We are located in Ithaca, New York surrounded by fossiliferous Devonian bedrock that formed 385 million years ago. This year we have a variety of Devonian-related projects in the works, including our “NY Rocks!” exhibit in the Museum of the Earth (open through December 2023). In celebration of our “Year of the Devonian,” we are creating “digital trading cards” to highlight the diversity of fossils that have been found in New York State. Most of the cards will feature Devonian fossils, but we will throw in a few older and younger fossils as well.

We encourage you to download copies of these cards and share them on your own social media. Check back soon to find out what the next fossil will be! New cards will be posted and shared every week or so.

Page last updated October 10, 2023

Arthropods

Eldredgeops rana (Card No. 1); Dipleura dekayi (Card No. 5); Greenops boothi (Card No. 12); Terataspis grandis (Card No. 18); Eurypterus remipes (Card No. 31); Echinocaris punctata (Card No. 34)

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Brachiopods

Mucrospirifer mucronatus (Card No. 4); Spinocyrtia granulosa (Card No. 11); Devonochonetes coronatus (Card No. 22); Athyris spiriferoides (Card No. 30)

Bryozoans

Unitrypa scalaris (Card No. 21); Sulcoretipora incisurata (Card No. 28); Reptaria stolonifera (Card No. 36)

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Mollusks

Pseudaviculopecten princeps (Card No. 2); Retispira leda (Card No. 8); Ponticeras perlatum (Card No. 14); Grammysioidea arcuata (Card No. 15); Palaeozygopleura delphicola (Card No. 20); Spyroceras nuntium (Card No. 29); Cornellites chemungensis (Card No. 33)

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Corals

Pleurodictyum americanum (Card No. 3); Bethanyphyllum robustum (Card No. 9); Emmonsia emmonsii (Card No. 19); Thamnoptychia limbata (Card No. 26); Cystiphylloides conifolis (Card No. 35)