An Incredible Find

[ohio]

Three friends and I found this piece in NY as we were using an excavator to prepare a site. The largest Isotelus is 8 inches. It also has Ceraurus, Flexicalymene scenaria, and two other species present. Sadly it was sold to a lucky, and well to do, collector. I shall never forget this one.

Chuck

[Th3rty7]

Wow...very impressive trilo plate! Museum quality. Hope you guys got what you deserved on that great find.

[ohio]

Thirty, Yes it is incredible. The 'black bar" looking critters are cephalopods in case you wondered. Yes the guy paid for this piece but, still got a good deal considering all the labor and rarity of the item.

Chuck

[Solius Symbiosus]

Nice! The photo is small, but it appears to be a mortality plate; those don't look like molts. If so, I hope that a paleoecologist is working the outcrop.

I have been working an outcrop in Central Kentucky(10cm bed) of muddy carbonates that is, almost entirely, composed of I. gigas and orthocerids. Most are molts(~90%), but too some nice ones. I have an enrolled I. gigas juvenile that had a bite taken out of the cephalon. By an orthocerid, I presume.

[ohio]

SS, this site has been studied extensively..........by Charles D. Walcott and Co. to name just a few. Post some pics of your gigas! We would love to see it.

Thanks for the comments man.

Chuck

[pickaway]

Man i guess killer find, what does something like that sell for?

[Solius Symbiosus]

SS, this site has been studied extensively..........by Charles D. Walcott and Co. to name just a few. Post some pics of your gigas! We would love to see it.

Thanks for the comments man.

Chuck

I'm familiar with Walcott's work in the Utica Fm., but that appears to be a carbonate. Is it from the Kings Falls or Lowville Fm?

I have a few pics of some I. gigas on my blog, and I think included is the juvenile.

http://soliussymbiosus.wordpress.com/

[Solius Symbiosus]

Man i guess killer find, what does something like that sell for?

While most serious students frown on selling fossils, since it has 3 different species-including a 20cm I. gigas- I would assume, a bunch of cash!

[Exnihilo]

Am I wrong or did you find some belemnites too? It's a shame, the picture is not enough large But it's very a nice find.

[GopherDaGold]

Man i guess killer find, what does something like that sell for?

While most serious students frown on selling fossils, since it has 3 different species-including a 20cm I. gigas- I would assume, a bunch of cash!

I live for being frowned upon.

[vibes]

I swear I just saw the piece at The Joshua Tree in Lakeville, IN

It's amazing!!!

[mad.co.walker]

Three friends and I found this piece in NY as we were using an excavator to prepare a site. The largest Isotelus is 8 inches. It also has Ceraurus, Flexicalymene scenaria, and two other species present. Sadly it was sold to a lucky, and well to do, collector. I shall never forget this one.

Chuck

just curious . what did that sell for ?

[ohio]

I sent ya a PM