I have seen a few specimens of Neospirifer locally, however none this large and in as good as shape. I have settled on this being the genus Neospirifer (Fredricks 1919), or at least something from the Spiriferidae family. The prominent groove down the middle of the shell with two raisedRead More →
A quick post as this specimen has much more work needed done before I can do a full write up. In the local stream there is a junction where two streams meet and turn into one. A piece of loose limestone, laying in the stream bed, was easily split. ItRead More →
Until yesterday, I was very singular in my knowledge of Pennsylvanian fossil shark teeth. Petalodus is the only genus of tooth I have found that I was aware of. I pulled an exciting piece from the rocks yesterday. This slab has a similar coloring to the Petalodus teeth I’ve seen.Read More →
The shark tooth, Petalodus ohioensis, is the most common vertebrate fossil found locally. I have collected twelve specimens from the Brush Creek Limestone and one from the Pine Creek Limestone. I have a comprehensive live research article in general on the entire genus, Petalodus, available on this website. Click toRead More →