A what is it..but harry & old digger cant reply :)

TJE · Dec 30, 2014

A what is it..but harry & old digger can't reply

Here's one folks...only a partial fossil very rarely ever found. I know old digger and harry know...but it's for the "fossil hunters" that don't!

LOL.

old digger · Dec 30, 2014

Sorry TGE!

It looks like the tail of the fossil Sea Scorpion.

TJE · Dec 31, 2014

LOL, yes it is old digger...but not the smaller one in the drawing (Remipes), but a different genre of the species.

Charlie P. (NY) · Dec 31, 2014

State fossil of New York. Good sized one, too. Good spot to return to!

TJE · Dec 31, 2014

Yes CP, but this is not a 'Remipes Eurypterid' (New York State fossil)...Just this 4" stinger is longer than an entire body length of most Remipes I've seen..this fella would be a good size,guessing (18-24 inches in length) when compared to one of my larger (complete) Carcinosoma Eurypterid specimens... over 2 ft. in length.

huntress104 · Jan 1, 2015

Charlie P. (NY) said:
State fossil of New York. Good sized one, too. Good spot to return to!

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Oh my God!! I am just an amateur fossil hunter. I have found a few nice ones but boy would I love to find something like that.... That is most definitely a thing of beauty....

TJE · Jan 1, 2015

Huntress, you can find them if your in the right stone formations old enough (430+ million yrs old) and start splitting stone with hammer and chisels.

huntress104 · Jan 1, 2015

TJE said:
Huntress, you can find them if your in the right stone formations old enough (430+ million yrs old) and start splitting stone with hammer and chisels.

what kind of rock do you find most of the fossils like that in? We have mostly limestone formations around here.

curious kat · Jan 2, 2015

....I knew

Here come the dreams again...lol How awesome to have that, really! :icon_thumleft:

TJE · Jan 2, 2015

huntress104 said:
what kind of rock do you find most of the fossils like that in? We have mostly limestone formations around here.

Limestone is good, ours is the 'Eramosa formation'. Geology research on your area may help to find the age/names of formation etc. of your area.

TJE · Jan 2, 2015

curious kat said:
....I knew Here come the dreams again...lol How awesome to have that, really!

Glad your back CK

...just don't dream of swimming! LOL.

old digger · Jan 3, 2015

Okay, I did a little digging in the Eurypterid family and I came up with ''Eurypterus'' (you-rip-teh-rus) sub-species ''E. quebecensis''. Some obtained a length up to 1.3 meters. As with all sub-species of ''Eurypterus'' the size depended upon species and known individual specimens. By the way, they were all carnivorous.

TJE · Jan 3, 2015

old digger said:
Okay, I did a little digging in the Eurypterid family and I came up with ''Eurypterus'' (you-rip-teh-rus) sub-species ''E. quebecensis''. Some obtained a length up to 1.3 meters. As with all sub-species of ''Eurypterus'' the size depended upon species and known individual specimens. By the way, they were all carnivorous.

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Ha...don't tell CK that old digger!

....But, these eurypterid drawings have eyes, no curved telson (stinger) and swimming appendages (paddles) with too many "joints" between the body and the end paddles!

...See what you can find out about a "Rhino carcinosoma"!!