PRK Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 (edited) Which one would you choose? Please help Edited November 2, 2015 by PRK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stocksdale Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 Both!!!! Tullys have a much higher economic value, but both are amazing. Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.–Carl Sagan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiphactinus Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 Both?! If I HAD to choose one....hard to beat a good Tully Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 The Tully wins the enigmatic critter award, but the shrimp is instantly and universally recognizable. Among the collecting cognoscente, the Tully would probably go first; to the general public, it would get a "Huh?". "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...
Agos1221 Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 What are the theories on the Tully monster? I kind of think it looks like a large leech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 I choose the Tully, thanks for the offer...please send it to me. Thanks. : ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 What are the theories on the Tully monster? I kind of think it looks like a large leech. This is a really good thread to read. 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...
fossilized6s Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 I guess it all depends on what you're choosing it for. Could you be more specific with your question, please? ~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...
Rob Russell Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 I'd take the tully, because you have both halves. Which, in my opinion, makes it a better acquisition. They are both; however, beautiful specimens. Finding my way through life; one fossil at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Whichever one you choose, can I have the leftover? They are both amazing specimens. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRK Posted November 4, 2015 Author Share Posted November 4, 2015 (edited) I am getting rid of one Looks like tully might be the keeper? Edited November 4, 2015 by PRK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoWilliam Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 I would keep the shrimp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Russell Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 I am getting rid of one Looks like tully might be the keeper? That's what I would do. Tully's can only be found in a tiny region of Illinois. Nowhere else on earth have they found. Fossilized shrimp show up in many formations across the world spanning eons. It would be a no brainier for me to keep the tully. . Finding my way through life; one fossil at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 That's what I would do. Tully's can only be found in a tiny region of Illinois. Nowhere else on earth have they found. Fossilized shrimp show up in many formations across the world spanning eons. It would be a no brainier for me to keep the tully. . Well said! I 100% agree. ~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...
PRK Posted November 5, 2015 Author Share Posted November 5, 2015 The label on this one when aquired, was leach "scolex". any opinions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Russell Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 I would agree. Coprinoscolex ellogimus. It's now designated as an echiuran, and no longer believed to be related to the leech. Finding my way through life; one fossil at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRK Posted November 5, 2015 Author Share Posted November 5, 2015 (edited) Yes, now that I think back, it was coprinoscolex. i guess the only change is it a not a leech Edited November 5, 2015 by PRK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agos1221 Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 What is the market value of a tully? I have never seen one available, though I have never looked specifically for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IonRocks Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 I've seen nice one at $400 but I'm sure it goes higher and lower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRK Posted November 7, 2015 Author Share Posted November 7, 2015 (edited) In the future, I surely think I can replace a nice shrimp before a nice tully Edited November 7, 2015 by PRK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRK Posted November 17, 2015 Author Share Posted November 17, 2015 (edited) Thanks for your help--- all. Now I need your help once again Which would you choose? I really like 'em both! Edited November 17, 2015 by PRK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 It would kill me to give up either one, but I'd eventually recover if I still had the chiton. "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...
FossilDAWG Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 (edited) At the end of the day, I think the chiton is rarer than the horseshoe crab. That's the one I'd keep as it would be harder to replace. Are you selling these off? I've dreamed of having a decent Mazon Creek fossil or 20 in my collection. Maybe one of these days I'll make it up that way. Don BTW did I mention you are killing me with these choices? I'd rather part with a kidney than anything you've shown in this thread. Edited November 18, 2015 by FossilDAWG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRK Posted November 19, 2015 Author Share Posted November 19, 2015 (edited) Thanks aus-n- don. but where are the mazon people? WELL it's certainly going to be a difficult decision with only two opinions? Can I have a few more? Edited November 19, 2015 by PRK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Hi Paul, you are killing me with this thread too. Difficult choices. I've always thought the Mesolimulus from Solnhofen were very cool and Euproops was a close backup l since I was a kid. Both are very special finds you have there. I'm not sure what the segmented thing on the right is--its especially neat...is that an arthropod or maybe some chiton like critter?.... Ahh, dang...I've seen more of the horseshoe crabs before so I pick the thing on the right! Regards, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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