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I've been fascinated with Aegirocassis for a while now. The fact that a complex, giant filter feeder occured so many millions of years ago astonishes me. Its just such an alien animal. I've found little fragments of arthropod molts in the Drakes formation which belong to Isotelus. That got me wondering. What are the chances that instead of these all being from isotelus, that they're instead from another arthropod such as a eurypterid or ordovician radiodont. Another question I have is, does aegirocassis or a radiodont related to aegirocassis occur in any places other than morocco. The Drakes formation seems to have experienced a submarine landslide (don't quote me on this) and most to all of the fossils there are of creatures that were overtaken by said landslide. (Not entirely sure if this is true) But, what if there were such radiodonts like aegirocassis living in the Drakes formation but the only fossils we would find of them is molt fragments like the ones I've found that fell off of the animal and were buried in the sediment, instead of whole body fossils because they were able to escape this landslide. Though, I suppose the only way to confirm that such a radiodont lived in the Drakes would be to find an actual fossilized corpse of one. Really I just think this is a fun idea but it definitely would be cool if it is true.
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Anomalocaris Appendage?
Narwabicorn posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hi! I stumbled upon this listing and I want to be sure that this is what the seller is describing it as. It’s being listed as an Aegirocassis benmoulae appendage from Morocco. I don’t know much about Anomalocarids outside of China and North America. Please let me know what you guys think!- 3 replies
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