damoogman Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 (edited) Can anyone tell me more about this specimen? Edited April 4, 2012 by damoogman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
araucaria1959 Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 I don't think that this is a trilobite at all. Coral? araucaria1959 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Sorry, but this doesn't look like a trilo to me either. More in-focus pics, from several different angles may help to show what it is. You found this in the Buffalo area? Where's Carmine when we need him. Regards, 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...
Bullsnake Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Kind of looks like a chiton. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolmt Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 I agree does not look like a trilo and trilos from the buffalo area tend to really stand out from the matrix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indy Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 I don't see trilobite and too large for Chiton. Enlarged and cropped ... Appears to be a coral. Flash from the Past (Show Us Your Fossils)MAPS Fossil Show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damoogman Posted April 4, 2012 Author Share Posted April 4, 2012 Ok, i will take a better photo and point out areas that made me think trilo...it was found in a creekbed by my daughter during an earth-spirit hike. I will also find out exactly where...sorry about not having all the facts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damoogman Posted April 4, 2012 Author Share Posted April 4, 2012 Here are some better images Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 Good pictures! I suspect it is an oblique section through some coral. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xonenine Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 (edited) hiyas damoogman, welcome to the forum! Give me a PM anytime you all would like to go to a few spots around Buffalo, there are also Penn - Dixie digs on May 14 and 19 in Hamburg(details in Forum Events)...tho I tend to go to other spots, odds are a few forum members may attend these events, as well as the knowledgeable staff of PD. Carmine coral for sure, a tabulate I would venture Edited April 4, 2012 by xonenine "Your serpent of Egypt is bred now of your mud by the operation of your sun; so is your crocodile." Lepidus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damoogman Posted April 4, 2012 Author Share Posted April 4, 2012 (edited) thanks everyone..so, any idea how old it is? Is it rare? Also, this site is great. knowledgable people who are quick to give very good advice. Edited April 4, 2012 by damoogman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 (edited) If found in the Buffalo vicinity, ...probably somewhere between 360 - 390 Million (Devonian period) years old, I believe. Really depends on exactly where it was found. Regards, EDIT: As to rarity,... fairly common, as corals are commonly found in Western NY. Edited April 4, 2012 by Fossildude19 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...
Crinoid Queen Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 Good pictures! I suspect it is an oblique section through some coral. YA it is coral Sorry Wish it had been a trilo for you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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