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A few french trilos preped during the summer 2018
elcoincoin posted a topic in General Fossil Discussion
During the summer i found time to empty a bit crates from the recent trilo hunts. Here come some of those recent prep. The samples come from 2 different sites which are only a few kilometers away one from the other. More or less orange ones from one place, black ones from the other. To start with, the emblematic Neseuretus tristani, most common trilos in our area. Those are second grade samples, but still, here they are : -
How do you identify the layer schlacke in Holzmaden
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just wondering what these are
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it has been damaged a bit as it was discoverd in victorian times but is it rare,as i couldnt find any specimens for sale online
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From the album: La Dominelais / La Noe Blanche - a few summer prep
Uralichas sp cephalon a trilobite from the ordovician shale of La Dominelais (Brittany / France) -
From the album: La Dominelais / La Noe Blanche - a few summer prep
Neseuretus tristani, a trilobite from the Ordovician shale of La Dominelais ( South of Rennes / Britanny / France) -
From the album: La Dominelais / La Noe Blanche - a few summer prep
Neseuretus tristani, a trilobite from the Ordovician shale of La Dominelais ( South of Rennes / Britanny / France) -
From the album: La Dominelais / La Noe Blanche - a few summer prep
Neseuretus tristani, a trilobite from the Ordovician shale of la Noe Blanche ( South of Rennes / Britanny / France) -
From the album: La Dominelais / La Noe Blanche - a few summer prep
Colpocoryphe rouaulti a trilobite from the Ordovician shale of la Noe Blanche ( South of Rennes / Britanny / France) -
From the album: La Dominelais / La Noe Blanche - a few summer prep
Indet trilobite from the Ordovician shale of La Dominelais ( South of Rennes / Britanny / France) (Prolly colpocoryphe or salterocoryphe sp) -
From the album: La Dominelais / La Noe Blanche - a few summer prep
Eodalmanitina sp, a trilobite from the Ordovician shale of La Dominelais ( South of Rennes / Britanny / France) -
From the album: La Dominelais / La Noe Blanche - a few summer prep
Eodalmanitina sp, a trilobite from the Ordovician shale of La Dominelais ( South of Rennes / Britanny / France) -
From the album: La Dominelais / La Noe Blanche - a few summer prep
Rolled up Ectillaenus giganteus, a trilobite from the Ordovician shale of la Noe Blanche ( South of Rennes / Britanny / France) -
From the album: La Dominelais / La Noe Blanche - a few summer prep
Ectillaenus giganteus, a trilobite from the Ordovician shale of La Dominelais ( South of Rennes / Britanny / France) -
From the album: La Dominelais / La Noe Blanche - a few summer prep
Ectillaenus giganteus, a trilobite from the Ordovician shale of La Dominelais ( South of Rennes / Britanny / France) -
From the album: La Dominelais / La Noe Blanche - a few summer prep
Ectillaenus giganteus, a trilobite from the Ordovician shale of La Dominelais ( South of Rennes / Britanny / France) -
From the album: La Dominelais / La Noe Blanche - a few summer prep
Colpocoryphe rouaulti a rolled up trilobite from the Ordovician shale of la Noe Blanche ( South of Rennes / Britanny / France) -
From the album: Sharks and fish
The shark relative is genus of eugenodontia holocephalid from the Carboniferous-Pennsylvanian age Anna shale formation, Carbondale group, found in different Illinois coal mines. I dont know(yet)which mine these were found in. This unidentified species is of the "vorax-serratus- crenulatus-heinrichi" or "E. heinrichi group", with the teeth being more of a standard triangular shape, as opposed to being thinner and pointed at a forward angle as in the "E. minor" group http://www.thefossilforum.com/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=501751 -
From the album: Marine reptiles and mammals
A little collection of assorted mosasaur fossils from 2 different places that I got when I first started collecting. 2 different types of vertebrae, one is mosasaur, and the other is a questionable claim of mosasaur, a corprolite that was claimed to be that of a mosasaur, a tooth, & 7 rib fragments. 2 ribs have predation marks, as well as the large vertebra. The large vert has a round tooth indent on the very center. The 2nd rib down has tooth scratches along the surfaces, & 3rd rib down has a round tooth indent in the center, which is probably what caused a strip across the middle to break off. There are 2 other tooth marks on that rib as well, forming a diagonal line from above left of the center indent, breaking off a piece along the top, to below right. -
From the album: Sharks and fish
Xiphactinus Audax vertebrae NorthEast texas Ozan Formation--Taylor shale upper cretaceous -
Here's another fossil from Penn Dixie I'm having trouble with. It's from the Devonian shale, and it can be hard to see in the photo as it blends in really well and is a bit worn. There is a trilobite in the upper part of the photo, I've circled the interesting feature in red. It's a circular shape with ribbed features radiating from the center. To be honest, I'm not entirely sure if it's actually a fossil or just an anomaly in the rock.
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Elcoincoin's collection - part two : My trilobites army
elcoincoin posted a topic in Member Collections
Hi, all Here s a few pictures of my trilobites collection. All are self collected. They all were collectd south of rennes in britanny / France. The 2 most abundant species are Neseuretus Tristani and Ectillaenus Giganteus . There s also quite a few Eodalmanitina and Colpocoryphe rouaulti + a few other (mostly partial) species. I also added a last photo with a very fresh find (last tuesay) , very very cool association : Ectillaenus Giganteus and Eodalmantina sp (with complete caudal spine)
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So I recently bought this fish fossil from an antique shop, supposedly, from the Green River formation in Wyoming. The specimen is about 17 centimeters or 6 inches long, I purchased it because of its relatively low price, but most of all, it's quite large! I'm very limited in knowledge of fish, so I figured I would post it here on the forum, any ideas? I'll also add more photos if needed, thanks in advance.
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I have a fossil I attempted to get identified to no avail unfortunately, but I would still like to see if I can possibly expose it more. I removed it from the shale at the Montour fossil pit in Danville, PA. It has a lot of that orange rock like material(sorry about not knowing proper terminology ) and I was wondering if there is any good method to expose it more and make it all nice and pretty . Would it best to attempt to remove it from the rest of the rock of leave some attached to it? All help is greatly appreciated thanks in advance!
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My family and I went fossil hunting in Gallatin County, MT a few weeks ago and came across these two fossils. They had come loose from a known Cretaceous shale area which regularly produces flora fossils of various quality. After a lot of comparisons online, we keep coming back to thinking this may be dino skin, however, this is not the area for common skin finds. (as far as I know!) Any insight or ideas is appreciated!! Thank you in advance for taking the time for a look.
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