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Recently I was for one week in the Ardennes in Belgium. There I visited different locations where you can find fossils. For example I was in Barvaux and found many brachiopods: http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/77098-mainly-brachiopods-from-barvaux/. I also visited the old Lesse quarry near Resteigne, where you can many different fossils. For instance I found many brachiopods, corals and also some trilobite parts ! The layers belong to the Eifelium, Middle Devon. Too bad that the weather was not that good but I am nonetheless satisfied with my fiends: Here are some pictures of the quarry: Its an old quarry and the nature reclaims the area more and more. So you also see some nice animals ! Now too my finds: Firstly some brachiopods: They are indeed very common there so I found many. Those brachiopods are all Sieberella sp. or? Here a detailed picture of one (3 cm long): And this should be a Spinatrypa sp. or?
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September Fossil Hunting Trip Planning Questions
Sagebrush Steve posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
My wife and I are starting to plan a trip for late September from our home in Northern California to do some trilobite hunting in Nevada and Utah. Our main objective will be the U-Dig quarry out of Delta, Utah, but I'm also thinking of stopping at the Oak Springs Trilobite Site near Caliente, Nevada. I've been to both places once before, about 10 years ago. I did pretty well at U-Dig but struck out at Oak Springs because I didn't know what I was looking for. Does anybody have any current advice for either of these sites? I tried to search this forum for "U-Dig" but it returned no results even though I know some of you have posted about your trips there in the past. And if anybody has any advice for Oak Springs (necessary tools, how to search, etc.), I'd appreciate it. And if there are any other sites we should visit along the way (we won't be able to get to Green River this trip), let me know. I'll update my post once we get back (assuming we don't strike out!). -
10 flexis from about as small as they get to as big as they get in St Leon. I now have both my new largest and smallest flexi from this location.
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Hello everyone, I was patrolling my odd Devonian location that has rocks I'm guessing from Upstate New York that are littered with Devonian fossils and came across this on one of the large rocks (unfortunately I can't extract). I'm unsure if its maybe a seas scorpion, trilobite, or something else. My guess leaning towards sea scorpion of sorts but I'd like to hear what you guys think, its the only of it I've seen in the area wish there was more or the rock it was on wasn't a unliftable boulder haha.
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Back at the end of 2015 I posted about an Early Christmas present...went hunting on a ridiculously warm Christmas Eve at a roadcut near an exit on I75 between Dayton and Cincinnati. Found some Flexiycalymene trilobites, RafInesquinas, and Cephalopods - Orthocones. That spring I went to the other side of the highway and found some more of the same plus these trilobites: I then decided that I would visit each of the roadcuts between the I675 and the I275 interchanges. This has taken me until this past May...about a year. The one closest to Dayton was pretty disappointing. I picked up a few nice Strophemans, a RafInesquina, a partial Leptaena, and a few brachs (right of the coin below) I was unable to identify...there were a ton of those. I went back to the initial interchange but went to the exits at the south end. Google maps said it was about 70 feet lower than the north exit ramps I was not expecting what I found.... It was a Vinlandstrophia Ponderosa mecca. Both sides of the highway as it turned out. Here are some from one side. The other side had nearly as many. Some broken and showing nice geode centers Along with a nice array of Orthocones, RafInesquinas, Gastropods and even a few Horn Corals. I've never found horn corals along side the Vinlandstrophia Ponderosas. The next stop, slowly getting closer to Northern Cincinnati, was a very exciting spot not only Cephalopods and RafInesquinas but some unexpected Flexicalymene trilobites: Including the largest "roller" I've ever found (2 views)...As big as a quarter. I had to prep it as soon as I got home. As I got to the last roadcut before I275 I didn't know what to expect. No 2 consecutive were the same. Even the same exit was different at north and south.
