Showing posts with label Needmore shale. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Needmore shale. Show all posts

Thursday, June 7, 2012

Fossils from the Needmore Shale

Here are some other fossils that I found at the exposure of the Needmore shale near Newton Hamilton, PA.

Trilobite thorax, likely a Phacops sp.

This looks like an Lingula brachiopod

A Rhipidomella brachiopod

A small Ambocoelia brachiopod

A couple of unidentified pelecypods.


A Paleozygopleura gastropod

Another gastropod, possibly a Bembexia

All the above fossils were collected from the Needmore Shale member of the Onondaga formation (Devonian, Eifelian stage). I haven't really explored the exposure too much and there is little literature available as to the fauna that is preserved within. Hopefully future trips will yield more information and fossils.