New Members Ambystoma Posted July 6, 2015 New Members Posted July 6, 2015 Hi everyone, I'm new here, and don't really do much fossil hunting. Once in a while I'll take a quick look to see if there's anything interesting, mostly trilobites. Over this weekend I found what I thought was just a regular brachiopod, but after a chunk came off I realized I had never seen anything like it before. Maybe it's relatively common, but I couldn't find an ID through google. I'd appreciate any help. It was found towards the south end of Skaneatles lake in central NY. Also, I apologize for the image quality. I was using the camera on my phone.
GeschWhat Posted July 6, 2015 Posted July 6, 2015 I'm don't know much about bivalves, but it looks similar a heart cockle to my untrained eye. Check out Corculum cardissa. Welcome to the forum! I'm sure someone here will have an answer for you! Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo
fossilized6s Posted July 6, 2015 Posted July 6, 2015 Welcome. Sorry I can't help with an ID, but that is pretty neat. It puzzles me on how it once opened when living. ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG
Fossildude19 Posted July 6, 2015 Posted July 6, 2015 (edited) In looking through my pdf copy of Devonian Paleontology of New York, This appears to be the Devonian bivalve Grammysia nodocostata. Page 337 of the PDF. Very cool find. Thanks for posting it. Regards, EDIT: PS - Welcome to the Forum. Edited July 6, 2015 by Fossildude19 2 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
Auspex Posted July 6, 2015 Posted July 6, 2015 That is a terribly interesting fossil; I am sure I have never seen its sort before! Thanks for bringing it to the Forum, and thank you, Tim, for the ID "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!
New Members Ambystoma Posted July 6, 2015 Author New Members Posted July 6, 2015 Thanks for the warm welcome everyone! And thank you Tim for the ID. I'm glad that I could bring something interesting for my first post. I've seen a fair amount of fossils from the area, but nothing like this!
Fossildude19 Posted July 6, 2015 Posted July 6, 2015 Thanks for the warm welcome everyone! And thank you Tim for the ID. I'm glad that I could bring something interesting for my first post. I've seen a fair amount of fossils from the area, but nothing like this! Happy to help. Thanks for posting this one, as I had never seen one before. It's a very cool fossil. 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
abyssunder Posted July 6, 2015 Posted July 6, 2015 Very good ID,Tim!Just for completing,I spell here the cited picture: 1 " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library
Raggedy Man Posted July 6, 2015 Posted July 6, 2015 That's pretty snarge cool. Very unique and I can say I've never seen it before. Thank you for sharing this!! Best regards, Paul ...I'm back.
Auspex Posted July 6, 2015 Posted July 6, 2015 Y'know, when someone says "Devonian", bivalves are not what comes to my mind... "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!
New Members Ambystoma Posted July 7, 2015 Author New Members Posted July 7, 2015 Now I just have to figure out what to do with it. I worry about breaking things like this by keeping them out in the open. Suppose I'll also have to go back to the spot I found it in soon.
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