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Every now and then, like lately, when I cant prep cause my compressor is down, i have to find other stuff to do, and in doing so I run into fossil stuff Ive forgetten about. I was prepping, (using my foredom grinder), out a rather large ammonite for my sons freind and once I put on some 2 part putty and had to wait for that to cure, i decided to do some snooping in my garage. I ran into this Russian trilobite and a Lituite multi plate from china. I bought these things a long time ago back when i use to do the fossil shows. I didnt find them or prep them so they have no sentimental value whatsoever. Not sure what to do with them at the moment? But still, all cool stuff. RB
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It has been awhile since me and my boys have been to Deep Springs. I decided to go today and I brought along my Dad and brother. It was the first time either of them have came along for this type of fossilhunt. Both have gone sharktooth hunting with me. We got there around 11:45. The sun was out in full force. I found plenty Dipleura parts and pieces, but unfortunately no whole ones. Dylan my middle boy, found a lot of Greenops pieces including his most complete to date. He was happy with himself. Everyone else was finding the common brach, gastros, bivalves, and other assorted goodies. Two guys showed up and we talked for a little bit. The one guy said he was a fossil forum lurker. A highlight of the day was finding a nest of snake eggs mixed in with the rubble. But I feel bad because I think I broke two of the eggs open by accident. The babies were still alive but I am not sure they were ready to hatch. Later I caught, what may have been the mother. My brother really didn't do much , but my Dad took I chisel and hammer and made some good finds for a newbie. We stayed till about 2:30. All in all it was a nice day to be there. I was glad to has my dad and brother along as well. I made my best find of the day on the way out. A nice little Greenops just laying on the ground waiting to be picked up.
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Minature Enrolled Isotelus gigas from Brechin, Ontario
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Isoteles gigas (enrolled juvenile trilobite) Upper Ordovician Verulam Formation James Dick Quarry Brechin, Ontario -
A Pair of Partial Flexicalymene Trilobites from Brechin, Ontario
Jeffrey P posted a gallery image in Member Collections
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Flexicalymene sp. (partial trilobites) Upper Ordovician Verulam Formation James Dick Quarry Brechin, Ontario -
Small Partial Isotelus trilobite from Brechin, Ontario
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Isotelus gigas (partial trilobite) Middle Ordovician Verulam Formation James Dick Quarry Brechin, Ontario -
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Greenops sp. (enrolled trilobite preserved in pyrite in pyrite nodule- missing part of cephalon) Middle Devonian Lower Ludlowville Formation Hamilton Group Spring Creek Alden, NY.-
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Eldredgeops rana (three trilobites- two casts, one imprint) Middle Devonian Moscow Formation Windom Shale Hamilton Group Smokes Creek Blasdell, New York -
Hi I made my first visit to Wren's Nest yesterday. I still need to go through my finds but did well including some Dudley bugs (partial) and lots of coral and brachiopods. However this partial trilobite had myself and others stumped. If anyone can help with ID and cleaning up I'd be grateful (I don't have any professional prep kit like air abrader or air pen). Trilobite at bottom right of first pic. Thanks! Sam
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Had a great time at the site today with @minnbuckeye, @ischua and special guest, @fossilcrazy. Things being what they are this season with lots of blank benches, we decided to go nuts on a section of the site that had yet to be worked. I had a great day on Thursday prospecting a new exposure of the Smokes Creek trilobite bed, found many impressive bugs. Figured today would be the perfect day to go nuts on it. A decent number of bugs were found for the day considering the relatively small square footage we covered. Many sentences were started with the words, "If @Kanewere here..." I'm afraid I did not take as many pictures as I should've. In fact, I took only one. I know that Mike #1, (minnbuckeye) was running around with a camera for a while, so I bet there were more. I hope that everyone had a good time today. I have to apologize to @fossilcrazy, as I inadvertently didn't get a chance to say, "Goodbye!" It was great that John got to meet some more forum members, and special thanks go out to him for generously helping us with his Stihl saw and freeing some very stubborn fossils from the even-more stubborn limestone! Looking forward to doing it again soon, guys! (L to R, @minnbuckeye and @ischua)
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Hi, Im sorry to be back on this topic again but the suspicion is bothering my way to much after spending even more time looking at this piece and comparing it that resembles a very worn, broken up trilobite head from a possibly large one, the location (New York) I found this in I also found other more clearer trilobites but also a few that are 100%trilobite but worn to point that they nearly blend in right with the rock and have minimal features, my guts bothering the hell out of me so I provided a final set of even better photos below from an angle that I haven't posted on the original thread Hoping for someone to lay me to rest once again and tell me its a rock one more time , the texture though barely visible in the photo makes me believe its something, if not trilobite it doesn't share the same consistency as the surrounding rock and shale in certain areas and upon very close examination has very minimal fractions of pieces with a celluloid trilobitey or living thing texture.
