snakebite6769 Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Saturday I woke bright and early with the intentions of going to 3 collection spots in Pa. A road cut in Northern Pa., St Claire and Deer lake. Well needles to say I didnt make it to the latter two. although I will be going to deer lake Monday if anyone cares to join or is already planning a trip there. Following this post are pictures from the trip I was able to take, hope you enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakebite6769 Posted September 1, 2013 Author Share Posted September 1, 2013 As I walked away from my vwhicle I immediately started finding fossils... pluerodictyum americanum trilobite pygidium this one im not 100% sure, any help in identification is appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakebite6769 Posted September 1, 2013 Author Share Posted September 1, 2013 (edited) This portion of the post will be for the "Shells". ammonites, brachiopods, cephalopods, gastropods, etc.. some goniatites and Paleozygopleura And of course I will have to put trilos in here as well, half of a trilo in the nodule Thoracic segments looking "through" them this one all I could think of is a portion of a crionid calyx, which looks like a bicycle seat. and then of course theres the cephalopods, I can't tell you which ones they are. the largest one on the right measures approximately 6 1/2" tall Edited September 9, 2013 by snakebite6769 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakebite6769 Posted September 1, 2013 Author Share Posted September 1, 2013 Im not sure about this one, just caught my eye when i was scanning for trilo bits, it appears to be like needles on a coral ppossibly? some type of plant material for sure... a whole lot of dipleura pieces, nothing complete a "hash" plate of numerous crinoid columnals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Gosh, how fun it that! I wish there was some local areas I could get to around here to find such cool fossils. Mostly hard chalky silt stone with nothing in it. Hope you have as much luck on your other two locations...looking forward to pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Nice finds. I especially like the Cephalopod und Gastropods. Will you be preparing them? I think you got your guesses right in Post #2. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakebite6769 Posted September 1, 2013 Author Share Posted September 1, 2013 I will be spending time doing minor prep, I kind of like the raw look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hitekmastr Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Really cool finds! Assume these all came from the road cut (?). You certainly used the holiday to good advantage... Nan found a coral impression at Deer Lake - her first one. We are still processing our Deer Lake finds. I have one more Deer Lake post which I'll try to put up tomorrow - I found a piece almost 2 feet long covered with shells. I took closeup photos to show washing, brushing and cleaning it, and some closeups, that will make a cool post I think. I REALLY like the "needles" - looks a lot like something we might find at St. Clair. I found some pine cones at St. Clair last weekend that looked similar to these fossils, but didn't collect them since we had a short time and were focused on other things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakebite6769 Posted September 3, 2013 Author Share Posted September 3, 2013 Well to continue with this forum, I went back to place one, then on to Deer Lake place two, while I passed St Claire after reading the latest about people leaving trash and blocking the roadways, very disappointing. I am very glad I took the time to go to Deer Lake as I found some goodies!! I will however need help identifying what I have found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakebite6769 Posted September 3, 2013 Author Share Posted September 3, 2013 from place one, I found a few really nice goodies as well...to start Pleurodictyum Americanum, common at this site This one is an unknown to me, although it reminds me of like a butterfly shell Heres a trilobite cephalon in a nodule A detailed, but broken dipleura cephalon Trilobite thoracic segments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakebite6769 Posted September 3, 2013 Author Share Posted September 3, 2013 (edited) A few more from site one before I get to site two, Deer Lake Here is a well preserved dipleura pygidium, possibly more in the rock, not sure yet Here is a pair of cephalons and some other things mixed in A nicely preserved trilobite, 3 views of the same specemine. asteropyginid A few Dipleura segments Edited September 4, 2013 by snakebite6769 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakebite6769 Posted September 3, 2013 Author Share Posted September 3, 2013 (edited) Only a couple more to add then on to Deer Lake !! Brachiopods, gastropod, and bivalves...not sure what species any are A couple of crinoid columnals, there were too many to gather so I grabbed a few random ones Im not sure what the item is on the left, I can only assume its the internal structure of a crionoid column segment, then there is a dechenellid Pygidium, and a small rolled Calymene Edited September 5, 2013 by snakebite6769 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakebite6769 Posted September 3, 2013 Author Share Posted September 3, 2013 Ok on to Deer Lake, keep in mind I was tired and very sunburned so I was not there as long as I would have liked to be, but I will be back there this weekend....if anyone is interested This is a grouping of clamshells, with pyrite infused into them, makes for a beautiful shiney display piece with colored lighting then I have a neat little imprint of crinoid columnals, just thought it was unusual enough to add to my