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Post by pleecan (Peter Lee) on Dec 8, 2009 11:33:42 GMT -5
Attached is a photo of an eurypterid collected 2005 from Fiddlers Green/ Bertie formation, Fort Erie ON, Canada. PL Cooksonia:
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Post by pleecan (Peter Lee) on Dec 11, 2009 22:17:58 GMT -5
More Cooksonia photos: PL
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Post by Joe Botting on Dec 12, 2009 6:01:02 GMT -5
Wow... I don't think I've ever seen such detailed images of the Fiddler's Green stuff. Those are incredible! Do you think the hairy bit on the Cooksonia is actually associated? If so, what is it? I've not seen features like that before.
Just so you know, Lucy and I are just heading off to the Palaeontological Association conference, but will be back in touch in the latter half of the week.
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Post by pleecan (Peter Lee) on Dec 12, 2009 18:51:16 GMT -5
Hi Joe: Thanks for the heads up.. hope you and Lucy have a productive meeting at Palaeontological Association conference. The Cooksonia is from Williamsville/Bertie Formation images were photographed in 2005.... few have ever seen these images till now... I only start posting on the net only recently within last month. Good news... I have located the fossil that was photographed 4 yrs ago.... the hairy bits believe not connected with the Cooksonia. The hairy bits is filamentous algae... possibly Medusaegraptus sp. Further more... attached photos is what I believe could be seed pod of Cooksonia: PL
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Post by pleecan (Peter Lee) on Dec 13, 2009 12:30:50 GMT -5
Attach is an eurypterid from Fiddlers Green Formation,Fort Erie ON Canada collected spring 2009. Peter
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Post by Joe Botting on Dec 23, 2009 15:11:47 GMT -5
It is amazing stuff, this. I agree on the Cooksonia spore body - it looks spot on, and there's some definite structure there (a thick, darker margin around the apex). And of course, the eurypterids are just cute. ;D
I've never actually gone looking for Cooksonia, despite growing up near some classic sites (Perton, Brecon etc.). Perhaps I should have!
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Post by pleecan (Peter Lee) on Dec 24, 2009 7:31:26 GMT -5
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Post by mosasurfiend on Jan 1, 2010 23:10:18 GMT -5
I love looking at those. They are first rate...
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Post by Joe Botting on Jan 4, 2010 14:02:03 GMT -5
Aren't they just... much better than mosasaurs! ;-)
Seriously, these are amazing specimens. We count ourselves very lucky over here to find even a fragment of eurypterid cuticle, but of course there are a few sites that preserve whole ones too. Mostly they're hard to get access to, and hard to work once you do, though!
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Post by hallucygenia on Jan 4, 2010 14:06:26 GMT -5
Wow! That's one of the best eurypterids I've ever seen.
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Post by pleecan (Peter Lee) on Jan 4, 2010 15:48:01 GMT -5
Thanks every for your kind replies. I have been collecting for about 5 yrs and ithis is th first time sharing images of my finds on the internet. Peter
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Post by mosasurfiend on Jan 7, 2010 1:36:04 GMT -5
Aren't they just... much better than mosasaurs! ;-) Well, ummm... lol Both are fantastic although I may be unlikely to find a Eurypterid in Texas but I sure would hope to. Those creatures are just fascinating!
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Post by reighan on Jan 7, 2010 6:44:41 GMT -5
Peter,
I'm a beginner and can't say anything intelligent, but wanted to say thanks for posting these. Very interesting & educational!
Reighan
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Post by pleecan (Peter Lee) on Jan 7, 2010 9:01:55 GMT -5
Reighan: Thank you for your kind words...I am glad to be able to share these images that sat on my hard drive for +5 yrs.... only began posting on various forum about 2-3 months ago... images that few have ever seen... and hey I still consider my self a junior beginner... no need to appologise.... as I have only began collecting in late 2004 ... knowing nothing of fossils... kind of an accident while visiting a local quarry for some garden rocks and stumbling onto a 9" Isotelus Trilobite molt that was 7 " in width... thus began my jouney in fossil collecting as a wonderful hobby. I am hoping that this forum reaches some sort of critical mass.... awfully quiet sometimes ... as I was thinking that I was posting to an empty audience or that the material that I was posting was irrelavant as there was few feedback from other non administrator/moderator members.
Peter
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Post by reighan on Jan 7, 2010 9:21:34 GMT -5
Peter,
No, please keep posting. Even a beginner can recognise the excellent quality of your photos. I lurk steadily and I'm sure others do too.
My situation is different. When I moved to Wales, UK, from NJ, USA, I didn't even know basic geology. I began to find an incredible range of rocks, including a lot of Carboniferous marine invertebrates on the local beach. Thanks to Joe and Lucy, I learned quite a bit fast. Couldn't focus, though, as most of this stuff is weathering out of boulder clay from a morraine, picked up from god knows where by a glacier that stalled and melted here, so I'm learning 'top down', which isn't the best way. There is also coal measures, one bit of flint echinoid, a well-worn Ordovician ceph, and probably other things if I knew enough to recognise them.
I hope to get active here (and on the beach) again soon, but my personal situation doesn't permit that now.
Reighan
Reighan
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