Two Years of Hunting Around Pittsburgh

[Lucid_Bot]

Howdy! I've been hunting mostly plant fossils in the Pittsburgh area for about two years. This is a sampling of some of my favorite pieces. I hope  you enjoy! 

All are Glenshaw Formation finds.

 

 

1. Neuropteris fimbriata

 

2. Metacoceras

 

3. Metacoceras

 

 

4. Asterophyllites

 

5. Lepidodendron obovatum

 

6. Neuropteris Ovata

 

7. Crenulopteris acadica 

 

8. Brachiopod, Linoproductus?

 

 

9. There are over 50 little fossils on this plate, lots of Cyathocarpus arborea and I think Calamites and Psaronius "bark"

 

10. Cyathocarpus arborea

 

 

 

11. Crenulopteris acadica and stem and bark?

 

12. Crenulopteris acadica and Alethopteris

 

13. Crenulopteris acadica, Altheopteris

 

14. Calamites

 

15. Neochonetes

 

16. Crenulopteris acadica 

 

 

17. Neuropteroid, Neuropteris Ovata?

 

 

18. Crenulopteris acadica

 

 

19. Cyathocarpus arborea and Calamites

 

 

 

20. Neuropteris

 

21. Not sure about the one on top, but the other two look like Crenulopteris acadica 

 

 

22. Big Calamite

 

23. Crenulopteris acadica  and Calamites

 

24. Aphlebia/Rhacophyllum?

 

 

25. Neuropteris scheuchzeri

 

26. Neuropteris ovata

 

27. Asterophyllites

 

28. Sphenopteroid

 

 

29. Neuropteris

 

30. Alethopteris

 

 

31. Asterophyllites

 

 

32. Petalodus tooth

 

 

33. Brachiopod

 

 

34. Neuropteroid frond

 

 

35. Aphlebia/Rhacophyllum?

 

 

36. Annularia

 

 

37. Lots of brachiopods

 

 

38. Neuropteris ovata

 

 

39. Horn coral, stereostylus

 

 

40. Cephalopod, pseudorthoceras

 

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[Lucid_Bot]

 

41. Cyathocarpus arborea

 

 

42. Lepidodendron obovatum "bark"

 

 

43. Calamites

 

 

 

44. Nautilus, Solenochilus?

 

 

45. Psaronius "bark"

 

 

46. Crenulopteris acadica

 

 

 

47. Crenulopteris acadica

 

 

 

 

48. Crenulopteris acadica and Cyanthocarpus arborea

 

 

49. Bi-Valves, Dunbarella

 

 

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[Fossildude19]

Wow! Very Nice collection! 

 

Are you working on getting things Identified, or do you know what they all are?

 

[FossilDAWG]

You have some excellent material!

Don

[Lucid_Bot]

7 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said:

Wow! Very Nice collection! 

 

Are you working on getting things Identified, or do you know what they all are?

 

Thank you. I think I know what most of it is. Some of these are pretty obvious (like the Lepidodendron "bark"), but the members here have identified for me some of the trickier ones. Lots of Pecopteris Lamuriana, Neuropteris Ovata and Calamites in this area (that's mostly what I find).

[Tidgy's Dad]

Some lovely plants. 

Yummy brachiopods too! 

Thank you for sharing. 

[Lucid_Bot]

8 minutes ago, FossilDAWG said:

You have some excellent material!

Don

Thank you. I did about two weeks of research before hunting around and got really lucky in that the first place I tried had hundreds of fossils. I've since found other locations that have yielded hundreds more.

[Fossildude19]

Labeling your finds here may help others out. 

Such great material deserves to have ID's with them. 

[FranzBernhard]

30 minutes ago, Lucid_Bot said:

I did about two weeks of research before hunting around and got really lucky in that the first place I tried had hundreds of fossils.

Very satisfying, isn´t it ?
Franz Bernhard

[Lucid_Bot]

1 hour ago, Fossildude19 said:

Labeling your finds here may help others out. 

