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Nephriticerina alpenensis Genshaw formation Mike Palescuk

Submitted on 2010-12-28 by Mike Palescuk

Location (approximate): Alpena, Alpena, MI

Strat unit: Genshaw formation

Submitter notes: 7-1/2 inches long x 1-3/4 inches widest on 10-1/2 inch matrix LaFarge Quarry collected in 1993 by Mr. & Mrs. Rutkowski

Photo title: MOLLUSK-CEPHALOPOD

Taxa present: Nephriticerina alpenensis

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Echinocaris? punctata Silica formation Mike Palescuk

Submitted on 2010-12-28 by Mike Palescuk

Location (approximate): Sylvania, Lucas, OH

Strat unit: Silica formation

Submitter notes: COMPLETE BODY SHIELD, SIZE 85mm X 70mm (3-3/8' x 2-3/4') GENUS SPECIES IS DEBATABLE, COMMENTS OR CORRECTIONS ACCEPTABLE!

Photo title: PHYLLOCARID BODY SHIELD

Taxa present: Echinocaris? punctata

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Eugasterella thorni Arkona formation Mike Palescuk

Submitted on 2011-01-15 by Mike Palescuk

Location (approximate): Arkona, Lambton, ON

Strat unit: Arkona formation

Submitter notes: Eugasterella thorni, a pyritized brittlestar confirmed ID by Dr. Hotchkiss. About the size of a penny.

Photo title: BRITTLESTAR

Taxa present: Eugasterella thorni

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Eldredgeops milleri Silica formation Mike Palescuk

Submitted on 2011-01-15 by Mike Palescuk

Location (approximate): Sylvania, Lucas, OH

Strat unit: Silica formation

Submitter notes: Eldredgeops milleri prepared by Scott Vergeils who uncovered the complete left 2 lobes entirely buried within the shale exposing a predatory bite mark. Measures 2-1/2 inches long and 1.4 inches wide.

Photo title: TRILOBITE with PREDATION

Taxa present: Eldredgeops milleri

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Gennaeocrinus mourantae Arkona formation Mike Palescuk

Submitted on 2011-01-15 by Mike Palescuk

Location (approximate): Arkona, Lambton, ON

Strat unit: Arkona formation

Submitter notes: Crinoid crown from the banks of the AuSable River. Measures over 1-1/2 inches wide.

Photo title: CRINOID CROWN

Taxa present: Gennaeocrinus mourantae

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Mediospirifer audaculus Silica formation Mike Palescuk

Submitted on 2011-01-23 by Mike Palescuk

Location (approximate): Sylvania, Lucas, OH

Strat unit: Silica formation

Submitter notes: Close up view of the freeloaders. Sometimes the juveniles just never seem to want to move out.

Photo title: Brachiopod with children

Taxa present: Mediospirifer audaculus

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Mediospirifer audaculus Silica formation Mike Palescuk

Submitted on 2011-01-23 by Mike Palescuk

Location (approximate): Sylvania, Lucas, OH

Strat unit: Silica formation

Submitter notes: Large specimen measuring 2.5 inches tip to tip with a 1/2 inch and a 3/8 inch epifaunal attachment of the same genus.

Photo title: Brachiopods

Taxa present: Mediospirifer audaculus

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Euryocrinus laddii Silica formation Mike Palescuk

Submitted on 2011-01-23 by Mike Palescuk

Location (approximate): Sylvania, Lucas, OH

Strat unit: Silica formation

Submitter notes: Measures 2cm tall x 1.9cm wide.

Photo title: Crinoid Crown

Taxa present: Euryocrinus laddii

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Greenops widderensis Widder formation Mike Palescuk

Submitted on 2012-09-03 by Mike Palescuk

Location (approximate): Arkona, Lambton, ON

Strat unit: Widder formation

Submitter notes: 1.44 inches

Photo title: Greenops widderensis trilobite

Taxa present: Greenops widderensis

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Eldredgeops milleri Silica formation Mike Palescuk

Submitted on 2012-09-03 by Mike Palescuk

Location (approximate): Sylvania, Lucas, OH

Strat unit: Silica formation

Submitter notes: 2-3/4' long on top of a 2-1/4' specimen (love bugs)

