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I found this while splitting a chunk of shale leftover from my first trip to the Deep Springs Road site last year.

Middle Devonian Windom Shale,
Moscow formation, Hamilton Group.
Deep Springs Road Quarry,
Lebanon, NY.

I think it might be phyllocarid in origin, but am obviously open to any and all other opinions.

Doesn't quite look like a Rhinocarid - The spiky thing is throwing me off.
I don't believe it is a bivalve or similar hiding under the "phyllocarid shell".

Thoughts?

Thank you, as always, in advance for your assistance.

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PS - Oh, By the way, scale is in CM.

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Continued...

a few more photos...

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]Continued...

A few more....

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Thanks again.

Regards,

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Sounds about right. I agree, Phyllocarid.

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Sounds about right. I agree, Phyllocarid.

Thanks, Mikey! :)

I appreciate your input.

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Any other thoughts?

I am not finding any matching genus or species.

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I would agree it is a phyllocarid, and most likely Rhinocaris. I have found similarly iridescent specimens of this genus at Deep Springs and near-by sites.

Thank you, Karl.

I appreciate your chiming in.

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Here are specimens of Phyllocarid/Rhinocaris ehlersi from Silica formation and Arkona formation OH, extracted from UMMP Photo Archive. http://michiganbasinfossils.org/simpleSearch?page=1

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Here is an older thread of TFF about this thema, Phyllocarids http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/24692-phyllocarids/

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Here are specimens of Phyllocarid/Rhinocaris ehlersi from Silica formation and Arkona formation OH, extracted from UMMP Photo Archive. http://michiganbasinfossils.org/simpleSearch?page=1

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Here is an older thread of TFF about this thema, Phyllocarids http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/24692-phyllocarids/

Thanks for the links and pics, Abyssunder.

I actually have a Rhinocaris from the site already.

I was just a bit confused by the seemingly attached spike - must be from something else.

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Congratulations Tim,

Though you didn't find any Phyllocarids on your last trip to Deep Springs Road, hopefully this makes up for it. Real nice specimen.

Jeff

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