Such great material deserves to have ID's with them. 

 

I can work on that. I'll be general, so anyone should feel free to correct or be more specific.

[Lucid_Bot]

1 hour ago, Fossildude19 said:

Labeling your finds here may help others out. 

Such great material deserves to have ID's with them. 

After attempting to ID these, I realize I'm not sure about a lot of it 

[Fossildude19]

Thanks for the ID's.

 

If you know the formations they were found in, you can research the flora/fauna by looking up research papers.

Here is a website I have found useful for ID's, if a bit outdated on the information- genus/species names.

There is also:

Common Plant Fossils of West Virginia

 

Another website

 

You might also look into getting the book by Jack Wittry - The Mazon Creek Fossil Flora.

Hope these help. 

 

[Lucid_Bot]

7 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said:

Thanks for the ID's.

 

If you know the formations they were found in, you can research the flora/fauna by looking up research papers.

Here is a website I have found useful for ID's, if a bit outdated on the information- genus/species names.

There is also:

Common Plant Fossils of West Virginia

 

Another website

 

You might also look into getting the book by Jack Wittry - The Mazon Creek Fossil Flora.

Hope these help. 

 

I should've noted in the description that they're all Glenshaw Formation. Thank you for the resources, I'm sure they'll be useful.

[Innocentx]

Nice Petalodus tooth with possible soft tissue preservation.

[Lucid_Bot]

7 minutes ago, Innocentx said:

Nice Petalodus tooth with possible soft tissue preservation.

Too cool. I do love that piece.

[Lucid_Bot]

Forgot to post my rarest find in the formation. Not sure if anyone knows just what it is. Plantguy has an answer I think:

 

 

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[FossilNerd]

Beautiful finds! 

[Mark Kmiecik]

I think the first one is Neuropteris fimbriata. You can post those that would like help with ID in that topic. I think that most of your pecopterids and neuropterids have enough detail to be ID'd down to species. Your Calamites specimens are stunning!

[historianmichael]

Beautiful collection. I especially like the plant material. I echo Mark's comment about posting items separately to get help with identification. I think several of your neuropterids are Neuropteris ovata and several of your pecopterids are Cyathocarpus arborea.

[minnbuckeye]

A stunning group of fossils!! It makes me want to visit the Pittsburg area again. My relatives live in NE Ohio and I have snuck off to Ambridge a few times during my recent visits. Hope to see more of your future finds. 

 

Mike

[Lucid_Bot]

10 hours ago, Mark Kmiecik said:

I think the first one is Neuropteris fimbriata. You can post those that would like help with ID in that topic. I think that most of your pecopterids and neuropterids have enough detail to be ID'd down to species. Your Calamites specimens are stunning!

 

I think your ID is probably correct, I'll add it.  Thank you! 

[Lucid_Bot]

9 hours ago, historianmichael said:

Beautiful collection. I especially like the plant material. I echo Mark's comment about posting items separately to get help with identification. I think several of your neuropterids are Neuropteris ovata and several of your pecopterids are Cyathocarpus arborea.

 

I did a quick image search on Cyanthocarpus arborea (never heard of it before) and I'm certain you're right about that. Some of these also look like Pecopteris arborescens.Thank you for the help. I'll get some of these corrected, though if I ought to be posting individually, it'll take a while.

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[Lucid_Bot]

32 minutes ago, minnbuckeye said:

A stunning group of fossils!! It makes me want to visit the Pittsburg area again. My relatives live in NE Ohio and I have snuck off to Ambridge a few times during my recent visits. Hope to see more of your future finds. 

 

Mike

Thanks! Ambridge has yielded quite a few finds for me. I

[Mark Kmiecik]

I think there's some Crenulopteris acadica in the mix as well.

[Jeffrey P]

Wow! Impressive collection there. Congrats. You've been hitting some good spots and making excellent finds. Thanks for sharing.