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Big trilobite from Gore


Minerva8918

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Found this big guy in Gore. The head was exposed so I kept chipping away hoping there was more to him, and sure enough!

 

It took about an hour to chip away the surrounding matrix, and at the end I thought I'd have to break him to extract him fully, but I pulled and he popped out! 

 

Is he deformed or just big? The head looks kind of smushed. 

 

Apparently my pics are super large so I'll try to add a couple more in the comments.

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Cool looking bug! The large photos show nice detail. You can easily add more images if you are at the limit by just replying to the topic with new photos.

 

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken

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5 minutes ago, digit said:

Cool looking bug! The large photos show nice detail. You can easily add more images if you are at the limit by just replying to the topic with new photos.

 

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken

Thanks! I tried that but the pics were too large for that too so I just uploaded them to imgur. 

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Congrats on the healthy sized phacopid. :fistbump:

If I'm not mistaken, Gore, Virginia contains middle Devonian material (somewhat equivalent to the Mahantango Fm), which may place this rather robust bug in the Eldredgeops camp. 

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2 minutes ago, Kane said:

Congrats on the healthy sized phacopid. :fistbump:

If I'm not mistaken, Gore, Virginia contains middle Devonian material (somewhat equivalent to the Mahantango Fm), which may place this rather robust bug in the Eldredgeops camp. 

Thank you! I am not at all good with IDs but Jasper Burns' book only mentioned Phacops Rana (am I misunderstanding that Rana and Eldredgeops are basically the same?). 

 

I had no idea they got this big!

 

All of my other specimens from this location and Wardensville are much, much smaller.

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43 minutes ago, Minerva8918 said:

Thanks! I tried that but the pics were too large for that too so I just uploaded them to imgur. 

The problem with posting links to images on other sites is that too frequently those links break and the images then disappear from the topics here which leaves ugly holes for those viewing in the future. Your other option if you have a smart phone--and who doesn't these days (besides me :P)--is to email a photo to yourself. You should have the option of reducing the size when doing that. You can then post these smaller resolution images here on the forum and they'll not risk disappearing in the future. I can easily replace the links above to they will be secure. ;)

 

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken

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2 hours ago, Minerva8918 said:

 

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Nice find.  It looks fairly complete so far.  Even though it is deformed (flattened cephalon) I can still see the eyes which is good.  With a little more prep you may be able to see both of them.

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Looks like an enrolled Eldredgeops, fairly complete. Sizes for this genus can vary, but a number of Forum members have found ones over two inches long. I have one that missing its cephalon that's just shy of 2 inches. Congratulations. 

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42 minutes ago, digit said:

The problem with posting links to images on other sites is that too frequently those links break and the images then disappear from the topics here which leaves ugly holes for those viewing in the future. Your other option if you have a smart phone--and who doesn't these days (besides me :P)--is to email a photo to yourself. You should have the option of reducing the size when doing that. You can then post these smaller resolution images here on the forum and they'll not risk disappearing in the future. I can easily replace the links above to they will be secure. ;)

 

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken

There's some apps for smartphone that have the option to resize the photos. I use Lit Photo, a neat and simple app!

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Most Phacops from North America were reassigned to Eldredgeops

If you choose to do some preparation work to reveal a bit more of it, I would stabilize the cracks with cyanoacrylate first. 

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Wow! I’m impressed. Looks all there. Had no idea Virginia has formations with phacopids. Nice work :thumbsu:

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