Malcolmt Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 (edited) Was out hunting this weekend on Saturday with a number of friends from the US, went to Ridgemount on Friday hunting eurypterids and up to Gamebridge to hunt trilobites on Saturday. On the second day my friend found a Ceraurus in pretty rough shape which I prepped for him yesterday. I am speculating that it is a Ceraurus globulobatus. It could also be a Ceraurus plattinensis, I really do not know how to tell the difference. Can anyone more in the know jump in with a definative Id. It was found in the veralum formation at Gamebridge Ontario which is ordovician Edited September 4, 2012 by Malcolmt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empty Pockets Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 Sorry, can't help on the id but Ceraurus trilobites are really cool. I've only found one rough, weathered specimen in the Decorah Limestone and don't know the id of it either. Good Luck on yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerryK Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 It's not a Ceraurus plattinensis and probably not a Ceraurus globulobatus either. Many of the Cerauus from Ontario are undescribed. There is someone working on the revision of the Ceraurus and will have to wait until it gets published. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squalicorax Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 That is a really nice on Malcolm! My Flickr Page of My Collection: http://www.flickr.com/photos/79424101@N00/sets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trilobiteruss Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 Nice find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 Hi Malcolm, Attached are the figures of Ceraurus cf. globulobatus and Ceraurus plattinenesis from Hessin, 1988. As Gerry pointed out, globulobatus was not certain then and evidently still remains unresolved today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolmt Posted September 4, 2012 Author Share Posted September 4, 2012 Thanks for the diagrams, I would agree definately not plattinenesis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleecan Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 (edited) Hi Malcolm, Attached are the figures of Ceraurus cf. globulobatus and Ceraurus plattinenesis from Hessin, 1988. As Gerry pointed out, globulobatus was not certain then and evidently still remains unresolved today. Nice prep work Malcolm! Gary should be pleased with the results.. That paper is from Geodigger .... he is here on TFF. Edited September 8, 2012 by pleecan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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