Minerva8918 Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 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. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
digit Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 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 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pterygotus Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Nice find! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Minerva8918 Posted March 29, 2020 Author Share Posted March 29, 2020 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. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kane Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Congrats on the healthy sized phacopid. 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. 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Minerva8918 Posted March 29, 2020 Author Share Posted March 29, 2020 2 minutes ago, Kane said: Congrats on the healthy sized phacopid. 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. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
digit Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 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 )--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 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ruger9a Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 2 hours ago, Minerva8918 said: 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. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jeffrey P Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 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. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Monica Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 What a find!!! Congrats!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Darbi Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 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 )--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! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kane Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 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. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tidgy's Dad Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Very nice trilobite. Great find. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cck Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 That’s a beauty! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Al Tahan Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 Wow! I’m impressed. Looks all there. Had no idea Virginia has formations with phacopids. Nice work Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jort68 Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 That's AWESOME. Great find (: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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