evannorton Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Hi Folks- Pretty sure on my ID, but I thought I'd let others confirm. Evan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Wow, a really well defined “Oliver Hardy Worm”, one of the classic Mazon polychaets: very nice! "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...
evannorton Posted June 9, 2014 Author Share Posted June 9, 2014 Hi Auspex- I belive it is a "pill-bug" with 14 rows of tergites and all. The polychaete hairs are actually little spikes. Amynilyspes Wortheni Evan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Very cool! How big is the nodule? ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Hi Auspex- I belive it is a "pill-bug" with 14 rows of tergites and all. The polychaete hairs are actually little spikes. Amynilyspes Wortheni Evan So much the cooler! "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...
evannorton Posted June 9, 2014 Author Share Posted June 9, 2014 The nodule is 1.5 inches by 1 inch approximately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 The following paper has a very thorough description A. wortheni. Congrats again on finding a museum quality example! Hannibal, J.T., & Feldmann, R.M. (1981) Systematics and functional morphology of oniscomorph millipedes (Arthropoda: Diplopoda) from the Carboniferous of North America. Journal of Paleontology, 55(4):730-746 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t-tree Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 A great specimen.....well done on your find. John Be happy while you're living for you're a long time dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nala Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 :drool: :wub: Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCFossils Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Way to go Evan! You are correct that you have found a rare Amynilyspes. Is it from Pit Eleven? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lissa318 Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Congrats! Great find!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Russell Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Nice!! Is this from one of your buckets, Evan? Finding my way through life; one fossil at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stocksdale Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 (edited) Two amazing arthropods from Pit 11! (This one and Rob's Insect) I guess there is more than jellyfish down there Edited June 10, 2014 by Stocksdale Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.–Carl Sagan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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