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Hello everyone, I just wanted to share some pictures from 2 trilobites I just got back from the prep lab! They were collected in February by me and @KompsFossilsNMinerals at Lafamilia quarry. Top to Bottom. 6 inch Isotelus gigas Gravicalymene sp.
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When you took your trip to st. Leon, we’re you nervous? I read that Indiana is lame and doesn’t allow collecting on their road cuts. I plan on making the 3-3.5 hour drive there but I’m so nervous I’m going to get in trouble and I don’t know where to park lol. I’ve read recent posts of people going in the past 6 months, and no complaints or issues. Or are there any sites to find trilobites in that area? It’s not a short drive lol
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Silicified sponge(?) fossil found in Wisconsin Paleozoic gravel. Likely Ordovician or Silurian, possibly Cambrian or Devonian. Thanks!
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Possible Isotelus piece or coiled cephalopod from St. Leon roadcut
Harrison Smith posted a topic in Fossil ID
I recently went to the famous St. Leon roadcut for the third time. The previous two times were more exploratory with few good finds to speak of, especially in regards to trilobites. I had a much more fruitful time this trip, including 2 complete rollers and 2 and a half prone flexis (my sister found a gorgeous one). I also came across this plate, where I saw the fossil in the bottom middle that is the subject of this post. At first I thought it was part of a coiled cephalopod, which I hadn't found at this site before. The other fossil, that I'm fairly certain to be a cephalopod, on the left in the previous picture also lead to that conclusion. However the plate is also covered in Isotelus pieces, which I am not very familiar with. And from looking at Isotelus specimens, I was wondering if it could be part of the thorax or something. Here are some other pictures of the plate, if there's anything else on it that's interesting, let me know. It's mostly a mash of trilobite and crinoid pieces, with some gastropods mixed in, as far as I can tell.
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A few weeks ago I went along AA Highway here in Kentucky and collected a number of mortality plates from the side of the road. I had cleaned up this plate and had it sitting to the side as I tried to figure out how I was going to display it. One of my cats knocked it over last night and split off a chunk that exposed this concretion looking thing that was hidden beneath the top layer of crushed brachiopod shells. Unfortunately when I picked it up to examine it, the top of this concretion looking thing fell off. It sent little fragments everywhere. When I looked back to the main part of the mortality plate I saw this shape. I'm not sure if this is anything of any importance or just an anomaly of the rock. My brain keeps telling me that it looks like bone of some sort (well impression of bone), but I know I'm not experienced enough to know. I collected the top of the concretion looking thing and what fragments I could find and took a picture of them as well. I couldn't pick up the other fragments as they just crumbled in my fingers. Also, I guess it's would be important information this concretion looking things is a little over 3 inches long and about an inch and a half wide. Did my cat just find something of importance in my mortality plate?
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From the album: Pupiao Formation Collection
A really cool piece of three Cyclopyge? These trilobites were thought to be pelagic.- 1 comment
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From the album: Pupiao Formation Collection
Possibly A. bellatula. Gifted to me through a secret Santa trade with Chris Koemp (@Kompsfossilsnminerals)-
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From the album: Pupiao Formation Collection
My favorite Pupiao bug in my collection, an undescribed species of Remopleurides.- 1 comment
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From the album: Pupiao Formation Collection
Decently preserved Asaphid that I purchased from Marc Haensel a while back. -
From the album: Pupiao Formation Collection
I’ve heard lots of suggestions, from Tentaculites to a fragment of a larger organism - I’m not sure what this is. -
From the album: Pupiao Formation Collection
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From the album: Pupiao Formation Collection
A close up of one of the Cyclopygid triplets.-
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From the album: Pupiao Formation Collection
A small Harpetid trilobite in decent shape. -
From the album: Pupiao Formation Collection
Not sure on the ID for this bug. As stated earlier, these guys are formally undescribed - though I’m sure there’s a genus out there that matches this blind trilobite. -
From the album: Pupiao Formation Collection
The head of the Phillipsinella. See other images for the body. -
Phillipsinella sp. thorax and pygidium
cameronsfossilcollection posted a gallery image in Member Collections
From the album: Pupiao Formation Collection
The body of my Phillipsinella. -
From the album: Pupiao Formation Collection
Possibly my least common Pupiao trilobite, I can’t find much information online regarding this genus. If anyone has an articulated example of this Asaphid, please share it in with me! -
From the album: Pupiao Formation Collection
Possibly Nileus armadillo, but I can’t be sure as, previously mentioned, bugs from this formation are formally undescribed. -
Unidentified Trinucleiid Trilobite
cameronsfossilcollection posted a gallery image in Member Collections
From the album: Pupiao Formation Collection
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Unidentified Illaeniid Trilobite
cameronsfossilcollection posted a gallery image in Member Collections
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Bathycheilus-like trilobite I purchased from Marc Haensel a while back. -
Hi, I have just purchased this Crinoid fossil cluster and I can't make out what the card that came with it says. I was hoping someone could hopefully help? I have it down as saying, Zenacrinus bairdi, Liberty formation, Leaves creek, Ohio, Ordovian period. Thank you (hopefully!)
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Found these in a road cut of old 66 today, my wife and I are regular rock hounds and just getting to know the area
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From the album: My Collection
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Ordovician, Hermitage Formation, Tennessee.
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