Paleome Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 (edited) Here are the best prep results from a trade with Misha. Second & 3rd images: Back row, left specimen, Greenops boothi. In front of it, cephalon of Eldredgeops rana. Front specimen, pygidium (will try to identify later). Second row: brachiopods, one on left, Spinatrypta spinosa (renamed, will add new name to thread later on). The rest, thorax assemblages. Unfortunately, I couldn't get any of them to fit together. First image: rugose horn corals, other side of Spinatrypta brach. I will add the finest specimen in a reply to this post. Ran out of photo room. I w. Edited August 8, 2020 by Paleome Order of photos and text didn't match. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paleome Posted August 8, 2020 Author Share Posted August 8, 2020 Here is the finest specimen, an Eldredgeops cephalon sitting atop a rugose horn coral, several views. Preparation is not complete on this one, as matrix still needs to be removed from between nodes on cephalon and lenses on eyes. Photos in next reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paleome Posted August 8, 2020 Author Share Posted August 8, 2020 24 minutes ago, Paleome said: Here is the finest specimen, an Eldredgeops cephalon sitting atop a rugose horn coral, several views. Preparation is not complete on this one, as matrix still needs to be removed from between nodes on cephalon and lenses on eyes. Photos in next reply. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paleome Posted August 8, 2020 Author Share Posted August 8, 2020 Just now, Paleome said: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paleome Posted August 8, 2020 Author Share Posted August 8, 2020 One last set of photos. Was having troubles getting photos to load. The coral side of things. Strangely, there is a tubular item stuck in one end, just filled with crystals? Large bryozoan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paleome Posted August 8, 2020 Author Share Posted August 8, 2020 (edited) The Department of Geology of Brooklyn College put together a lab (Fossils and Ancient Life) for its students. It is found at userhome.brooklyn.cuny.edu In Part E (Evolution) of this course, attention is given to Spinayrypta spinosa, Tropidoleptus carinatus, and Pseudoatrypta devonica. I cannot, otherwise, find Spinatrypta anywhere on the web, so I can only presume its name has been changed, perhaps related to the other two mentioned in the course? Here are some better photos to help figure it out with. Edited August 8, 2020 by Paleome To be more specific about source of fossil lab course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paleome Posted August 8, 2020 Author Share Posted August 8, 2020 As for the pygidium, I think it belongs to an Eldredgeops, but I am no expert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misha Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 24 minutes ago, Paleome said: Looks like Pseudoatrypa to me 1 hour ago, Paleome said: tubular item stuck in one end, just filled with crystals? I think that this is most likely, crystals. I have a few pieces that contain some really nice ones inside the corals Also, one of the pictures you sent me has a G. boothi cephalon from Penn Dixie, I don't see it here but it is a nice piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paleome Posted August 8, 2020 Author Share Posted August 8, 2020 Ok, other cephalon pieces maybe not shown before. Also upon review of the original post, I notice that the photos are in mixed order from what the text indicates. No idea how that happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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