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8 minutes ago, Foozil said:

There are, but Beetle ck is the place most people go to. I assume its from Beetle ck. 

I don't like to assume anything, but I'll take that as the most likely possibility.

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13 hours ago, doushantuo said:

Scott, i WAS going thru the Queensland memoirs,anyway:P

I knew there were several "installments"

 

 

To be fair, although Whitehouse 1936 does not mention "Beetle Creek" by name, he does mention a few Mt. Isa trilobites.

Since we are having fun tracing back the taxonomic history, here are portions of the original descriptions from Chapman 1929:

 

BATHYURISCUS SAINT-SMITHII, sp. nov.
Occurrence - This handsome species is by far the commonest trilobite in the Mount Isa Cambrian series. Twelve miles west of Mount Isa at the head of the Templeton River; collected by Messrs. Campbell Miles and E.C. Saint-Smith. Also the holotype by D. Smith, per E.H. Muir (presented to the Commonwealth Collection). Named in honour of Mr. E.C. Saint-Smith.

 

MILESIA TEMPLETONENSIS, sp. nov.

Occurrence - Preserved in sub-cherty shale of a whitish tint, iron-stained on joints and showing as a brown chert on a fractured surface. 12 miles west of Mount Isa, at the head of Templeton River, NW. Queensland (Queensland Geol. Survey Coll.).

 

Chapman, F. (1929)
On some trilobites and brachiopods from the Mount Isa district, north-western Queensland. 
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 41:206-216

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Very curious that 5.13 Mb is considered "a large file":ninja:

Appreciate your sense of humour,that is one humongously bad scan:P:ighappy::dinosmile::D

Yes ,peeps,PDFs are very much like fossils: some are "good",some are "bad " 

People who can separate these two species,and spend an awful lot of time searching for the good ones,and subsequently post them on this forum

get a huge amount of recognition and appreciation,thankfully

 

 

 

 

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On 8/19/2017 at 5:05 PM, Foozil said:

Is this from the "Beetle creek" locality? 

I can ask someone tonight if you like. (tonight for me)

Did you get anyone to look at the starburst thing yet?

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On ‎20‎/‎08‎/‎2017 at 2:33 AM, ynot said:

It is a trilobite fart!

It must have transformed the trilo in a little projectile.

 

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1 hour ago, Wrangellian said:

Did you get anyone to look at the starburst thing yet?

Im sorry, but his wife told us hes away. I can show him on Saturday. 

Sorry about that 

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