Photo title: Trilobite prone double

Taxa present: Eldredgeops milleri

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Eldredgeops milleri Silica formation Mike Palescuk

Submitted on 2012-09-03 by Mike Palescuk

Location (approximate): Sylvania, Lucas, OH

Strat unit: Silica formation

Submitter notes:

Photo title: Double Eldredgeops milleri top view

Taxa present: Eldredgeops milleri

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Decorocrinus arkonensis Arkona formation Mike Palescuk

Submitted on 2015-12-24 by Mike Palescuk

Location (approximate): Arkona, Lambton, ON

Strat unit: Arkona formation

Submitter notes: Decorocrinus arkonensis (McIntosh 2001), formerly Botryocrinus. Found in 1976. 65 pieces painstakingly re-assembled into this 2-7/8" long

Photo title: Crinoid

Taxa present: Decorocrinus arkonensis

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Rhinocaris ehlersi Silica formation Mike Palescuk

Submitted on 2014-11-22 by Mike Palescuk

Location (approximate): Sylvania, Lucas, OH

Strat unit: Silica formation

Submitter notes: A fine specimen measuring 100mm long and 43mm wide. It rests on matrix that is 106mm X 72mm. The small inserted photo is a close-up of one of it's eyes (upper left of carapace).

Photo title: PHYLLOCARID

Taxa present: Rhinocaris ehlersi

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Hyperoblastus bassleri Thunder Bay formation Mike Palescuk

Submitted on 2014-12-06 by Mike Palescuk

Location (approximate): Alpena, Alpena, MI

Strat unit: Thunder Bay formation

Submitter notes: Found by Bob Boyd, May 2014

Photo title: Blastoid

Taxa present: Hyperoblastus bassleri

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Nucleocrinus and Hyperoblastus Silica formation Mike Palescuk

Submitted on 2019-07-02 by Mike Palescuk

Location (approximate): Sylvania, Lucas, OH

Strat unit: Silica formation

Submitter notes: 1/4” to 5/16” in size

Photo title: One Hyperoblastus and two Nucleocrinus

Taxa present: Nucleocrinus and Hyperoblastus

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Favosites billingsi Hungry Hollow formation Mike Palescuk

Submitted on 2019-07-02 by Mike Palescuk

Location (approximate): Arkona, Lambton, ON

Strat unit: Hungry Hollow formation

Submitter notes: In-situ and it stayed right there. 22 inches across and weighed in at what must’a been 100 lbs. Shoe for scale.

Photo title: Giant “Rose Coral”

Taxa present: Favosites billingsi

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Greenops widderensis Widder formation Mike Palescuk

Submitted on 2019-07-02 by Mike Palescuk

Location (approximate): Arkona, Lambton, ON

Strat unit: Widder formation

Submitter notes: Acquired from Tom Johnson, and photographed in Fossils Quarterly magazine.

Photo title: Triple Greenops

Taxa present: Greenops widderensis

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Eldredgeops milleri Silica formation Mike Palescuk

Submitted on 2019-07-02 by Mike Palescuk

Location (approximate): Sylvania, Lucas, OH

Strat unit: Silica formation

Submitter notes: Unit 9 bug solidly supported by a huge polished pyrite nodule. Now in the Cranbrook collection.

Photo title: Pyrite nodule supporting prone Eldredgeops

Taxa present: Eldredgeops milleri

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Bellerophon sp. Marshall formation Mike Palescuk

Submitted on 2019-07-02 by Mike Palescuk

Location (approximate): Marshall, Calhoun, MI

Strat unit: Marshall formation

Submitter notes: From construction site in city of Marshall. Size about 3/4”.

Photo title: Bellerophon gastropod in Marshall Sandstone

Taxa present: Bellerophon sp.

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Mucrospirifer prolificus Silica formation Mike Palescuk

Submitted on 2019-07-02 by Mike Palescuk

Location (approximate): Sylvania, Lucas, OH

Strat unit: Silica formation

Submitter notes: Almost a hundred in a one foot square crumbly portion of Unit 13.

Photo title: Mucrospirifer prolificus

Taxa present: Mucrospirifer prolificus

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