Emory John--Fifty Years A Collector

Asaphiscus fossil

A list of fossils found by Emory John. Emory W. John came first to Utah in 1893. Shortly thereafter he became sick and returned to his home in Illinois. He came the second time to Utah in 1898, settling at Clear Lake where he bought a farm and raised alfalfa seed. The first week of walking over his new farm he began to find arrowheads. Ranging further he found pottery fragments and fossils. His brother, Barclay, lived with him and shared his hobby.

Thisa specimen of Asaphiscus My notes on this are that it was fornd by Barclay John in the vs formation on As the two men were together that 1ittle detail of widch of the two found 1t will be overlooked This spectmen 15 well preserved HNote the wide margin on the pyridium tafl The head is slirhtly injured but the oy o5 can be seen The froe chesks are missing The thoracie segments ore sharp on the ends but not extended spines on them These are rather infrequent in this area fmory has found Ptychoparia kingi Ag nostus with Mi sharp Meek now secial Elrathia mention of Triplagnostus Asaphiscus and the smsller one Asaphiscus minor llar iia very rare spines Thform with many sepments callet Alokistocars Unispinus Orria elegans Neolenus Trierepicephalus Acrocephalites In archeaolory In Confusion ranges Composita Productus Punctospirifer Crinoid stems pulcher In Orgortetans rachiopods Pliomera trilobite Receptaculite Neareamingtont Goral Crinotd colony ctens and eup Digital image 2003 Beckwith Family Al rights reserved