Tidgy's Dad Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 Hello, my friends. This specimen comes from a wonderful hash plate, maybe my favourite hash, that was kindly sent to me by Ralph, @Nimravis It's from the Southgate Hill Road Cut, St.Leon, Indiana, USA and is Cincinnatian (Late Ordovician) in age, probably the Waynesville Formation, judging by the brachiopod assemblage. But could be Liberty. Is this a trilobite hypostome? And if so, is it likely to be Flexicalymene? The piece has several Flexi bits on it; a couple of pygidia and some free cheeks, the reverse has three cranidia. But I think there are Isotelus fragments present, too. The specimen is 5 mm wide. Thank you very much as always for any opinions and help. 2 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 Adam, Can you see any texture on the item in question? 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misha Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 I cannot help with the ID but those brachiopods are absolutely gorgeous! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted August 13, 2020 Author Share Posted August 13, 2020 15 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said: Adam, Can you see any texture on the item in question? Mmmm. Possible striations or lines of pits? This is as close as it gets : It is black, like many of the other trilobits, while the brachiopods are light to mid brown. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted August 13, 2020 Author Share Posted August 13, 2020 15 minutes ago, Misha said: I cannot help with the ID but those brachiopods are absolutely gorgeous! Thank you. Leptaena richmondensis, Hebertella occidentalis, Hebertella alveata, Zygospira modesta, Eochonetes clarksvillensis and Hiscobeccus capax/ Lepidocyclus perlamellosum. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Sharks Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 Not too sure what you have, but it isn't a Flexicalymene hypostome. They look nothing like the forked hypostomes of asaphids like Isotelus. https://www.trilobites.info/hypoterms.html There is a small pic of a Flexi here, and drawings as well. 1 There's no limit to what you can accomplish when you're supposed to be doing something else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 Beautiful piece, Ralph is the man. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nautiloid Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 That’s a beautiful piece! Love those brachs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted August 13, 2020 Author Share Posted August 13, 2020 11 minutes ago, Northern Sharks said: Not too sure what you have, but it isn't a Flexicalymene hypostome. They look nothing like the forked hypostomes of asaphids like Isotelus. https://www.trilobites.info/hypoterms.html There is a small pic of a Flexi here, and drawings as well. Thanks. Probably a bit of unusually dark brachiopod, maybe a section across the hinge, I expect. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted August 13, 2020 Author Share Posted August 13, 2020 2 minutes ago, Bobby Rico said: Beautiful piece, Ralph is the man. 2 minutes ago, Nautiloid said: That’s a beautiful piece! Love those brachs Thanks, guys, yes, Ralph is the boss man. And the brachs did prep beautifully, though they were pretty good to start with. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 1 minute ago, Tidgy's Dad said: brachs did prep beautifully They look great nicely prepared Adam. ( I think this is a prep tool icon or a sonic screwdriver both fitting with you ) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted August 13, 2020 Author Share Posted August 13, 2020 5 minutes ago, Bobby Rico said: They look great nicely prepared Adam. ( I think this is a prep tool icon or a sonic screwdriver both fitting with you ) Yes, it goes nicely with and Both of which I have shamelessly stolen from Scott. @piranha 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted August 13, 2020 Author Share Posted August 13, 2020 2 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said: The more I look at this close up, the more I think it's a brachiopod process. I've done this before. sigh. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted August 13, 2020 Author Share Posted August 13, 2020 Thanks, everyone! Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 +1 for brachiopod. 1 "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted August 13, 2020 Author Share Posted August 13, 2020 33 minutes ago, Herb said: +1 for brachiopod. Yeah. Thanks, Herb. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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