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  • Rielaspis elegantula Billings, 1866

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    Kane

    By Kane

    Taxonomy

    Rielaspis

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Arthropoda
    Class: Trilobita
    Order: Phacopida
    Family: Encrinuridae
    Genus: Rielaspis
    Species: Rielaspis elegantula
    Author Citation Billings, 1866

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Paleozoic
    Period: Silurian
    Sub Period: None
    Epoch: Middle
    International Age: Llandovery

    Stratigraphy

    Thornloe Formation

    Provenance

    Collector: K. Faucher
    Date Collected: 04/08/2021
    Acquired by: Field Collection

    Location

    Ontario
    Canada

    Comments

    This encrinurid occurs in the Temiskaming outlier of northern Ontario amidst a fauna that is similar to that of Anticosti Island (1,250 km away). 

     

    The layers in which these are found represent a near-shore environment, containing an assortment of crinoids, coral, early plant material, brachiopods, and a variety of gastropods. 

     

    The specimen plate shown here was painstakingly prepared by M. Thornley of Ontario during the late summer of 2021. The specimen plate contains up to 12 or more individuals in various states of completeness, and is housed in the private collection of K. Faucher. 

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    Malcolmt

    Kane I seriously thought about not returning this one. It was looking mighty good on the shelf at my house.

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    FossilDAWG

    It looks even better in person than it does in the photos!  :default_faint: :drool: :drool: :default_faint:

    Don

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    Malcolmt

    Don, as I recall you dashed into my basement and absconded it for Kane but that s ok I guess you left behind two very nice plates as collateral

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    FossilDAWG

    I'd be a liar if I said I wasn't tempted to wave at Kane and keep right on going.  The look on his face when he unwrapped it, though, made me happy.  You did such an excellent job ob the prep!

     

    Don

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