2023 summer collecting at Langs quarry! - The Fossil Forum Recently, I spent 5 days at Lang’s quarry collecting fossils and hanging out with some friends We broke large blocks in the quarry searching for Eurypterids and Pterygotids, of which we found many including a multi-plate Are best find was a small incomplete Proscorpius, pictured below After ta
Show Us Your Eurypterids - The Fossil Forum Tiny Eurypterid from Fiddlers Green Bertie Formation Collected 2005 Fort Erie, ON Canada *** With apologies this subject should be under General Discussions *** Can the Administrators assist in the subject relocation Thanks PL
EURYPTERID CLAW - General Fossil Discussion - The Fossil Forum I've often wondered as to the purpose of the tiny "claw" at the very tip of a eurypterid's swimming paddle It's really very small and I can't imagine what it would be used for It's not an anomaly as quite a few genera have them Below are couple of pictures of one of my specimens, and just so y
Eurypterid hunt in NY - Fossil Hunting Trips - The Fossil Forum Langs, yes I also this past weekend met a geologist who's particular fossil interest is Eurypterids, a good friend of Mr Nardi, Mr Lang's predecessor, and might get together with him to dig in a couple of spots in NY He has a permit to dig on NYS Thruway property, so I will let you know if when I go eurypterid hunting again I grew up in Rochester in the suburb adjacent to Pittsford, and the
Eurypterid - Fossil ID - The Fossil Forum I was working at my desk today when one of my fossils caught my eye I picked it up and thought that looks like a Tully Monster, but a quick check on the internet and I realized too small and not my geological time period, the Tullimonstrum belongs in the Pennsylvanian period 300 million years a
Mazon Creek Eurypterid Carapace - The Fossil Forum To my knowledge, Adelopthalmus is the only valid eurypterid described from the Mazon Creek deposit There was a second type described that ultimately turned out to be a branch scar Mazon specimens are rarer then similar types that I have seen from from other localities in Indiana, Missouri and New Mexico
Carboniferous Eurypterid - Fossil ID - The Fossil Forum Hi I am Wondering if anyone could give this fossil an ID the seller called it “Carboniferous Eurypterid” and it was from Knob Noster, Missouri they said it could be Adelophthalmus what do you guys think? The first picture is the fossil the second 2 are Adelophthalmus fossils found from the same l
Pennsylvanian Eurypterid From Kansas - The Fossil Forum Because these Kansas beds are closely involved with an algal reef buildup, I figured the eurypterid (or its molt) was flushed out into a lagoon, along with the associated leaves and twigs, and mixed in with the local marine life Context is critical