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Hello, I live in one of those unlucky places that has the bare minimum of natural fossil bearing formation to the point there is pretty much none, I've found an odd location that has rocks I'm guessing from Upstate New York that are littered with Devonian fossils. I have very little knowledge of Devonian trilobites after searching this location I've found a few worn trilobites, but then I stumbled upon this worn monster with a head that seems to measure around 3.2 inches from eye to eye (since lucky they are still preserved enough to see the texture. I'm looking for any help if possible to help identifying this, I treasure this though its extremely broken and worn because I found them in a place that shouldn't have fossil material. Anything will be greatly appreciated, thank you and I'll provide some photos below (it maybe tough due to their condition) From personal research I can only compare it to a Trimerus delphinocephalus cause of the massive size but I am no trilobite expert, and I can only dream. Here is the scale compared to some of my hand, broken head shape begins towards the bottom of the picture.
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Well, since moving to Ottawa, I haven't had the chance to go out fossil hunting. There wasn't a whole lot of info on the web about the geology here. So my wife and I decided to buckle up and find a spot ourselves (without any hammers or chisels). We tend to be very lucky people, but I was surprised by the THOUSANDS of trilobites we came across in a matter of 20 minutes. We were on the shoreline of the Ottawa river, we found a certain type of shale that was just crawling with them. If any lucky soul goes to the spot where we left all the remnants of our hunt, they will sure be having a good day. I'm especially excited that I was able to find trilos. Coming from Kansas, we don't really have them (although I've found a few). I'm excited to traverse the Canadian wilderness collecting fossils and upsetting my wife with all of the rocks I bring home. None of the bugs we found were complete, although we did our darnedest to find some. But here are a few pictures of our trip! (This is an extremely small fraction of what we found) What a beautiful time immersing ourselves inthe beauty of mother earth. Cheers! Dylan http://cubeupload.com/im/p9S7Pq.jpg http://cubeupload.com/im/fK7zCw.jpg http://cubeupload.com/im/FEPxWk.jpg http://cubeupload.com/im/oe0G9h.jpg http://cubeupload.com/im/UkGZgh.jpg http://cubeupload.com/im/XM2CcW.jpg http://cubeupload.com/im/CYZbv7.jpg http://cubeupload.com/im/uCxGoB.jpg http://cubeupload.com/im/hdg0G2.jpg http://cubeupload.com/im/hQhHyo.jpg http://cubeupload.com/im/EbMeHi.jpg http://cubeupload.com/im/HcPfNe.jpg http://cubeupload.com/im/m1mxaX.jpg http://cubeupload.com/im/MvHYCg.jpg http://cubeupload.com/im/ckSAYq.jpg http://cubeupload.com/im/cFeL7a.jpg http://cubeupload.com/im/xGyceQ.jpg http://cubeupload.com/im/9E62H7.jpg
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Meeting Up With Fossildude19 in Buffalo- July 4th weekend
Jeffrey P posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
I was barely recovered from the Brechin, Ontario trip the weekend before when I headed out to the Buffalo area, an annual pilgrimage July 4th weekend for the past four years. Usually the highlight of the weekend is the planned meet up with Tim (Fossildude19) to do a bit of fossil collecting together. Others often join us, but this year it was just the two of us. Weather was perfect and we hit our favorite spot; Smokes Creek, a Windom Shale, Moscow Formation, Middle Devonian Hamilton Group site. This is Tim doing what he enjoys most- breaking rocks:
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Brechin, Ontario with Malcolm and the New York Paleontological Society
Jeffrey P posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
The weekend of June 24th and 25th I participated in an outing with the New York Paleontological Society led by my friend, Ray McKinney to Brechin, Ontario. TFF Member Malcolm led our group into the James Dick quarry where both Bobycaygeon and Verulam Formations are exposed. These are Middle Ordovician from the Trenton Group and contain a wide variety of invertebrate fossil fauna. Also met other TFF members Kevin (Northern Sharks) and Joe (crinus). Most of the quarry is the Bobycaygeon and the very top is the Verulam- only accessible near the entrance, but I got some excellent well preserved matrix plates from there. I spent the second day combing the spoil piles. This first picture is Lake Simco by Beaverton where we stayed. Malcolm in the middle, explaining the quarry geology to NY Paleontological Society members.
