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Is this Phacops a real specimen? Or is it fake?
75millionyearsago posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hi! I bought this trilobite, which i identified as a Phacops- i bought it at a small mine that sold rocks, small gems, and fossils. I bought this [price redacted], but now have begun to doubt its authenticity. -
Is this Phacops 100% real or a composed trilobite
Liamo posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hey everyone, I have this specimen and i have serious doubts that it's a classic case of a composed trilobite. Here are the photos : -
Hello, I am very interested in collecting trilobites and so far I nearly have one from every order (except Agnostia and a questionable Redlichiid), but though I feel I am fairly knowledgable on them overall, I am embarrassed I cannot tell the difference between species such as Phacops, Reedops, Adrisiops, Drotops, Morocops, Austerops, and Chotecops. Species like Hollarops or Morocconites are easy to tell because they have the spines or spikes though their body looks very similar. Usually when I buy trilobites they are labelled but the ones I have gotten as gifts or from rock shops are gen
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From the album: Mahantango Formation
Eldredgeops rana Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania-
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Localities in the Virginia Area
Andúril Flame of the West posted a topic in General Fossil Discussion
Hello everyone, This is my first posting on TFF (although I've been lurking on the forum for a while) and I am excited to be joining a community centered around one of my main interests. I have seen that this forum houses a very kind and helpful community, and I was hoping that some may be interested in helping a - very new and inexperienced - fossil hunter. I will be in the Charlottesville area for Labor Day weekend and I am in search of any tips for finding fossils in that area or general locations where they might be. I am willing to drive up to 3 hours to other locations in Vi -
From the album: Mahantango Formation
Eldredgeops rana Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania-
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Eldredgeops rana Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania-
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The popular collected trilobite Phacops rana is well embedded in literature for over a hundred years. Then in 1990 it was renamed Eldredgeops rana. A lot of collectors did not understand why the name change and I would like to attempt to clarify why the change. The purpose of this post is to point out the differences I have observed between Phacops and Eldredgeops and explain why "rana" is an Eldredgeops and not a Phacops. The literature on phacopid systematics is in a mild state of disarray. Authors have built on the errors of previous authors. There is no good English diagnostic descrip
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Geesops schlotheimi (Bronn 1825) Middle Devonian Eifelian Ahrdorf Formation Gerolstein Germany -
Hello everyone, I just adopted a new trilobite and could use help identifying it. I believe it is a phacops Speculator, but I don't want to make any assumptions.
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Manhatango formation VA fossil expedition 10/2021
Rexofspades posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Hi all, me again. Went on an expedition with my dad to show him what I do on my free time . Did some research into nearby formations and saw a promising one was in Gore VA. After casing the place in google maps dad and I arrived there at highway 50 we started on the road cut across from the meeting place. The formation seemed promising from the road, but after finding only the same old brachiopod molds and crinoid stems I saw it as a bust. Not deterred, I set on doing a little more follow up research and found that the Legendary store was nearby. After relocating we st- 5 replies
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Two Inch or 5 cm Phacops Eldredgeops rana from Penn Dixie! Great! Hey, wait a minute.
Biotalker posted a topic in General Fossil Discussion
Penn Dixie Fossil Park in Hamburg, NY is known for small but plentiful Eldredgeops rana and aside from a rare mortality plate, finding a complete 2 inch specimen is a big deal! So imagine my excitement when I uncovered this. OK, not entirely complete because I messed up the extraction a bit. But this unfortunate character managed to lie down on one pleural lobe, and get squished literally laterally. All three pics are the same trilobite, with the third picture being the classic dorsal view. Hath this nonconforming fellow no sense of the future? How common is this in your experiences? -
Hi members. I am a new member and developing a collection. Currently I am looking at a sample I am seeing online. They have incorrectly identified as Barrandeops. I have one and this definitely is not that species. The one I am displaying has no eyes. It comes on a matrix with other specimens, but this one picture is the best of the group. I would appreciate if someone can identify this Moroccan fossil. It is not smooth at all, or are the others.
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Hi, I'm trying to classify this trilobite, could it be phacops speculator or morocops ovatus? what is the difference? Thanks.
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Hi there folks, So, I bought this trilobite from a Morrocan seller and I would like to know the species if possible. It came tagged as Phacops redops, but I couldn't find much information on this species. Is it correct? Found in Atchana Issimour, Morroco.
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It was a pretty good week fossil collecting I managed to make it to Penn Dixie Tuesday and Friday. A few of us Canadians had the place to ourselves both days Tuesday was an interesting day, three of us went Mike, Greg and myself and we all ended up with heat stroke. The temperature topped out at 39 Celsius and then you add in the humidity factor and it was low 40's. Stupid weather for collecting but we all found some very good stuff. Greg found a huge plate that I cut down in the field for him to about 12 inches by 12 inches. It would appear to have 4 complete prone E. rana on it . It currentl
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Trilobite authenticity
pugrockprincess posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hey everyone! New here. I have a lovely collection of trilobites and have recently purchased a large Devonian Phacops (according to description). He's over 14cm long as you can see by the photo on my hand so I wanted to check its authenticity. I've noted the nice eye detail which I know can be hard to fake. It's a VERY smelly fossil though (actually making me sneeze). Almost a cross between plaster and laundry detergent. Is there anything that could cause this if it's genuine? I will assume it's had small cosmetic enhancements but I cannot find any cracks on the matrix etc. Not even sure what -
Alrighty folks, I know the trilobite "fake versus real" is almost a cliché around here, but I thought I would ask any how. I bought this several years ago online...and it was advertised as a "phacops trilobite from Morocco". (Oh, I can hear the groans). LOL. So after the fact, I did some research: It has the detailed eyes and nose, it has the supposed common fracture through the "trilobite" and the matrix, and as far I can tell, I don't see any casting "bubbles". Sooooo, a probability of real, fake...or inconclusive? If it's real...cool, if fake...oh well I learned my lesson. Henr
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Hi, I spotted this trilobite,pretty sure its a phacops, online for a relatively cheap price. I was wondering If it was real because it looks really good and large. He put a lighter for scale on the picture (guessing its 10 to 15cm) What do you think? Regards
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From the album: MY FOSSIL Collection - Dpaul7
Phacops Trilobite Fossil Morocco Middle Devonian 393-383 million years ago Phacops is a genus of trilobites in the order Phacopida, family Phacopidae, that lived in Europe, northwestern Africa, North and South America and China from the Early until the very end of the Devonian, with a broader time range described from the Late Ordovician. It was a rounded animal, with a globose head and large eyes, and probably fed on detritus. Phacops is often found rolled up, a biological defense mechanism that is widespread among smaller trilobites but further perfected in this genus. Like in all s -
From the album: MY FOSSIL Collection - Dpaul7
Phacops Trilobite Fossil Morocco Middle Devonian 393-383 million years ago Phacops is a genus of trilobites in the order Phacopida, family Phacopidae, that lived in Europe, northwestern Africa, North and South America and China from the Early until the very end of the Devonian, with a broader time range described from the Late Ordovician. It was a rounded animal, with a globose head and large eyes, and probably fed on detritus. Phacops is often found rolled up, a biological defense mechanism that is widespread among smaller trilobites but further perfected in this genus. Like in all s -
Phacops, is this real?
Spinosaurus posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
when i was surfing over the internet i found this beautifull phacops. but i don't know a lot about these things. so does anyone know if this is real. i saw this other trilobite, it's from the same seller, but the tail looks a bit fishy. thats why i just wanted to know if the other one is real too. this is the fishy one, the tail doesn't look right.
