paleozoicfish Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Hello All, I noticed that lots of forum members were adding trilobites on separate topics. I thought it would be fun to put all our favorite trilos on one page! I will start with one of my favorite soft-body trilobites. This is a ventral Triarthrus eatoni that is 3.2 cm long from NY. -PzF 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilshk Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Hello All, I noticed that lots of forum members were adding trilobites on separate topics. I thought it would be fun to put all our favorite trilos on one page! I will start with one of my favorite soft-body trilobites. This is a ventral Triarthrus eatoni that is 3.2 cm long from NY. -PzF Oh~ Very nice , I want to have one N Y soft-body trilobites long time! Anybody can tell me how can I find it? Dinosaur Fossil Lab http://www.fossilshk.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilshk Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 I like Comura! Looks tyrannical! Dinosaur Fossil Lab http://www.fossilshk.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 SWEET PzF I have about 100 favorites ... I'll post a few from the Top 10 shortly. In honor of your super-spectacular soft-bodied trilobite here is a free pdf of the classic book collaboratively undertaken by the legendary C.E. Beecher finished posthumously by the great Percy Raymond. "The Appendages, Anatomy and Relationships of Trilobites" LINK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palaeopix Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Hello All, I noticed that lots of forum members were adding trilobites on separate topics. I thought it would be fun to put all our favorite trilos on one page! I will start with one of my favorite soft-body trilobites. This is a ventral Triarthrus eatoni that is 3.2 cm long from NY. -PzF Wow, such a cool specimen PzF! Are you serious...!? I have about 100 favorites as well!! This guy here is a particular favorite because it was my first, and a gift from my favorite uncle! Eldredgia venustus. Devonian, Bolivia. And then there's this one, which is the best Pterocephalia norfordi in my collection. Upper Cambrian, British Columbia. There are many more but I'll hold back for now! Dan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paleozoicfish Posted January 28, 2011 Author Share Posted January 28, 2011 SWEET PzF I have about 100 favorites ... I'll post a few from the Top 10 shortly. In honor of your super-spectacular soft-bodied trilobite here is a free pdf of the classic book collaboratively undertaken by the legendary C.E. Beecher finished posthumously by the great Percy Raymond. "The Appendages, Anatomy and Relationships of Trilobites" LINK Excellent! Thanks! -PzF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dent de requin Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Here are two trilobite I found in the Carboniferous of Belgium. No restoration,100% natural 1- cummingella belisama 2- Piltonia kuehnei 1 My website on fossil http://dents-de-requin.over-blog.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Here are two trilobite I found in the Carboniferous of Belgium. No restoration,100% natural 1- cummingella belisama 2- Piltonia kuehnei Beautiful Mississippian bugs Dent de requin! By the time the Carboniferous had rolled around the proetids were the only group of trilobites left remaining. Amazingly they managed to withstand another 100 million years before going extinct in the Permian. One striking tidbit (literally) is the miniaturization of the proetids. Surely an evolutionary response based on environmental demands. There were a few that teased upwards around the two inch mark toward the end but most were rather pill sized of course. A far cry from the early gigantic Cambrian paradoxidids or the 28" monster Isotelus rex of the Ordovician sea. Considering the great diversity of genera and species they departed quite unceremoniously with a disproportionate whimper. Ameropiltonia lauradanae - formerly [breviphillipsia sampsoni] Mississippian - Chouteau Formation, Saline County, Missouri 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paleozoicfish Posted January 28, 2011 Author Share Posted January 28, 2011 Beautiful Mississippian bugs Dent de requin! By the time the Carboniferous had rolled around the proetids were the only group of trilobites left remaining. Amazingly they managed to withstand another 100 million years before going extinct in the Permian. One striking tidbit (literally) is the miniaturization of the proetids. Surely an evolutionary response based on environmental demands. There were a few that teased upwards around the two inch mark toward the end but most were rather pill sized of course. A far cry from the early gigantic Cambrian paradoxidids or the 28" monster Isotelus rex of the Ordovician sea. Considering the great diversity of genera and species they departed quite unceremoniously with a disproportionate whimper. Ameropiltonia lauradanae - formerly [breviphillipsia sampsoni] Mississippian - Chouteau Formation, Saline County, Missouri Very nice and well put! I, too, always thought it was an undignified ending for creatures with such a long span and having once dominated the sea bottom. -PzF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Menser Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 This Asaphus was the first 'big money' fossil of my collection. I did the prep on this D. monstrosus. Fun project. This big Trimerus is completely replaced with pyrite. 