Huntonia Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 I received some Waldron Shale trilos for prep today. As always I made a brief examination of the matrix in search of any other fossils. I came across these, that I think may be cross sections of bugs? I should clarify that I have 0 experience with such cross sections. If they were, I'd assume the smaller one is the standard C. breviceps but the larger is curious. It's about 1.75 in/4.5 cm across and appears to have tubercles. What do you guys think, am I way off base or have I found something interesting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 They look like cross sections of thoracic segments, to me. 2 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...
Huntonia Posted December 1, 2020 Author Share Posted December 1, 2020 2 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said: They look like cross sections of thoracic segments, to me. That's what I was thinking, I'm not particularly knowledgeable concerning the Waldron Shale species, thus far I've never heard of a large bumpy bug from there. Perhaps someone can point me towards a possible genus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 The overall size compared with C. breviceps and the ratio of the tuberculate axis vs the pleural field leads to a reasonable expectation of: Glyptambon verrucosus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huntonia Posted December 1, 2020 Author Share Posted December 1, 2020 I had forgotten about Glyptambon Seems like a good match, thanks again. Unlikely there's enough continuing in the matrix to make it worth prepping, but I'll probably clean up what's visible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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