PA Fossil Finder Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 I need help identifying this brachiopod from the Montour Fossil Pit. Devonian in age. Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janislav Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 I would suggest this website as a possible reference. http://www.fallsoftheohio.org/DevonianBrachiopods.html There are photos of a number of different spiriferid brachiopods to compare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Maybe I'm wrong,but as far as I know,The Montour Fossil Pit in Danville, PA is in the Mahantango Formation (Middle Devonian), and from the brachiopods that could be find there I think Mucrospirifer mucronatus could be a possible match. " 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerryK Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 It looks like the Middle Devonian brachiopod Mediospirifer audaculus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumpkinhead Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 maybe paraspirifer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PA Fossil Finder Posted August 3, 2015 Author Share Posted August 3, 2015 Maybe I'm wrong,but as far as I know,The Montour Fossil Pit in Danville, PA is in the Mahantango Formation (Middle Devonian), and from the brachiopods that could be find there I think Mucrospirifer mucronatus could be a possible match. You are right, it is the Mahantango Formation. I forgot to mention that in my post. However, Mucrospirifer mucronatus has long "wings" on the sides, and this brachiopod has no evidence of there ever having been "wings" that broke off. I think GerryK's answer is probably closer. Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Gerry has it. Here are the figures of Mediospirifer audaculus from the Treatise (Part H) on Invertebrate Paleontology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PA Fossil Finder Posted August 3, 2015 Author Share Posted August 3, 2015 Thanks, Gerry and Piranha! Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 I agree! " 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Mediospirifer sp. works for me also. "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamalama Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Agreed. Common find in the Mahantango and I've found similar from that pit and other nearby spots. -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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