Some Of My Favourites . . .

[kevinnix]

A few of my favourites, can't help showing them to you

A small (spirifer) brachiopod, from my area, near mackay, Queensland, Australia.

(possible Permian period)

Small fragments of trilobites that I bought from a man who worked at "phosphate hill mine",

here in Queensland. Brings me joy to see Australian trilobites, I personally don't get to

see a lot of them. (Possible Cambrian period)

A piece of algae, I bought from another collector, when you hold this piece, you can't

help wondering about the very early start to life on earth (possible Cambrian period),

from Utah, US.

[Auspex]

I can't quite articulate how fascinatingly exotic Australian fossils seem to me; they have their own mystique

[MgTattooer86]

Auspex, I agree! I see some Australian Pleistocene specimens here occasionally and have to grab some paper towels to wipe the drool off my keyboard. Very nice Kevinnix!

[piranha]

These trilobites are Cambrian xystridurids. Most of them appear to the more common species: Xystridura templetonensis
Big congrats as you have quite an unexpected gem in this lot. This unusual specimen is the pygidium of: Xystridura altera
 

 

Follow the link to this classic monograph:

Öpik, A.A. (1975)
Templetonian and Ordian Xystridurid Trilobites of Australia.
Australia Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, Bulletin 121:1-84

OPEN ACCESS PDF

 

 

 

[kevinnix]

Thank you for your comments gentlemen,

And especially thanks for the trilobite information,

(Just can't hide the touch of national pride for Aussie fossils sometimes)

Cheers, Kevin

[Plantguy]

Very nice material Kevin--Australian stuff does have its intrigue for me as well. Not sure what kind of trek it might be but find some of the fantastic plant material from down there. Regards, Chris