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Back on Friday, December 22nd, fellow La Familia members @Dean Ruocco, @ChasingGhostsYT, and I collected at a very prolific Devonian site in the Mahantango formation in Pennsylvania.  This spot produced small to gigantic black-shelled Eldredgeops rana, which are a very nice change of pace from most Mahantango Eldredgeops that are usually shell-less and orange.  Stay tuned for prep photos, I’ll post them as I prep them!

 

Below are photos of my finds from the site.


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My haul from roughly 4 hours of collecting, 18-ish complete Eldredgeops rana.  Below I’ll show only the interesting finds from that day.


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My largest Eldredgeops rana from the site, also the largest I’ve ever personally collected.  Nearly 4 inches if outstretched!

 

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My smallest find, a pretty decent little roller.

 

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Loose rollers of varying sizes

 

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A decent double-plate, one fractured prone and a roller.

 

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A prone that is missing half of the cephalon


 

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Dean, Me, and Zach posing infront of where we dug.

 

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Dean falling and smashing a large Wendy’s soda after collecting.

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Wow! That is a monster Eldredgeops!  :blink: :default_faint:

Congratulations on an excellent outing.

Thanks for showing us.

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10 hours ago, KompsFossilsNMinerals said:

My largest Eldredgeops rana from the site, also the largest I’ve ever personally collected.  Nearly 4 inches if outstretched!

 

Trilobite measurements around the curve are not equivalent to an outstretched length. :trilosurprise:

 

According to the scale, this specimen is actually in the 3 inch range.  Still a very large size for Eldredgeops....Congrats! happy0144.gif

 

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Just now, piranha said:

 

Trilobite measurements around the curve are not equivalent to an outstretched length. :trilosurprise:

 

 

Good to know, thanks!

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Excellent haul! Please post pics when you get them cleaned up!

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That last photo is such a tragedy... I assume the soda got a few scrapes?

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-Jay

 

 

 

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On 1/11/2024 at 11:43 AM, Jaybot said:

That last photo is such a tragedy... I assume the soda got a few scrapes?

Gone... Reduced to atoms. :Horrified:

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14 minutes ago, KompsFossilsNMinerals said:

Gone... Reduced to atoms. :Horrified:

I am deeply grieved to hear that.

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