jjstaley Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 Hello everyone! I'm new here and new to fossil everything and learning as much as I can. I may have found my first trilobite and I have ideas of what it could be but not good at all with the process of identification or how it is oriented on/in the matrix. There are faint lines around the entire piece that seems to be other trilobites/parts. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks for looking! Please excuse any mistakes this is also my first time ever posting on a forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnbuckeye Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 The fossil reminds me of a brachiopod. There seems like a circular center along the hinge in your first picture. If this was from Minnesota, I would call it Strophomena. Maybe it is artifact. Picture is from Learn About Nature. Also, your second picture shows multiple brachiopods. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas.Dodson Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 I agree, this is a brachial valve of a strophomenid brachiopod. Where was this found? Paleozoic strata are common in northern Alabama and a location might help narrow down a formation and eventual ID (county is sufficient). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjstaley Posted June 21, 2021 Author Share Posted June 21, 2021 Thanks for looking...I found it in chapel hill, TN. I will definitely check out the things mentioned. I have searched for trilobites in Northern Alabama with no luck but have found what I believe is horn coral and a few plant type fossils. I will keep hunting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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