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This is a beautiful, 4.7cm long specimen of Metacanthina issoumourensis (Morzadec, 2001), a fairly common species from the Devonian of Morocco. It was quarried near Lghaft. There has been light restoration on the glabella, but otherwise the shell is intact.
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Hi I have this small bug from Morocco, but i dont know the species. I checked on google, reedops and drotops look close. Thank you for your help
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From the album: Missouri Trilobites
These last few months have been very generous with its fossil output so far. This specimen's head is about 7.5mm long and is what I consider to be very rare. I have only ever found 2 heads in the upper Winterset limestone. In the future, I plan to clean it up a bit, but for now, he stands with his glabella exposed.-
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From the album: Missouri Trilobites
One of the smaller specimines, but that just makes for better details! Found this little guy in what I call the upper Winterset Limestone member from the Dennis Formation. This pygidium less than 5mm. -
Howdy all. I'm one of those that value correct id's when it comes to fossils, so I thought that I'd post some common misidentifications often seen in anything from gift shops to proffessional collections. If you know any other misidentifications you are welcome to post them here First up are the "Orthoceras" slabs coming out of Morocco (all these misidentifications are of moroccan fossils). Orthoceras currently only contains 1 species, which is only known from my general area (Northern Europe), based on my research, the species originally called "Orthoceras fluminese" is the correct ID for the moroccan orthocones, and this species is today known as "Orthocycloceras fluminese". Second, another paleozoic invertebrate, the Moroccan calymenids are very common and are often labelled as "Calymene" or "Diacalymene", but neither genus exist in Morocco. The correct species for these trilobites is "Flexicalymene ouzregui". Third, we have the Moroccan Globidens teeth, these are often sold as "Globidens aegypticus", a species that according to both Wikipedia and the Paleobiology Database doesn't exist. The name you're looking for is "Globidens phosphaticus". Lastly, we have another mosasaur. "Mosasaurus anceps" or "Prognathodon anceps" teeth are quite common on the market, but they do in fact belong to "Liodon anceps", sometimes teeth labelled as "Prognathodon sp." Will belong to Liodon as well. I hope this helped
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Day Two ; Locality One (or Six if you include Day One) Black Sahara, South of Erfoud 20th February 2019 Well this is where things really get interesting, so stick with this thread as there are dozens of photos of fossils coming up. Looks at the tags if you want clues. I was up bright and early and wandered out at about 7 am to watch the sun rise over the still mighty Erg Chebbi dunes. And as night's candles were burnt out and jocund day stood tiptoe over the misty duney tops, the chaps came to join me and managed lots of photos. Here's one, if you would like to see more, I'm busy posting a kazillion of 'em under the Nature Photography thread.
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can anyone help me identify this trilobite? it will soon be mine but it was mislabelled as Morocconites malladoides which it’s certainly isn’t. have been told it might be a Reedops cephalotes
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I’m fairly certain I’ve labeled this trilobite accurately as Peachella brevispina? I’d appreciate another opinion though. Inyo County, California,Echo Shale and Carrara Formation. Thanks.
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Are my fossiles genuine or fake?
buraqing34 posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hello, im new in fossiles collecting, absolute new beginner. I wonder if my fossiles are genuine or fake, i was so proud of my collection but after i learned that there are many fake Moroccan trilobites on sale, i had suspicions. There are some holes in trilobite and some stuff on it, could be glued which is fine because its age matters to me most, it could be glued no problem. I put them under a plastic sheet but if you wish i can take them out to take better pictures.
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From the album: Wheeler Formation
One of nicest Elrathia specimens from my expedition out west! -
From the album: Wheeler Formation
One of my favorite finds from the Wheeler. -
From the album: Wheeler Formation
Beautiful color on this one. Photographed wet. -
Menagerie multi plate - Asaphiscus, Elrathia, Bolaspidella + Agnostids!
cameronsfossilcollection posted a gallery image in Member Collections
From the album: Wheeler Formation
This was carefully prepped out with serendipitous results, as the main attraction was always the Asaphiscus. -
From the album: Wheeler Formation
Closeup of the Asaphiscus. -
From the album: Wheeler Formation
Look at that spine! -
From the album: Wheeler Formation
There are actually four bugs on this decent sized plate! -
From the album: Wheeler Formation
This bug was either thrown into an unnatural position during the burial process or is an uncommon example of enrollment in Cambrian trilobites! -
From the album: Wheeler Formation
Puny bug! -
From the album: Wheeler Formation
Here’s a closeup of that tiny cranidium. Jon is a master prep! -
From the album: Wheeler Formation
Nice reddish brown bug! -
From the album: Wheeler Formation
Beautiful dark red Elrathia molt. That small dot to the left of the bug is a cranidium belonging to a member of the same species! -
From the album: Wheeler Formation
Two cheekless red molts on a beautiful algae covered matrix. -
From the album: Wheeler Formation
Beautiful, large molt with a tinge of green. -
From the album: Wheeler Formation
Unsurprisingly thought this was an Elrathia when I found it. -
From the album: Wheeler Formation
Cheekless red Elrathia molt on a beautiful piece of rock.
