Paleoboy Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Found this Trigo on a dig trip to Walker County, Alabama three years ago. Any idea as to genus and species? Been wondering for a while, now! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefootgirl Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Nice bug! In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat: but in the evolution of real knowledge, it marks the first step in progress toward victory. Alfred North Whithead 'Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia!' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Nice; them ain't common! Trigonotarbids had a looong run; what's the age of the deposit it came from? "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acryzona Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Welcome to the Forum. Nice find! Collecting Microfossils - a hobby concerning much about many of the little paraphrased from Dr. Robert Kesling's book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fig rocks Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 That's a cool bug! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paleoboy Posted December 15, 2009 Author Share Posted December 15, 2009 I appreciate the compliments....Thanks! It's Pennsylvanian, making it around about 300 M.Y., give or take. Came from a spoil pile we've been pulling trackways from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bone digger Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 very cool bug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOROPUS Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 I´ve seen some of that stuff in the coal region of Leon in Spain (La Magdalena,and some more ). Very nice and interesting bug, quite rare and aswell difficult to ID. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paleoboy Posted December 19, 2009 Author Share Posted December 19, 2009 Does anyone think that this could be a Pleophrynus verrucosa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Menser Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 Fantasic bug...don't know what it is...but I LIKE IT! But, how big is it? Be true to the reality you create. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest N.AL.hunter Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 I have no idea what it is, but welcome to the forum. I also live here in Huntsville area (actually Harvest). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleecan Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 I think it is a very rare fossil... This is only a guess....Phylum=Arthropoda, Superclass= Chelicerata,, Class=Arachnida, Order=Acarida... tick = 300milions yrs old? See diagram to the right. PL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCFossils Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 I am not familiar with your collecting ite but am an extensive collector of Mazon Creek fossils which are relatively close in age. My best guess is that you have an anthracomartid. Really nice find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paleoboy Posted December 20, 2009 Author Share Posted December 20, 2009 Hey, N.Al.Hunter- Very local - Moores Mill Road....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paleoboy Posted December 20, 2009 Author Share Posted December 20, 2009 2" vert. by 1 1/4" hor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Woah! That's a lot bigger than I thought! My mind had it at around 3/4" long. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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