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I decided to hit a different section of ground today, just to check things out. It was difficult to do as I am pretty sure there are more trilobites to be collected where I found the others. Anyhow I am glad I did, found 2 more areas that have potential. Believe that I have learned quite a bit since I started, including something that seems to be a pattern so far. I found a good amount of partials, and found 3 fulls. Will post some photos now and add more later. Thanks for looking
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Guys this is crazy! So after I fossil hunt I put stuff on my patio table. Well I started to move some fossils that have been there from some of the past fossil hunts, and a I did I spotted something. At first I thought it may had been a small fragment of a brachiopod. I picked it up and was shocked. It is a tiny trilobite that must have been on a fossil or hash plate that I had collected. So I found a trilobite before I thought I actually found a trilobite! Hahaha
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Got our of work late today and hightailed it to an area that I wanted to check out. It started off slow, finding a butt here and a head there. I climbed higher to check the ground out above and found a single butt. I decided to drop back down just a bit and walked up onto a smorgasbord of trilobits in a section of formation that was fairly freshly exposed. Running out of time I dropped down a bit more and continued to find parts. Then it happened! I spotted it and quickly snatched it up hoping it was whole! I examined it and felt like a kid again I was so excited. I scanned about another 5 feet or so but had to leave. I know a good starting point now when I go back! I will post the photo of the whole, then add photos of today here in a bit. Thanks to everyone that gave me tips and encouraged me! I'm stoked! For it cleaned up and it is perfect!
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Hello, I picked up this small trilobite with no provenance or label. However based on the other material it was with I suspect it is Pennsylvanian-aged possibly from Kansas. Can anyone verify the bug and potentially the provenance as well? The long pygidium makes me think of Ameura, and I believe the lack of a median preoccipital lobe rules out Ditomopyge. However compared to other examples I see the glabella seems narrow and the cheeks very wide, so perhaps I am completely off. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
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So jumped out after work again today. Same deal. Found 3 or 4 frags within minutes of arriving. I was stoked and was feeling that today was going to be the day. But it turned out to not be the day. I did find some super cool stuff and I really need to start taking the time to take more in the field photos to share with you guys. I just feel so rushed since time is limited and I am after what seems to be a unicorn ... hahaha. I found a couple huge sections of bryzoan I believe, and numerous other fossils including lots, and lots of trilo-bits. The past couple of days I have been leaving almost all of them and keeping just a few. Anyhow....here are a few photos from today. First photo, cephalopod, and not sure what the dark string looking thing to the right of my hand is. Any ideas guys? Second photo, a few trilo-bits that I brought back. See if you can see them. Third another section of matrix containing a head and butt. Last photo, the longest run of crinoid stem that I have found to date. Thanks for looking, and if you have any tips that may help me out in my search, please feel free to share. Thanks to you that have given me tips and advice, I appreciate it greatly!
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Bohemolichas incola trilobite found with preserved intestinal contents, larger fragments confirm ostracod, conch and echinoderm sources. https://www.sciencealert.com/fossil-of-a-trilobite-discovered-with-its-last-meal-still-visible-inside Nature article: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06567-7
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Trilobite Calymene clavicula Silurian Oklahoma
JamieLynn posted a gallery image in Member Collections
From the album: Oklahoma Paleozoic Fossil Finds
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Hopped out for a short hunt again today. Instantly found 3 partial Flexicalymene meeki. Then another, and another. Loads of Isotelus fragments. I really thought I may find my first whole trilobite. But it didn't happen. I am going to keep at it as much as I can. I am determined! Hahaha. I have high hopes for a few different areas that I have hit. A few photos. First photo a head fragment. Second photo head fragment. Third photo, head and butt. Last photo are Isotelus fragments that I actually kept I believe. The one on the far right I am guessing is from the butt, and the one to the left I have no clue. First one I have seen with bumps like that. You guys have any clue?
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From the album: Oklahoma Paleozoic Fossil Finds
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Yesterday I was able to take a trip to the Silurian Racine formation of Southern Wisconsin. This site was easier than others due to the clear stratification, and I was able to see some of the reef overlay and underlay. finds included: my first dolomitized crinoid calyx, a nice fez-looking coral, some Bumastus trilobits, and what looks like a Cornulites impression? I’m curious if anyone has thoughts on the circular impression with calcite growths in it- unsure if it‘s an imprint or just a gap with mineral growth. Included a fun extra picture of old and new critters paired together.
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So I’ve been digging in the Needmore formation for a few years now and, as an amateur, am always finding out that I call things the wrong name. I’m always trying to correct this but darned if you paleontologists don’t switch up the names all the time, I suspect to trip me up personally (joke). The most abundant trilobite I find out there is what I was originally calling Phacops rana, because that’s what the first searches on the area were telling me. On this site, it was pointed out to me very early on that this was outdated info and that the new designation was Eldredgeops rana. All good, this was the last on that for a long time until I posted a photo to social media I identified as an Eldredgeops and had none other than THE Niles Eldredge comment telling me that this formation would be too early for Eldredgeops and what I’ve got on my hands are, in fact, Viaphacops. As the bug has his name on it I’m inclined to believe him but now I’m torn because I’ve now seen a lot of other professionals, both here and other places, refer to Eldredgeops as being found in the Needmore. This is of course a really pedantic triviality for an amateur like myself but there’s something wrong with my brain and I just need a definitive answer, then you guys aren’t allowed to change the name ever again. I see the dudes too often to not know what to call them. Thanks as always!