collection heres a nice smaller enrolled Dipleura which is hopefully complete inside.. going to take some careful prep to see if its there. I dont have a picture of it but there is actually a second trilobite on the other side of the same rock!! And another roller Dipleura.... Here are some nice detailed inner molds of some ...... anyone? And lastly here are some harder to find shells, at least for me they are, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regg Cato Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 wow that was a pretty successful trip congratulations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakebite6769 Posted September 3, 2013 Author Share Posted September 3, 2013 Thanks,it was very successful! I hope some people from TFF will be available to join me at deer lake this weekend...maybe swing by spot number one, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hitekmastr Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Ok on to Deer Lake, keep in mind I was tired and very sunburned so I was not there as long as I would have liked to be, but I will be back there this weekend....if anyone is interested photo (4).JPG This is a grouping of clamshells, with pyrite infused into them, makes for a beautiful shiney display piece with colored lighting crinoid pattern a.jpg then I have a neat little imprint of crinoid columnals, just thought it was unusual enough to add to my collection enrolled dipleura2 a.jpg heres a nice smaller enrolled Dipleura which is hopefully complete inside.. going to take some careful prep to see if its there. I dont have a picture of it but there is actually a second trilobite on the other side of the same rock!! roller dipleura a.jpg And another roller Dipleura.... shells2 a.jpg Here are some nice detailed inner molds of some ...... anyone? shells a.jpg And lastly here are some harder to find shells, at least for me they are, I assume the bottom shells are orthonata undulata - we found lots at Deer Lake, very well articulated. Did you notice that the clams are really large and lots of well articulated examples? - however, finding a clam in a 385 year old rock that looks like a modern clam doesn't excite me much. The Dipleuras are great - looks like you zoned in on them in a short period of time. I talked to someone last year who had a fully articulated crinoid blastoid from Deer Lake that was amazing. I prefer to collect shell assemblages on olive green shale for display although most of our trips we search hardest for Dipleura and the one from our recent trip (see my posting) is the most complete we've found so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hitekmastr Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Are you going back again this weekend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakebite6769 Posted September 3, 2013 Author Share Posted September 3, 2013 I have every intention of going back to deer lake Saturday morning or Sunday morning . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 The trilobites marked as possible calymenids are an asteropyginid cephalon and a dechenellid pygidium. The other mystery item marked in the photo as 'trilo cephalon?' is another dechenellid glabella and Monodechenella is attached for comparison. The partial pygidium posted above the glabella is also a dechenellid trilobite. Congrats on the jackpot of middle Devonian fossils! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakebite6769 Posted September 4, 2013 Author Share Posted September 4, 2013 Thanks, and thank you very much for the Ids and reference photos. I had no idea what I had, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Russell Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 Wow! Nice haul Rob! You sure have an eye for trilos! I'm looking forward to later this fall when you're back here in Chicago. I've got a fee new places to take you. Including Mom's house for Thanksgining. Finding my way through life; one fossil at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakebite6769 Posted September 9, 2013 Author Share Posted September 9, 2013 (edited) Thanks! I am very anxious to get back out to the Chicago area. And I am looking forward to thanksgiving. I have developed an eye for trilobites, lol. I got to meet HiTekmastr and his wife at deer lake this weekend, was really nice meeting other members of TFF. Edited September 9, 2013 by snakebite6769 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hitekmastr Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 (edited) I had a chance to see "Snakebite's" recent trilobite finds when we met this Sunday at Deer Lake - I think there's a "fossil of the month" in there! He's really got the eye for trilobites! Nan and I learned a lot and also we shared some info on our Deer Lake excursions. Rob is a great guy and a terrific fossil finder! Edited September 10, 2013 by hitekmastr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Congratulations on some great finds. With finds like that I can see why you didn't make it to the other two sites that day. Looks like a great site for pleurodictyum, trilobites, and gastropods. The goniatite and the Paleozygopleura gastropod were especially sweet to behold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakebite6769 Posted September 9, 2013 Author Share Posted September 9, 2013 It was really nice to meet other FF members, I enjoyed the time we had at deer lake together, and that little enrolled dipleura was a sheer coincidence to find. I will have to post more pictures to show how the trip finished up. Thanks for the Ids on the Gastropods, I'm still learning the names because there are so many, lol. I will update the posts accordingly to show the names. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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