connorp Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 While small, I'm still excited about finally picking up my first trilobites! Elrathia kingi and Peronopsis interstricta, both from the Wheeler Formation. The free cheeks on the baby kingi are very well preserved, hence why I choose him over some of the larger but more poorly preserved ones. On a side note, I just read on Wikipedia that Peronopsis interstricta was reclassified as Itagnostus interstrictus. Are they correct? I can't seem to find a reference to this anywhere respectable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 Those were my first two trilobites also, and are still fondly remembered "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...
piranha Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 On 12/2/2014 at 4:07 PM, connorp said: ...On a side note, I just read on Wikipedia that Peronopsis interstricta was reclassified as Itagnostus interstrictus. Are they correct? I can't seem to find a reference to this anywhere respectable. Wikipedia is correct on that. This is the paper that revised Peronopsis interstricta to Itagnostus interstrictus: Naimark, E.B. (2012) Hundred Species of the Genus Peronopsis Hawle et Corda, 1847. Paleontological Journal, 46(9):945-1057 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connorp Posted December 3, 2014 Author Share Posted December 3, 2014 Wikipedia is correct on that. This is the paper that revised Peronopsis interstricta to Itagnostus interstrictus: Naimark, E.B. (2012) Hundred Species of the Genus Peronopsis Hawle et Corda, 1847. Paleontological Journal, 46(9):945-1057 Ah, thanks for that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triceratops Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 Nice trilos! -Lyall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 Congratulations on number 1+2. I remember that feeling of finally having one (or two) bugs in your own hands. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DE&i Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 Well done indeed....never in a month of Sundays did I expect to find my first Trilobite here in the UK. Regards, Darren. Regards.....D&E&i The only certainty with fossil hunting is the uncertainty. https://lnk.bio/Darren.Withers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rejd Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 Congrats on your first trilos. I'll never forget my first complete trilo that I collected. Thanks for sharing. A fossil hunter needs sharp eyes and a keen search image, a mental template that subconsciously evaluates everything he sees in his search for telltale clues. -Richard E. Leakey http://prehistoricalberta.lefora.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sseth Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 Love those Utah Bugs. _____________________________________ Seth www.fossilshack.com www.americanfossil.com www.fishdig.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triceratops Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 There's something about trilobites... -Lyall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connorp Posted December 30, 2014 Author Share Posted December 30, 2014 New Gerastos granulosus and another small E. kingii. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connorp Posted January 12, 2015 Author Share Posted January 12, 2015 (edited) Tiny but cool Itagnostus interstrictus and Elrathia kingii plate, Wheeler Formation. Edited January 12, 2015 by connorp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Nice! Love those babies! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connorp Posted January 12, 2015 Author Share Posted January 12, 2015 Nice! Love those babies! Me too! Baby Elrathias are some of my favorite trilos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Nice ones.. It's unusual for those Peronopsis Itagnostus bugs to dwarf the Elrathias! (Off to do some relabeling...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connorp Posted January 12, 2015 Author Share Posted January 12, 2015 (edited) Nice ones.. It's unusual for those Peronopsis Itagnostus bugs to dwarf the Elrathias! (Off to do some relabeling...) I know! That's why I like it so much. Here's a smaller Asaphiscus wheeleri. About 1.25". Not amazing preservation, but a good deal. So I can't complain! Edited January 12, 2015 by connorp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Looks like it could use a little prep around the back end to improve it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connorp Posted January 13, 2015 Author Share Posted January 13, 2015 (edited) Looks like it could use a little prep around the back end to improve it. Yeah the pygdium isn't very exposed. Too bad I can't really afford prep tools:/ Edited January 13, 2015 by connorp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Nor can I! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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