a shell mound?

[Nari]

Hi!

 

There is a rock with fossils (?) my house. It's from my father, passed away about 10 years ago.

 

I don't know what it is, but maybe it's from his China travel.

 

I have searched some images of old sea animals fossil, but still don't have a idea.

 

Is there anyone explain them?

 

Thanks!

[daves64]

At least some of them are trilobite pieces, maybe most of them. Nice hash plate!

[Kane]

These would be typical fragments of Neodrepanura premesnili Özdikmen 2011. These are Upper Middle Cambrian trilobites from the Kushan Formation, likely Shandong Province

 

 

These were previously assigned as Drepanura, but the genus name was already in use for an insect genus, and was reassigned.

 

See:

Qing Liu & Qianping Lei (2011): First known complete specimen of Neodrepanura  (Trilobita: Damesellidae) from the Cambrian Kushan Formation, Shandong, China,Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, 35:3, 397-403 LINK

 

[Nari]

39 minutes ago, Kane said:

These would be typical fragments of Neodrepanura premesnili Özdikmen 2011. These are Upper Middle Cambrian trilobites from the Kushan Formation, likely Shandong Province

 

 

These were previously assigned as Drepanura, but the genus name was already in use for an insect genus, and was reassigned.

 

See:

Qing Liu & Qianping Lei (2011): First known complete specimen of Neodrepanura  (Trilobita: Damesellidae) from the Cambrian Kushan Formation, Shandong, China,Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, 35:3, 397-403 LINK

 

Thank you so much ! I will read the reference.

 

I have a small child, and he often looked at this stone with a magnifying glass. I have to let him know.