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I was debating posting this under the Ohio fossil discussion but am passing through Ohio on my way out to Utah and wanted to know if anyone knows of any good spots to go to. I hear that there's a fossil park in Paulding with the famous Silica Shale trilobite layers. I have all the tools in the car and my wife said I could go out for about two hours tomorrow though it might be one with a cat and newborn.
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From the album: Canandaigua trilobites
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My wife and I have been hunting a Silurian Dolomite outcropping all day in kentucky. We found about 30 beautiful trilobites. In the rock, we also found several of these things. I imagine it is cnidarian something or other, but can't place exactly the id. Any help would be appreciated. -J
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Bright Angel Shale - Thorax images from our SW site in Arizona
Arizona Chris posted a topic in General Fossil Discussion
Greetings everyone, Finally finished our write up on the section illustrating images of the thorax components we found of the rare lower middle cambrian trilobite Zacanthoides walapai at our unique site south of the Grand Canyon near Ashfork. Although we wished for more complete specimens, a scan of the literature shows that most finds are very fragmentary on this species, and to be able to illustrate some additional specimens in good detail was sheer pleasure for us! We have found only 3 or 4 other localities outside the Canyon of Bright Angel Shale, and this is the ONLY one with Zacanthoides. Thank you all again for your interest and past comments on our work in the BAS, and we hope to keep posting more images in the future. http://www.schursastrophotography.com/paleo/Fossilfotos-4d.html
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Hey guys, Skyelar and I are off to Branson (she's driving right now)! I vaguely remember hearing trilobites can be found in the area? Can anyone be so kind as to help out as to where they are. We're on limited time unfortunately! Cheers, Troy and Skye.
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I will be in Western NY on Sunday and Monday this coming weekend, and would like some recommendations for sites to visit. I will be travelling from NY City to Canandaigua, and am willing to stop on the way if there is an interesting trilobite collecting site--I am flexible on which way I drive, etc. Since lagerstatten sites such as Walcott Rust are not open to the public, I would love recommendations to sites that are known to be accessible, public or private. If private, please PM me if you think the property owner would be amenable to a request from a solo collector. Specific directions to any recommended site are very appreciated. I am also happy to meet anyone along the way so I can learn with someone with experience. I am interested in trilobite collecting, and would love the chance to find the unusual or less usual species, so the site can be Ordovician, Silurian, or Devonian. Places that you know have better preservation are preferred, even if it is more difficult or farther to travel there. Off the beaten track is fine, as long as it doesn't take a long time hiking just to get there, or is very physically strenuous to reach. I will be making a stop at Penn-Dixie, where I am a member. I will also be staying on my family's property in Canandaigua that has a creek with trilobite species (see images of trilos collected in May this year). Unfortunately, both of these trilobites I have below were found out of their stratigraphic context so I was wondering of there is any resource you can refer me to that can help me tell which strata are probable for finding trilobites(ie as I walk up the creek, and look at the exposed strata, is there a way to visually recognize each bed in the formation?). On the paleodb.org maps, the trilobites listed on the east and west shore creeks of Canandaigua Lake are Phacops/Eldregeops and Greenops sp of the Hamilton Group, Moscow and Jaycox Formations. BTW, I gave up on trying to remove matrix on this one, too hard to do in control--I have no pneumatic tools, only a pick and a small hammer. The Penn Dixie matrix is sooo forgiving/easy in comparison! Thanks in advance!
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