1 Be true to the reality you create. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCFossils Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 I will see your soft bodied Triarthrus and raise you a Bundenbach Chotecops Great specimens everyone! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paleozoicfish Posted January 29, 2011 Author Share Posted January 29, 2011 I will see your soft bodied Triarthrus and raise you a Bundenbach Chotecops Great specimens everyone! Well Done RC...I raise Triarthrus in 4 different poses: Ventral, Dorsal, Lateral and Rolled! cheers, PzF Ventral: 3.5 cm 2 dorsal with perfect antennae 1.1 and 1.3 cm Lateral 2.4 cm Rolled 1 cm 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 On 1/28/2011 at 6:27 PM, paleozoicfish said: Well Done RC...I raise Triarthrus in 4 different poses: Ventral, Dorsal, Lateral and Rolled! I-N-C-R-E-D-I-B-L-Y I-N-S-A-N-E PzF ... I think you meant to say you were ALL IN ... 4 of a Kind is the TOP .... here there or ANYWHERE! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palaeopix Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 I fold!!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAESAR Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 Nice topic and great collections of all! These two Cambrian trilobites of my collection are from Kaili, China, a Burgess Shale type fauna. 1. Olenoides paraptus, Size: 5cm 2. Kaotaia transversa, Size: 1.5cm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palaeopix Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 Nice topic and great collections of all! These two Cambrian trilobites of my collection are from Kaili, China, a Burgess Shale type fauna. 1. Olenoides paraptus, Size: 5cm 2. Kaotaia transversa, Size: 1.5cm Yeah, that Olenoides paraptus is one of my favorite trilobites too! Nice trilos CAESAR!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 Spectacular Caesar, they are both fantastic especially the Olenoides! The Order Corynexochida are my favorite Paleozoic Food Processors! Kootenia spencei Middle Cambrian Spence Shale, Utah 22mm juvenile specimen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCFossils Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 Well played Andrew! Here is another favorite. A huge Isotelus maximus from Mount Orab Ohio. This guy is pushing nine inches! I have a partial of that i will post pictures of that was almost twice that size. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCFossils Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 Here is the partial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palaeopix Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 Spectacular Caesar, they are both fantastic especially the Olenoides! The Order Corynexochida are my favorite Paleozoic Food Processors! Kootenia spencei Middle Cambrian Spence Shale, Utah 22mm juvenile specimen Alright, yet another of my favorites! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAESAR Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 Thank you very much Dan and Piranha! Cambrian trilobites are my favorite! another Cambrian trilobite of Corynexochida, Amphoton deois, from Shandong, China, Size: 1.8cm. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palaeopix Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 Thank you very much Dan and Piranha! Cambrian trilobites are my favorite! another Cambrian trilobite of Corynexochida, Amphoton deois, from Shandong, China, Size: 1.8cm. Thanks CAESAR, me too and that Amphoton deois is really cool! Yet another favorite!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paleozoicfish Posted January 29, 2011 Author Share Posted January 29, 2011 Well played Andrew! Here is another favorite. A huge Isotelus maximus from Mount Orab Ohio. This guy is pushing nine inches! I have a partial of that i will post pictures of that was almost twice that size. Wow! What a beauty! Any thoughts on what to do with the partial? I guess it is best to leave it as is. Either way, awesome! -PzF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paleozoicfish Posted January 29, 2011 Author Share Posted January 29, 2011 Thank you very much Dan and Piranha! Cambrian trilobites are my favorite! another Cambrian trilobite of Corynexochida, Amphoton deois, from Shandong, China, Size: 1.8cm. Excellent trilo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAESAR Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 (edited) Thanks all! Redlichiid trilobites also richly distributed in china as the most common genus Redlichia. This is a particular trilobite of Redlichiida, Malungia laevigata, from Yunnan, China, Size: 3cm. Edited January 29, 2011 by CAESAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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