prepped it and I just took them and made this horizontal poster. I might put a heading on it or not. Let me know the one you like the most. Thanks Mikey
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Taxonomy from Fossilworks.org. Description from Südkamp 2017, p. 147:" The small holothurian has a cylindrical form consisting of a distinct oral region with surrounding tentacles, and at the other end an elongate body that is rounded distally. The lobate arrangement of the 25 plated tentacles, the large ovate madreporite plate (perforated plate for entering of water), and the weakly developed calcareous ring are primitive features among the holothurians. The ossicles of the body wall are numerous small granules underlain by small plate-like elements. In the basal part thorn-like elements are more abundant." Identified by oilshale using Südkamp 2017. References: Lehmann, W. M. (1958). Eine Holothurie zusammen mit Palaenectria devonica und einem Brachiopoden in den unterdevonischen Dachschiefern des Hunsrücks durch Röntgenstrahlen entdect. Notizblatt des Hessischen Landesamtes für Bodenforschung 86, p 81-86. Südkamp, W. (2017) Life in the Devonian. Identification book Hunsrück Slate fossils. Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, München.
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I wanted to enter this one into the IVFOM, but I technically collected it the last day of March, and I didn't take a picture of it before I started prepping it, so that's out. But I will try to chronicle the prep on here. It’s a decent-sized Bellacartwrightia whiteleyi that I pulled from the Windom shale just above the Bay View Coral bed at the site.
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Praecardium sp. Early Devonian Early Emsian Hunsrück Slate Group Kaub Formation Bundenbach Grube Eschenbach Germany Dia. 6cm -
Last saturday my girlfriend and I went back to the south of Belgium to go hunt for my favorite fossils. On the way there we saw a new road under construction where cretaceous chalk was visible. We made a quick stop to chek it out, but we only found 2 bellemnite fragments. So we hit the road again to the devonian rocks. The weather was quite good for this time of the year, so it was no suprise to see some fellow fossil and mineral hunters on the site. Some new heaps on the side of the field got my attention. Here I made my first good find of the day. A goniatite anaptychus. I was missing this in my collection. So I was verry pleased with it. The rest of the morning most of the finds were made in situ by Natalie, 2 decent sized Manticoceras and 2 Carinoceras specimens. She also managed to find a trilobite fragment. Also the first trillo adition from this quarry to our collection. At noon we were joined on our hunt by a friend. We then got to the large dirt pile at the end of the quarry whera a few other people were looking for smal pyritised cephalopods. After a few chats with the other fossil hunters about the cephalopod fauna the showed me a huge Goniatite they found earlyer that day. I had rarely seen a specimen like this. My surprise was even greater when they offerd this specimen for my collection since I specialise in this kind of fossils. Again lots of thanks if that person reads this thread, it wil get well deserved attention and preparation. The rest of the day we spent on the large mound picking up various fossils but my find of the day here was a incredible crinoid calyx. The trip turned out to be one of my best on this location. Cheers. Manticocerasman I'll upload the photos in the next post
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Taxonomy from Fossilworks.com Brauckmann et al. 2002, p. 215 claim that "Nahecaris is a subjective junior synonym of Dilophaspis as already suggested by HAHN (1990)." Description from Südkamp 2017, p. 83: "Nahecaris is the most common non-trilobite arthropod. The large bivalved shield (carapace) covers the head, thorax, and anterior segments of the abdomen. Dorsally, a short anterior rostral plate and a longer posterior median plate separate the valves. The carapace shape (deep and rounded or long and narrow) and the ornamentation (generally fine ridges parallel to the oral border) varies. A strengthened rim along the margin forms a doublure. The head bears a pair of large, club-shaped, stalked eyes, and two pairs of biramous antennae, the second much larger than the first. The thoracic segments each bear a pair of biramous slender limbs (thoracopods) that decrease in size posteriorly. Mostly, the endopods are curved downwards so that they form a cone-shaped feeding basket. The abdomen consists of seven cylindrical segments, of which only up to four are visible. The first five bear biramous limbs (pleopods) made up of flap-like branches. The seventh abdominal segment is twice to three times longer than the others. The abdomen terminates with a median telson spine, flanked by two much longer, and coarser, lateral furcal branches. The ornament of abdomen and telson is similar to that of the carapace." Line drawing from Broili, 1929, p. 256: References: Broili, F. (1929) Beobachtungen an neuen Arthropodenfunden aus den Hunsrückschiefern. Sitzungsber. d. b. Akad. d. Wissensch. mathem.-naturw. Abt. 253-280. Taf. Jan Bergström et al. (1987) Nahecaris stuertzi , a phyllocarid crustacean from the Lower Devonian Hunsrück Slate. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 61(3):273-298. DOI 10.1007/BF02985909 Brauckmann, C., Koch, L., Gröning, E. (2002) New evidence for the synonymy of Dilophaspis and Nahecaris (Phyllocarida; Lower Devonian; Rhenish Massif). Paläontologische Zeitschrift, 76 (2): 215-222, Abb. 1-6, Tab. 1. Südkamp, W. (2017) Life in the Devonian. Identification book Hunsrück Slate fossils. Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, München.
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Inspired by my friend, Darktooth, Dave and his recent exploits at Deep Springs Road quarry I decided due to a favorable weather report on Monday to visit my favorite site for the for first time in 2018. I woke up Monday morning to an inch of snow in the Hudson Valley. Headed north on the Thruway to Albany through more snow, then west, finally on Route 20. About hallway there, the sky cleared and the snow covering reduced to patches. After a three and a half hour trip I arrived at Deep Springs Road. True to Dave's word, the site was completely snow free. The temp was in the mid 40s, sunny and warm enough that later in the day I was removing my outerwear. Deep Springs Road quarry is the eastern most exposure of the Windom Shale, the Moscow Formation which lies at the top of the Hamilton Group- which is also the top of the Middle Devonian. It is the same formation exposed at Penn Dixie. What is notable about this site is the biodiversity- at least 20 species of brachiopods, more than 20 species of bivalves, at least 5 species of gastropods, plus cephalopods, trilobites, phyllocarids, plants, etc. Dave's recent excavation left me a lot of rock to split which took up most of my day. I did my own excavation as well. Here are some of my finds: My favorite find of the day- the largest Spyroceras nautiloid I've found at the site so far. A Cimitaria recurva, a bivalve in 3D. Pholadella radiate, another bivalve.
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Naefiteuthis breviphragmoconus BANDEL, REITNER & STUERMER, 1983
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Taxonomy from Bandel et al. 1983. Diagnosis from Bandel et al. 1983, p. 411:"First chamber 0.5 - 0.6 mm wide and spherical, following chamber of equal height, but rapidlx increasing in width. Beyond the 3rd - 4th chamber, septa are less distinct and appear, if at all, as a transversal striation of very slow increase in width. At a length of 3 mm the conch develops a dorsal median keel and two lateral keels. Apical angle between 18-30°." Identified by oilshale. References: BANDEL, K., REITNER, J. & STÜRMER, W. (1983): Coleoids from the Lower Devonian Black Slate ("Hunsrück-Schiefer") of the Hunsrück (West Germany). N. Jb. Geol. Paläont. Abh., 165: 397 417; Stuttgart. Südkamp, W. (2017) Life in the Devonian. Identification book Hunsrück Slate fossils. Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, München.- 2 comments
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