Al Tahan Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Hey everyone, Several weeks back I posted about a James Hall book I bought on amazon. I also expressed my interest in the original publication “Eurypterids of New York Sate”. @GerryK messaged me and told me he would sell me a set. We got talking and he invited me to Rochester to check out his collection, talk fossils, and pick up the book in person!! This was before Christmas and we both had to wait out the holidays for our meet up. Well I finally went and visited Gerry on Sunday. What a great time! Gerry is a trilobite wizard.....no doubt about it. We started at his house and started going through some of his very very extensive collection biggest hypospme I’ve ever seen! Some Wanakah Shale rarities Awesome kettnerapsis..forgot where Gerry saidnit was from but it was something special. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Tahan Posted February 21, 2019 Author Share Posted February 21, 2019 We then went over to the university and looked at more!! i saw this in James halls book....looked made up....nope..it’s here in New York!! Just not many exposures of this rock available We went into insane detail looking at paciphacops Viaphacops phacops eldredgeops etc........pretty sure this was phacops? I tried really hard to remember but I could have it goofed. this one blew me away....even has the hyposome!!! Crazy... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Tahan Posted February 21, 2019 Author Share Posted February 21, 2019 The photo of the “red rocks” are from Missouri!! Amazing story there....the photo of the crazy pygidium I do not remember specifics...it just looks crazy! I could have taken a million photos but we were too busy yapping the whole time ...the conversation flows easy with a common interest and plenty to look at and talk about!! @GerryK told me I could show off a few of the photos I took on the forum . Really cool experience with someone I consider a “Trilobite wizard”........ Thanks Gerry, you are extremely kind Al 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinoguy89 Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 An incredibly preserved trilobite, very nice, thanks for sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 always nice to get a private tour, thanks for sharing it with Us. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeepTimeIsotopes Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Wow, what a nice guy! Thanks for sharing it with us too. Each dot is 50,000,000 years: Hadean............Archean..............................Proterozoic.......................................Phanerozoic........... Paleo......Meso....Ceno.. Ꞓ.OSD.C.P.Tr.J.K..Pg.NgQ< You are here Doesn't time just fly by? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebu Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 What a great experience it must have been. Thank you for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 How marvelous! Many great pieces, but I love the amazing pygdium with the spine most of all! Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil-Hound Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 Didn't realize Kettnerapsis where found in the Wanakah shale. That is a really nice find. I've never seen a picture of one from New York (only from Oklahoma). Very nice. Do or do not. There is no try. - Yoda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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