fossilcrazy Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Like to share some local finds near Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. First pic is of a large Ceratiocaris sp. Second pic is a modified drawing of what it may have looked like in life. Third is a pic of a very small juvenile Phyllocarid. Other small favorites include a 1/4 inch Pseudoniscus roosevelti. Ruedemman's drawing included for comparison. Here for viewing pleasure are 3 small Eurypterids. Other Fauna from the same Bertie bed are a straight Cephalopod (Orthoceras sp) A curved Cephalopod (Brevicone sp) with a fancy aperature My last pic for this posting is the only Conularid I've found at the location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolmt Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Absolutely awesome....... !!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleecan Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 John : I am so glad you are now displaying your museum world class specimen that you collected now on display on this forum!!! Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilcrazy Posted September 6, 2011 Author Share Posted September 6, 2011 Thank you my fine Canadian friends. Truth be known, if you spent 16 years hunting fossils in your back yard, you too could have fossils this nice or better. Now get out there and dig! Here is more fossil eye candy for inspiration. It seems most people look for these: This is one of my better laid out specimens: This one shows some nice leggy display: I will comment on these two later: Some Pterygotus got to be 6 feet long like the one at the ROM. Here are some parts to baby Pterygotus or properly termed Acuteramus.: Here are some more of my babies: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilshk Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Thank you my fine Canadian friends. Truth be known, if you spent 16 years hunting fossils in your back yard, you too could have fossils this nice or better. Now get out there and dig! Here is more fossil eye candy for inspiration. It seems most people look for these: This is one of my better laid out specimens: This one shows some nice leggy display: I will comment on these two later: Some Pterygotus got to be 6 feet long like the one at the ROM. Here are some parts to baby Pterygotus or properly termed Acuteramus.: Here are some more of my babies: Very very nice collections. Especially the Eurypterids !!!!! Dinosaur Fossil Lab http://www.fossilshk.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilcrazy Posted September 6, 2011 Author Share Posted September 6, 2011 (edited) Not everyone likes Eurypterids, so I want to include in this string some plant material that can be found with the Eurypterids. This first pic is my first plant specimen I found and my first donation to the ROM (Royal Ontario Museum). This Buthotrephus lesquerevxi is the only specimen I ever found with reniform fertile tips on each branch. Here is a nicely laid out specimen that reminds me of Kelp laid out on a sandy beach. This is a turn of the century reconstruction that I redrew of these Silurian Brown Alga. Here are some similar aquatic plants: This is a Silurian land plant called Cooksonia. If you don't count spores, it is holding the title as the oldest land plant. The specimens that do not have fertile tips are known as Hostinella. Both look alike and have a diagnostic water tube running down the middle and show bifucating growth. If you use appearance as a guide these worm borings look like plants. They even have a green shade on grey (Glauconite) infilling. Truly they are trace fossils named Chondrites. This last pic is what I thought was Silurian Charcoal. There were no plants big enough to make a fossil charcoal this big. The key word is plant. The specimen is really of what is thought to be a Fungi called Protoaxites. Edited September 6, 2011 by fossilcrazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glacialerratic Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Amazing collection! Thank you for sharing... I really like those plants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleecan Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Just fabulous eye candy! PL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 This is a wonderful suite of incredible fossils; any one of them is a centerpiece! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Hi John, Just discovered your post. I AM IMPRESSED! That is a marvellous collection which you've put together over the years and are showing us in an outstanding manner. You are definitely putting your back yard to good use! Best wishes, Roger Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 John, Amazing collection, all around. I like that you haven't appeared to specialize, and are collecting everything! Some people leave the plants out of their collections! Thanks for sharing this with us - can't wait to see your trilobites! Regards, Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 IPFOTM -- MAY - 2024 _________________________________________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimB88 Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Ill just add...WOW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trilobiteruss Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Ill just add...WOW! I will second that!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 World-Class specimens and thanks for giving us a tour of your magnificent collection! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleecan Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 World-Class specimens and thanks for giving us a tour of your magnificent collection! Totally agree and the neat part about is that John collected most of the specimens himself... he is one heck of a super fossil hunter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMNH Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 (edited) This is the stuff of dreams! Where did you get the Lake Ontario material? Edited September 7, 2011 by TMNH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilcrazy Posted September 7, 2011 Author Share Posted September 7, 2011 I didn't want to confuse anyone on locality. Lake Ontario was mean to be a generalized area. All my specimens are from Ridgemount Quarry, Fort Erie, Ontario. Most of the same can be found on the USA side in the Buffalo, Rochester and Utica areas. The Bertie Dolostone is widespread, but has collectible outcrops in only a few areas. I will be honest, from my first collecting visit, I was hooked; but the actual collecting is bullwork! Opening stubborn hard flagstones is hardly easy and very often is not rewarding. Then again there are the WOW days. Let me help you visualize with steps to collecting in the Bertie Dolostone: Start an excavation Make relief cuts and places to open with a chisle. I found nothing remarkable on this excavation, but when you do, then this step is next Double cuts keep the broken matrix from breaking further. Voila! Now that was easy! Actually it was a lot of B.S.& T. More work then most are willing to invest. I call it "doing the hard time for the crime I didn't commit yet". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trilobiteruss Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Excellent, thanks for sharing this, very informative and gives a good perspective of what it takes to get world class specimens like you found. Not easy work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Excellent, thanks for sharing this, very informative and gives a good perspective of what it takes to get world class specimens like you found. Not easy work! Yup! I agree. And he obviously knows what he's doing, so it's worth the BST in the end, isn't it? Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilcrazy Posted September 7, 2011 Author Share Posted September 7, 2011 Yup! I agree. And he obviously knows what he's doing, so it's worth the BST in the end, isn't it? Thank you fellow fossilphiles. Ludwigia, please note all the power equipment is Orange and Gray. Fine pieces of German engineering that are invaluable to saving me from having even more bullwork. My other T-shirt -Powered by STIHL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Thank you fellow fossilphiles. Ludwigia, please note all the power equipment is Orange and Gray. Fine pieces of German engineering that are invaluable to saving me from having even more bullwork. Yup again. That's quality stuff you've got there. They're busy cutting up the road just around the corner right now with one of them. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFossilHunter Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Fantastic stuff, especially eurypterids ., those are one of my favorites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamalama Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 Very impressive collection. You are lucky to have been able to collect all that over a long period. Not many sites are either that productive or last that long. -Dave __________________________________________________ Geologists on the whole are inconsistent drivers. When a roadcut presents itself, they tend to lurch and weave. To them, the roadcut is a portal, a fragment of a regional story, a proscenium arch that leads their imaginations into the earth and through the surrounding terrain. - John McPheeIf I'm going to drive safely, I can't do geology. - John McPheeCheck out my Blog for more fossils I've found: http://viewsofthemahantango.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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