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Over the years I have found it difficult to pass up a nice trilobite. Several were without identification or background information; I gambled that I would be able to identify these trilobites using information on the internet (images mostly). I am attaching images of those that I believe to be Devonian trilobites. I would most sincerely appreciate corrections and/or further species identification from those with more expertise. The first image is of a trilobite that I acquired at an antique store in Alaska that was liquidating an estate with a private museum. Through comparison with images on the internet, I have tentatively identified it as an Acanthopyge trilobite. The second image is of a partially entrolled trilobite that I have preliminarily identified as an Asteropyginae trilobite (through images on the internet). The third image is of a Crotocephalina gibbus trilobite from the Devonian in Alnif, Morocco. The fourth image is of a Gerastos trilobite from the Devonian in Zguid, Morocco. The fifth image is presumably a Metacantina trilobite from the Devonian in Morocco. The sixth image is presumably a Paralejurus trilobite from the Devonian in Morocco. The seventh image is presumably a Phacops trilobite from the Devonian. The eighth and final image is of a Proetus granulosus trilobite from the Devonian in Morocco. Any further information/discussion about these trilobites would be appreciated.DevMorocco.thumb.jpg.5a20b1c69ec5f63fe2fc6c9e5078ebb2.jpg)
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I am fortunate enough to have such a huge amount of Middle Devonian Givetian material that I thought it best to put the older Middle Devonian stage, the Eifelian, in its own thread. There are some spectacular fossils here as well though! I thought a good place to start would be in the Formosa Reef, which I believe is quite early Eifelian. This tabulate coral and stromatoporoid reef continues similar complexes found from the Middle Silurian, see my: https://www.thefossilforum.com/topic/84678-adams-silurian/page/3/ thread from page three onwards for details. All these Formosa Reef specimens come from a delightful gift from my good friend @Monica who is a tad busy with life at the moment but is fine and still thinking of the forum. This outcrop can be found on Route 12 near Formosa/Amherstburg, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada. This beautiful-looking specimen came to me with only a third of it revealed but I managed to get it this far after nine days of painful pin prepping. Monica found another one and posted it for ID here: https://www.thefossilforum.com/topic/105528-weird-circular-imprints-formosa-reef-lower-devonian/#comment-1172285 The specimen was identified by another Canny Canadian @Kane to be the little stromatoporoid sponge Syringostroma cylindricum. Hardly a reef-builder, but gorgeous nonetheless. It does have a little thickness to it, but not much. Beautiful! Pretty thin, actually. I love this Monica, thank you!
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Hello, all. I obtained this gorgeous little trilobite in one of my best-ever haggling deals in Agadir a few years back. The names keep changing, so first of all, am I right in thinking this is now the genus Belenopyge? Or is it Acanthopyge (Belenopyge)? And is the species bassei or estevei? Hypostome? Thanks for taking a look and extra thanks for any constructive or friendly comments. Scott @piranha , Kane @Kane?
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Although we do not normally collect trilobite fossils, this is the first time we have included acanthopyge sp. I know that this fossil is quite rare and valuable among trilobite fossils. It seems to be a cool trilobite that appeared in the Devonian period!
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Receiving an unprep Acanthopyge sp, the tail does not look like the typical Acanthopyge tail from just doing a quick image search. Definitely looks lichid but I'm wondering does this piece match any of the described species of Acanthopyge? Thats if it is one in the first place of course. Below is some information. AGE Middle Devonian (~393 Million Years) LOCATION Jbel Issomour, South Morocco FORMATION Jbel Issomour Middle Devonian Outcrops Would like to get this specimen preped one day as due to a medical condition I cannot prep and reveal anything further myself.
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Haven't posted any trips in a while, although I've been on quite a few in the last while. This trip occurred this morning, about 15 minutes' walk from my backyard. It started with low expectations and ended in high reward. There was an area I've been returning to for the last six years that I've pretty much tapped out. During that span, it has been generous to me, although it is now transitioning into forest. I decided to take a resigned poke at an area next door to it where a new housing development has been in progress for the last year, and like a lot of these new tracts there is a permanent adjoining drainage area that are sometimes spruced up into walking trails and ponds. It was in this area that they also trucked in a substantive amount of limestone, which I'll reasonably assume is Dundee Formation as that would be the cheapest to acquire. Or, it may be Lucas Fm from nearby Ingersoll. Poking around the brutally hard grey limestone riddled with corals, I figured it would be more of the same old, same old of the Dundee. I'm not a coral person, but I did find these ones neat. Some of these were bigger than basketballs. There were at least seven distinct types of coral I encountered. Here's a tiny sample of the ones I snapped pictures of:
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