Ramon Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 I bought this fossils in the Houston Museum of Natural Science. They were label as Trilobita. They came from the Atlas mountains in Morocco. The age is Devonian. The top ones I consider them Acastoides sp. and the bottom ones as cf.Phacops? Please correct me if I'm wrong. "Without fossils, no one would have ever dreamed that there were successive epochs in the formation of the earth" - Georges Cuvier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 You may need to take better pics, in order to get a proper Id. The trilos are too dark. It is hard to see detail. 1 I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramon Posted January 8, 2017 Author Share Posted January 8, 2017 Okay I'll post better pictures. "Without fossils, no one would have ever dreamed that there were successive epochs in the formation of the earth" - Georges Cuvier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Ramon, you really need to get out of the habit of taking pictures under that dim indoor lamp. Daylight outdoor lighting seems to be the choice condition. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 3 minutes ago, caldigger said: Ramon, you really need to get out of the habit of taking pictures under that dim indoor lamp. Daylight outdoor lighting seems to be the choice condition. Unless you live in Syracuse N.Y. in January. Lol I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 2 minutes ago, darctooth said: Unless you live in Syracuse N.Y. in January. Lol Well in that case you have all that bright light reflecting off the snow. And we complain when temps drop to the 50's! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 The glabellar furrows of Acastoides sp. are visible on the top left trilobite. We need to see complete eyes with lenses to ID the other phacopids. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramon Posted January 8, 2017 Author Share Posted January 8, 2017 35 minutes ago, caldigger said: Ramon, you really need to get out of the habit of taking pictures under that dim indoor lamp. Daylight outdoor lighting seems to be the choice condition. Thanks, It's very cloudy right now. I'll try when it's sunny. 10 minutes ago, piranha said: The glabellar furrows of Acastoides sp. are visible on the top left trilobite. We need to see complete eyes with lenses to ID the other phacopids. Here's another picture of cf. Phacops? "Without fossils, no one would have ever dreamed that there were successive epochs in the formation of the earth" - Georges Cuvier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 A photo with this perspective showing the complete eye: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramon Posted January 9, 2017 Author Share Posted January 9, 2017 1 minute ago, piranha said: A photo with this perspective showing the complete eye: Here's a eye view of it. "Without fossils, no one would have ever dreamed that there were successive epochs in the formation of the earth" - Georges Cuvier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 The photo has to be focused well enough to count the eye lenses. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramon Posted January 9, 2017 Author Share Posted January 9, 2017 I have tried but that's about as good as it can get. "Without fossils, no one would have ever dreamed that there were successive epochs in the formation of the earth" - Georges Cuvier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 If you don't have a macro setting, take a photo like this from a medium distance: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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