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Hopped out after I got out of work today and did a bit of hunting. Here are some of my finds.
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So I am setting outside having some adult beverages and whittling away at this rock. Have exposed a few, but there is a good sized partial of a trilobite that it's bottom is exposed on top. How would one go about this? I would really like to have it right-side up if at all possible without damage. Is it possible to fill the bottom (exposed) and work from the other side of the rock to expose it?
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Went out today and found ALOT of fossils. A great variety, but the trilobite fragments go me the most excited. I found one section that appears to be in some really soft matrix, and wondering how I should go about getting the fossil/fossils prepped. I am super new, never have prepped, and is the 4th day of collecting. So please keep that in mind. I will add some photos now, and some later. Thanks for looking, and for any advice..... I believe there are 2 or 3 fragments in the matrix of the bottom 2 photos.
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Hi, Can someone please help me identifying this little fossil? This is the info I have about it: Size: 16mm Location: Närke-län, Sweden Age: Middle Cambrian Additionally, there are some other elements in the plate and I was wondering if they are of any significance or if they can be identified (attached close-up images of them as well). Thanks in advance.
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Trilobite Huntoniatonia huntonensis Devonian Oklahoma
JamieLynn posted a gallery image in Member Collections
From the album: Oklahoma Paleozoic Fossil Finds
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Quick hunt after work, and found this. Hoping it is an Isotelus head. Had nothing with me so dropped lighter next to it and my fingertip. Possibly head fragment with spine running under the matrix and broken tip at my fingertip
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Ok guys. I am new to this and really enjoying it. Figured I would share a few photos and hope that someone would possibly help me out here. The 3 fossils I have no clue about were found within 30 yards or so of one another. I appreciate any help, and thanks for looking! Ordovician
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Psittacosaur9's Cabinet Renovation Fossil Identification - Palaeozoic Thread
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Hello everyone! Hope you have all had a good day. I have just finished a long day of work; clearing out my old display case and bookcase, photographing my specimens, carrying my new cabinet and bookcase up from the garage. Now, I am going to post some photographs of Palaeozoic fossils I would like identification of. I will send the other fossil photos later. For any of these I would like the most specific identification possible, as I am creating labels for my fossil display. Sorry if the lighting is poor. If any of you want them, I can take more photos tomorrow. Specimen 1: Calymenid I obtained this Calymenid Trilobite from a museum. I do not know the location, although due to the large volume of commercially available fossils from the country I would suspect Morocco. I initially believed it to be a specimen of Calymene celebra, due to the shape of the cephalon and the bulging eyes, but found out that in Morocco the closely related Felxicalymene is more common. Are there any noticeable distinguishing features between different types of Calymenids one of you or I could identify on the fossil specimen? If anyone has a guide, it would be very helpful. Specimen 2: Goniatite I obtained this Goniatite from a museum. Seeing as the museum described it as coming from the Jurassic, I wanted to double check their identification, as Gonitaites were only present in the Palaeozoic, and after cross-referencing the specimen with online images, I am pretty sure it is a Goniatite. The museum's labels stated the specimen came from Madagascar, but the fossil seems to be most similar to Goniatites from Morocco. What are all of your opinions on the fossil's identity? Specimen 3: Orthocone I do not remember where I obtained this Orthocone from, but I do know it came from Morocco and that I bought it as 'Orthoceras. However, the exact taxonomy of Moroccan Orthocones seem to be in a bit of a mess, as Orthoceras was a wastebasket taxon, and is now considered to only be found in Europe. Different sources have identified Moroccan Orthocones such as this one as 'Arionoceras' or 'Orthocycloceras' (the latter name in particular was used in the 2021 DK Fossil Handbook). Which one would be the more appropriate name? Or is another name more valid? Thank you all for your support! Tomorrow, when I find the time, I will post some Mesozoic and Cenozoic animal fossils, Triassic plant fossils and some fossils I am concerned might be fake.
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It has been a while since I have made a trip to a new spot, I had some free time last weekend and decided to head out towards some promising localities in Central NY for Ordovician fossils. Found a great place to go through some research and digging. I hit a couple different sections of the same area and found different specimens. I am guessing at some point I wandered out of the Utica fm. and into the Trenton fm. Pictures below, thanks for reading! I got to this one too late, but this could have been an A+ trilobite before it got weathered out. This find was pretty important for telling me which area to work in. 1. Partial trilobite that didn't necessarily break the right way with a cephalopod 2. Pyritized disarticulated trilobite partials. 3. Nice triarthrus head. Haven't done enough research to tell the difference between T. beckii and T. eatoni 4. Could be my favorite of the trip. Big cephalopod 5. Closest I got to a complete triarthrus 6. Good size but disarticulated. Found this one early. 7. This is where I believe I moved on to the Trenton. Looks like a flexicalymene cephalon. 8. Found this near the suspected flexi
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