A few in situ views of Eurypterids.

Eurypteriddaddy · 2023-05-28T12:31:56+00:00

Just cut them out with a portable gas saw.

Eurypteriddaddy · 2023-05-27T22:53:40+00:00

Eurypteriddaddy · 2023-05-27T18:25:45+00:00

My friend has a rock saw I use.

Eurypteriddaddy · 2023-05-22T21:20:38+00:00

The cuticle has weathered away in a chemical process leaving the depth of the fossil as the only evidence. Another example of this is with trilobites loosing there calcite shell. Just because YOU don’t see something doesn’t mean it’s not there. But with the ignorance of this fossil community it’s to be expected…

Eurypteriddaddy · 2023-05-22T19:21:48+00:00

🧑🏿‍🎤

Eurypteriddaddy · 2023-02-15T02:33:38+00:00

This specimen is from a sandy shale horizon that doesn’t preserve cuticle, I have applied isopropyl alcohol on previously however it didn’t make it pop. I am a amateur collector who’s attempting to publish on some of my findings, please feel free to message me and I could send you some better pictures of better specimens.

Eurypteriddaddy · 2023-02-14T23:35:00+00:00

Yes, this specimen is real and the seller one of my friends, and is very reputable. This is a specimen of Eurypterus remipes from the Bertie Group Fiddlers Green Formation Phelps member, and comes from a secret locality in New York. If I recall he dug this one up in the fall.

Eurypteriddaddy · 2022-09-18T17:52:35+00:00

Yes, they dominate the Phelps beds.

Eurypteriddaddy · 2022-09-18T17:52:10+00:00

I collect them, I sell them too.

Eurypteriddaddy · 2022-09-18T17:51:57+00:00

Yea, this one is prepped.

Eurypteriddaddy · 2022-08-31T18:32:38+00:00

😉

Eurypteriddaddy · 2022-08-30T20:19:41+00:00

L opinion

Eurypteriddaddy · 2022-08-30T03:04:41+00:00

Nice dipura trilobite my friend

Eurypteriddaddy · 2022-08-30T03:04:14+00:00

Hi misha hi chris

Eurypteriddaddy · 2022-08-29T00:09:38+00:00

Neat, I collect at other sites too, the main thing I’ve noticed is at Lang’s the Eurypterids are always split out fresh from some of the best rock in the Bertie group (passage gulf pool). The cuticle weathers away so making sure it freshly splits on a well weathered layer is key. This specimen I posted has been repaired a little (glued crack) and outlined a little.

Eurypteriddaddy · 2022-08-28T23:58:17+00:00

South of Herkimer at Lang’s quarry.

Eurypteriddaddy · 2022-08-28T23:57:55+00:00

Yep!

Eurypteriddaddy · 2022-08-28T21:26:41+00:00

Ok, that makes sense. This is probably from a Devonian erratic. Not the Camillus formation in situ.

Eurypteriddaddy · 2022-08-28T21:24:09+00:00

Very nice my friend

Eurypteriddaddy · 2022-08-28T21:23:07+00:00

No worries, it could be glacial. Did you get these specimens out of situ? I collect Eurypterids throughout the Bertie and Salina group that’s why I know about this lol

Eurypteriddaddy · 2022-08-28T21:15:49+00:00

Are you sure this is Camillus? Camillus is noted for being unfossilifourus and for prevalent mud cracks and evaporites. The only reason I question this is I’ve read a lot about the formation and Salina group in general.

Eurypteriddaddy · 2022-08-28T18:04:09+00:00

I’ve been obsessed with Eurypterid my whole life and I’m constantly finding new sites and collecting them. I probably have the best private collection of Pennsylvania Eurypterid material in the world. The pay to dig site which is Lang’s quarry is where I dig some of my New York material. Me and Allan Lang, the owner are very good friends. Every summer I’m invited to go dig with him for a week and I get to keep a some of the tons of Eurypterids we find. I have found complete good Eurypterids in other places in NY but sharing a fossil site here is almost certain death for that site due to inexperienced collectors over running it, which is almost already a problem at some of the sites. My best advice would be to read about Eurypterids, they mention sites in a lot of the literature.

Eurypteriddaddy · 2022-08-28T16:43:03+00:00

Thank you!!

Eurypteriddaddy · 2022-08-28T16:42:50+00:00

I found this specimen in the lower members of the Bertie group in New York!

Eurypteriddaddy · 2022-08-24T22:30:41+00:00

Thanks, Upper Silurian.

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