RandyB Posted March 23 Posted March 23 I saw a post on facebook that someone was looking to get rid of some fossils they had collected locally so I arranged to meet up this afternoon. Most of what was being offered were carboniferous fossil ferns from St Clair and they had some beautiful examples from the site that has been closed to collecting for several years now. 13
RandyB Posted March 23 Author Posted March 23 They also offered me a large 15" x 15" trilobite hash plate supposedly collected at a nearby dam. Detail: 1 12
piranha Posted March 23 Posted March 23 The trilobite hash plate was not collected from a nearby dam in St. Clair, Pennsylvania. Pseudogygites latimarginatus is a prolific Ordovician species from Ontario, Canada. It looks like a very nice example for your collection! Ludvigsen, R. 1979 The Ordovician Trilobite Pseudogygites Kobayashi in Eastern and Arctic North America. Royal Ontario Museum, Life Sciences Contributions, 120:1-41 PDF LINK 5 3
RandyB Posted March 23 Author Posted March 23 (edited) 2 hours ago, piranha said: The trilobite hash plate was not collected from a nearby dam in St. Clair, Pennsylvania. Pseudogygites latimarginatus is a prolific Ordovician species from Ontario, Canada. It looks like a very nice example for your collection! Ludvigsen, R. 1979 The Ordovician Trilobite Pseudogygites Kobayashi in Eastern and Arctic North America. Royal Ontario Museum, Life Sciences Contributions, 120:1-41 PDF LINK Thanks Piranha, it didn't look like anything I have seen in the region which is why I said "supposedly" I do appreciate the ID, era and region immensely. There is an area to collect Ordovician fossils an hour and a half or so from here. I've only been there once. Edited March 23 by RandyB
Yoda Posted March 27 Posted March 27 Those are really nice St Clair plates 1 MotM August 2023 - Eclectic Collector
bockryan Posted March 28 Posted March 28 Wow, incredible stuff. I am glad we still have a few accessible Llewellyn Formation localities but St. Clair is just ridiculous, very sad to miss out on collecting it and that it isn't available for others to enjoy. Great hash plate as well
Jeffrey P Posted April 2 Posted April 2 Congrats on some fine acquisitions Randy. Those fern plates certainly make me wish I could return to St. Clair someday. Thanks for sharing them.
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